Chicita F. Culberson

**Chicita Frances Culberson** (amụrụ **Chicita Frances Forman**, November 1, 1931, na Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - March 5, 2023, na Durham, North Carolina)  bụ onye American lichenologist.

## Mmụta
Culberson tolitere na Long Island mgbe nna ya na-arụ ọrụ dị ka dọkịta na-awa na nso New York City. Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na B.S. Site na Mahadum Cincinnati na 1953, ebe ọ zutere di ya n'ọdịnihu, Bill Culberson. N'afọ 1954, ọ natara akwụkwọ M.S. sitere na Mahadum Wisconsin, ebe nyocha ya gụnyere iji nickel tracer redioactive iji mụọ usoro anụ ahụ na kemịkalụ nke electrodeposition nke metal na cathode.. N'afọ 1959, ọ natara Ph.D. site na Mahadum Duke,  na-elekwasị anya na njikọ nke bicyclic monoterpenes metụtara camphor.

## Ọrụ
Mgbe ọ nwetasịrị Ph.D. ya, Culberson nwere afọ abụọ NSF-kwado nyocha na Chemistry na Duke tupu ọ banye na Ngalaba Botany dị ka Senior Research Associate. N'ime afọ 50 ọ rụrụ ọrụ na Duke, o nwere utu aha dị iche iche gụnyere Senior Research Associate, Lecturer, Adjunct Professor, na Research Professor.

Onye na-eme nchọpụta banyere ihe ọkụkụ na Mahadum Duke, Culberson sụrụ ụzọ iji chromatography nke dị obere na-achọpụta ngwaahịa lichen nke abụọ.  na-emepụta usoro ahaziri ahazi nke a ka na-eji taa. O mechara nụchaa usoro a ma jiri chromatography mmiri na-arụ ọrụ dị elu (HPLC) gbakwunye ya..  N'afọ 1969, Culberson bipụtara "Chemical and Botanical Guide to Lichen Products", ọrụ dị mkpa na-achịkọta ihe ọmụma niile e bipụtara banyere metabolites nke abụọ nke lichens mere. O mepụtara ihe mgbakwunye abụọ na nduzi a.

Nnyocha Culberson lekwasịrị anya n'ịkọwapụta chemotypes, na-atụ aro ụzọ biosynthetic nke lichen secondary metabolites, na ịmụ usoro Mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa n'etiti chemotypes. Ọ zụlitere nkà n'ịzụlite otu spore dị iche iche na inyocha ha na HPLC iji chọọ ihe akaebe nke mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa na-agafe n'etiti chemotypes.

## Ndụ onwe onye
Culberson lụrụ onye otu ya bụ Bill Culberson site na 1953,  ruo mgbe ọ nwụrụ na 2003. Culberson nwụrụ na Machị 3, 2023, na Croasdaile Village, obodo ndị okenye na Durham, North Carolina.

## Ihe Nketa
Ọrụ Culberson nyere aka nke ukwuu na uto na uru nke nchịkọta lichen na Mahadum Duke. W. L. & C. F. Lichen Herbarium na Library na Duke, nke akpọrọ aha iji sọpụrụ Culbersons, nwere ihe atụ 14,000 nke Chicita nyochara n'ime ngụkọta nke 108,000. Echiche ya banyere nkwụsi ike nke kemịkal na ọdịiche ọdịdị dị na lichens metụtara ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ na-amụ banyere lichen.

## Nkwado
N'afọ 1992, Culberson ghọrọ otu n'ime ndị mbụ natara Ihe nrite Acharius. 

Culberson bụ onye otu American Chemical Society na American Bryological and Lichenological Society, na-eje ozi dị ka onye isi oche nke ikpeazụ site na 1996-1997. Na 2006, ọ natara Botanical Society of America's Centennial Award maka "ọrụ ezi atụ na sayensị osisi". N'afọ 2022, e mere ya onye otu afọ ndụ nsọpụrụ nke British Lichen Society maka ntinye aka ya pụtara ìhè na nyocha na metabolites sekọndịrị lichen. Na 9th International Association for Lichenology conference nke emere ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ na Brazil na 4 August 2021, a raara symposium nke kemịkal lichen nye Culberson maka ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya nke iri itoolu.

### Aha nna
N'afọ 2000, onye na-amụ banyere lichenology Theodore Esslinger wepụtara *Culbersonia*, nke bụ ụdị fungal n'ime ezinụlọ Caliciaceae ma kpọọ aha ya na nsọpụrụ Bill Culberson na Chicita F. Culberson, "ndị enyi na ndị nduzi ogologo oge".   Ụdị lichen *Chicitaea*, nke a tụrụ aro na 2024, na-asọpụrụ Culberson "maka ntọala ya, ọsụ ụzọ na onyinye ndụ ya niile na ngalaba nke lichen chemistry na lichen taxonomy". 

## Hụkwa

* Ụdị:Taxa aha ya bụ Chicita F. Culberson

## Ebe e si nweta ya

* Akụkọ ndụ nke Dr Culberson E debere ya na  Wayback Machine na Lichenology.org

## Njikọ mpụga

* Peeji ngalaba Dr Culberson na Mahadum Duke
* Akụkụ nke akwụkwọ nke nyocha Dr Culberson na Scientific CommonsIhe Ndị Dị n'Otu
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