Carlyn Halde | |
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Born | Glendale, California | June 16, 1924
Died | June 11, 2014 San Francisco, California | (aged 89)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
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Awards | Fulbright Scholarship |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Medical mycology |
Institutions | |
Thesis | The relation of nutrition to the growth and morphology of trichophyton concentricum blanchard 1896 (1953) |
Doctoral advisor | Norman Conant |
Carlyn Jean Halde (16 June 1924 – 11 June 2014[1]) was an American medical mycologist. Halde was instrumental in making medical mycology a widespread field of research, lecturing around the world and setting up laboratory facilities to examine and culture fungal samples. She was also known as a mentor, educator and philanthropist.