Helge Thorsten Lumbsch | |
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Born | 1964 |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Marburg; University of Duisburg-Essen |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Lichenology |
Institutions | Field Museum of Natural History |
Author abbrev. (botany) | Lumbsch[1] |
Helge Thorsten Lumbsch (born 1964) is a German-born lichenologist living in the United States. His research interests include the phylogeny, taxonomy, and phylogeography of lichen-forming fungi; lichen diversity; lichen chemistry and chemotaxonomy. He is the Associate Curator and Head of Cryptogams and Chair of the Department of Botany at the Field Museum of Natural History.