| Intro | None |
| Was |
Biologist Scientist Botanist Mycologist Professor |
| From | United States of America |
| Type |
Academia Biology Science |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 25 May 1888, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, U.S.A. |
| Death |
10 January 1962 (aged 73 years) |
| Star sign | Gemini |
Estelle Louise Jensen (25 May 1888 – 10 January 1962) was an American plant pathologist. She was also known as Louise Jensen.
Education, family, and career
Estelle Louise Jensen was born on 25 May 1888 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She received an A.B. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1909 and an A.M. degree from Smith College in 1910. From 1912 to 1913, she was a xylotomist for the recently-formed Forest Products Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture. During the period 1913–1917, she was an instructor in mycology for the University of Minnesota and a researcher at the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. Her research interests included imperfect fungi that are pathogens of cereals.
Louise Jensen married Elvin C. Stakman in 1917. The couple had no children. She died suddenly and unexpectedly on 10 January 1962. Louise Jensen Stakman is buried at Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in Minneapolis.
Selected publications
- Stakman, Louise J. (July 1920). A Helminthosporium Disease of Wheat and Rye. Bulletin. 191. St. Paul, MN: University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station.
- Stakman, Louise J. (1923). “Some fungi causing root and foot rots of cereals”. Studies in Plant Science. University of Minnesota: 140–153.