Awards
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- Riclef Grolle Award for Excellence in Bryodiversity Research (International Association of Bryologists) - 2013 [5]
Noris Salazar Allen | |
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| Born | 1947 (age 76–77) San Francisco, Panama |
| Nationality | Panama |
| Occupation | Bryologist |
| Awards | Riclef Grolle Award for Excellence in Bryodiversity Research |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Panama Trinity Washington University State University of New York University of Alberta |
| Thesis | (1986) |
| Doctoral advisor | Dale Vitt |
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| Institutions | University of Panama Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute |
Noris Salazar Allen (born 1947) is a bryologist from Panama,who is Professor of Botany at the University of Panama and an associate researcher at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Salazar Allen was the first Panamanian to research bryophytes,and was instrumental in expanding the University of Panama's bryological collection to 10,000 specimens. In 2013 she received the Riclef Grolle Award for Excellence in Bryodiversity Research from the International Association of Bryologists.
Salazar Allen was born in 1947 in the town of San Francisco,which is on the outskirts of Panama City. [1] [2] She spent two years at the University of Panama before she graduated with a BA from Trinity Washington University in 1969. [1] This was followed by an Master of Arts from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1973. [3] There she was inspired to learn more about bryophytes and their ecology. [4] She subsequently was awarded a PhD from the University of Alberta in 1986. [3] Her supervisor was Dale Vitt,and her thesis focussed on the moss genus Leucophanes. [1]
On her return to Panama,she was appointed assistant professor in the Department of Botany and began to systematically study and record the country's bryophytes. As a result of her research the University of Panama's Herbarium Collection expanded from 50 bryological specimens (originally collected by Marshall Crosby) to over 10,000. [5] Specimens collected by Salazar are also part of the herbarium collection at New York Botanic Garden. [6] DNA samples from other specimens collected by her are also held at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. [7] Subsequent research projects have included a revision of the liverwort genus Cyathodium at the suggestion of Hélène Bischler,and of the moss Octoblepharum. [1] [8] Her research also examines how climate crisis affects bryophyte communities. [6]
Salazar Allen was appointed Professor of Botany at the University of Panama,as well as holding a research associateship at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. [4] During her career she has named four species and three sub-species that are new to western science. [5]
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