Biography:Noris Salazar Allen

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Short description: Panamanian bryologist and lichenologist
Noris Salazar Allen
Born
San Francisco, Panama
NationalityPanama
OccupationBryologist
AwardsRiclef Grolle Award for Excellence in Bryodiversity Research
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Panama
Trinity Washington University
State University of New York
University of Alberta
Thesis (1986)
Doctoral advisorDale Vitt
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity 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.

Biography

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]

Awards

Selected works

  • Nelson, Jessica M., et al. "Complete genomes of symbiotic cyanobacteria clarify the evolution of vanadium-nitrogenase." Genome biology and evolution 11.7 (2019): 1959-1964.
  • Horwath, Aline B., et al. "Bryophyte stable isotope composition, diversity and biomass define tropical montane cloud forest extent." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1895 (2019): 20182284.[9]
  • Liu, Jian‐Wei, et al. "Gigantic chloroplasts, including bizonoplasts, are common in shade‐adapted species of the ancient vascular plant family Selaginellaceae." American journal of botany 107.4 (2020): 562-576.[10]
  • Allen, Noris Salazar, and José A. Gudiño. "Octoblepharumperistomiruptum (Octoblepharaceae) a new species from the Neotropics." PhytoKeys 164 (2020): 1.[11]
  • Mežaka, Anna, et al. "Life on a leaf: The development of spatial structure in epiphyll communities." Journal of Ecology 110.3 (2022): 619-630.[12]
  • Allen, Noris Salazar, et al. "Bryophytes of mangroves of Bocas del Toro, Panama." Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 45.1 (2022): 133-150.[13]

References



  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Noris Salazar Allen | International Association of Bryologists (IAB)" (in en-US). November 2022. https://bryology.org/noris-salazar-allen/. 
  2. ↑ Bischler-Causse, Helene (2005) (in en). Flora neotropica : monograph. 97. Marchantiidae. Organization for Flora Neotropica. ISBN 978-0-89327-465-8. https://books.google.com/books?id=wCElAQAAMAAJ&q=noris+salazar. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 ceditor (2016-10-24). "Noris Salazar" (in en). https://stri.si.edu/scientist/noris-salazar. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Magazine, Smithsonian. "Tiny Plants in a Big Changing World" (in en). http://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/smithsonian-tropical-research-institute/2021/03/08/tiny-plants-big-changing-world/. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 PerezJI (2013-08-16). "Profile: Noris Salazar" (in en). https://stri.si.edu/es/node/926. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Narratives Details - The William & Lynda Steere Herbarium". https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/the-hand-lens/explore/narratives-details/?irn=7637. 
  7. ↑ Forrest, Laura (2017-05-24). "Panamanian mosses from the back of the freezer" (in en-US). https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/24977. 
  8. ↑ Forrest, Laura (2017-05-25). "Santos & Stech's phylogeny of Octoblepharum" (in en-US). https://stories.rbge.org.uk/archives/25006. 
  9. ↑ Horwath, Aline B.; Royles, Jessica; Tito, Richard; Gudiño, José A.; Salazar Allen, Noris; Farfan-Rios, William; Rapp, Joshua M.; Silman, Miles R. et al. (2019-01-30). "Bryophyte stable isotope composition, diversity and biomass define tropical montane cloud forest extent". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286 (1895): 20182284. doi:10.1098/rspb.2018.2284. PMID 30963945. 
  10. ↑ Liu, Jian-Wei; Li, Shau-Fu; Wu, Chin-Ting; Valdespino, Iván A.; Ho, Jia-Fang; Wu, Yeh-Hua; Chang, Ho-Ming; Guu, Te-Yu et al. (2020). "Gigantic chloroplasts, including bizonoplasts, are common in shade-adapted species of the ancient vascular plant family Selaginellaceae" (in en). American Journal of Botany 107 (4): 562–576. doi:10.1002/ajb2.1455. ISSN 0002-9122. PMID 32227348. 
  11. ↑ Allen, Noris Salazar; Gudiño, José A. (2020-10-21). "Octoblepharum peristomiruptum (Octoblepharaceae) a new species from the Neotropics". PhytoKeys (164): 1–9. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.164.51783. ISSN 1314-2003. PMID 33173400. PMC 7593322. https://phytokeys.pensoft.net/article/51783/. 
  12. ↑ Mežaka, Anna; Salazar Allen, Noris; Mendieta-Leiva, Glenda; Bader, Maaike Y. (2022). "Life on a leaf: The development of spatial structure in epiphyll communities" (in en). Journal of Ecology 110 (3): 619–630. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.13824. ISSN 0022-0477. Bibcode: 2022JEcol.110..619M. 
  13. ↑ Allen, Noris Salazar; Dauphin, Gregorio; Villarreal, Juan Carlos; Caswell-Levy, Caleb; Cox, Erin R.; P, Bryan a. Espinoza; L, José Gudiño; Hernández-Rodríguez, Enrique et al. (2022-12-30). "Bryophytes of mangroves of Bocas del Toro, Panama" (in en). Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 45 (1): 133–150–133–150. doi:10.11646/bde.45.1.9. ISSN 2381-9685. https://www.mapress.com/bde/article/view/bde.45.1.9. 
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