astronomy

Noris Salazar Allen

Noris Salazar Allen is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Noris Salazar Allen rather than just read about it. In short: Noris Salazar Allen (born 1947) is a Panamanian bryologist who is Professor of Botany at the University of Panama and an associate researcher at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. She was the first Panamanian to research bryophytes, and was instrumental in expanding the University of Panama's bryological collection to 10,000 specimens.

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Noris Salazar Allen (born 1947) is a Panamanian bryologist who is Professor of Botany at the University of Panama and an associate researcher at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. She 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. She spent two years at the University of Panama before she graduated with a BA from Trinity Washington University in 1969. This was followed by a Master of Arts from the State University of New York at Geneseo in 1973. There she was inspired to learn more about bryophytes and their ecology. She subsequently was awarded a PhD from the University of Alberta in 1986. Her supervisor was Dale Vitt, and her thesis focussed on the moss genus Leucophanes. 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. Specimens collected by Salazar are also part of the herbarium collection at New York Botanic Garden. DNA samples from other specimens collected by her are also held at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Subsequent research projects have included a revision of the liverwort genus Cyathodium at the suggestion of Hélène Bischler, and of the moss Octoblepharum. Her research also examines how climate crisis affects bryophyte communities. 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. During her career she has named four species and three sub-species that are new to western science.

Awards

Riclef Grolle Award for Excellence in Bryodiversity Research (International Association of Bryologists) - 2013

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. 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. Allen, Noris Salazar, and José A. Gudiño. "Octoblepharumperistomiruptum (Octoblepharaceae) a new species from the Neotropics." PhytoKeys 164 (2020): 1. Mežaka, Anna, et al. "Life on a leaf: The development of spatial structure in epiphyll communities." Journal of Ecology 110.3 (2022): 619-630. Allen, Noris Salazar, et al. "Bryophytes of mangroves of Bocas del Toro, Panama." Bryophyte Diversity and Evolution 45.1 (2022): 133-150.

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Noris Salazar Allen

In research: Noris Salazar Allen appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Noris Salazar Allen in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Noris Salazar Allen is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1947 births, 20th-century women scientists, 21st-century botanists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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