Mireya Correa

Mireya D. Correa
Born (1940-02-06) February 6, 1940
Panama
Nationality Panamanian
Alma mater University of Panama, Duke University
Scientific career
Fields botany
Institutions Director of the Herbarium at the University of Panama

Mireya D. Correa (born February 6, 1940) is a Panamanian botanist known for her work with the flora of Panama.[1]

Biography and career

She graduated from the University of Panama with a degree in biology and chemistry in 1963. She received a master's degree in botany from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina in 1967. She was a professor at the University of Panama. She became a scientific collaborator at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in 1987.[1][2]

She was the Director of the Herbarium at the University of Panama, a research and teaching facility of the Natural Science Faculty from the time of its founding in 1968. The collection contains more than seventy thousand specimens. It has been part of the Network of Mesoamerican and Caribbean Herbariums since 1995.[3]

Works

The standard author abbreviation M.D.Correa is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

  • Guía preliminar de campo. Flora del Parque Nacional Altos de Campana.[5]
  • Lista de plantas existentes en el herbario de la Universidad de Panamá. 1974.[6]
  • Nuestra herencia biológica.
  • Arboles y arbustos del Parque Natural Metropolitano, Panamá.

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Currículum Vítae. Mireya D. Correa A." (PDF). CFA. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Panama's SENACYT Honors Three STRI Scientists" (PDF). 7 June 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  3. 1 2 Edgardo I. Garrido-Pérez. "Mireya Correa: un reconocimiento muy bien justificado" (PDF). Acta Biológica Panamensis. Vol. 1, 107. COBIOPA. Colegio de Biólogos de Panamá. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  4. ↑ IPNI.  M.D.Correa.
  5. ↑ Guía preliminar de campo. Flora del Parque Nacional Altos de Campana. OCLC 44114654
  6. ↑ Lista de plantas existentes en el herbario de la Universidad de Panamá. OCLC 24084114
  7. ↑ "Jose Cuatrecasas Medal for Excellence in Tropical Botany". National Museum of Natural History. Department of Botany. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
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