Norma Salinas Revilla
Norma Salinas Revilla (
Cusco, 1977) is a Peruvian biologist and professor at the
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) She received a
L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award in 2016. Her research in
Peru contributed to the establishment of the Megantoni National Sanctuary. Additionally, she co-discovered two
orchid species, Maxillaria machupicchuensis Christenson & Salinas and Brachionidium machupicchuense Salinas & Christenson. Her work has advanced the understanding and protection of tropical forest ecology and the impacts of global changes on Andean-Amazonian
ecosystems.
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