Publications

Journal articles in press:

  1. Calabria, L.C., *Petersen, K., Hamman, S. and R. Smith. In press. Prescribed fire decreases lichen and bryophyte biomass and alters functional group composition in Pacific Northwest prairies. Northwest Science.
  1. *Petersen, K., Villella V., Miller, J.E.D., Calabria, L.M., Steen, T., Johnson, K., *Brown-Clay, J, E. Chandler, *L. Hynson, A. Ulbrich and M. Miller. In press. Substrate age influences species richness and succession patterns of Calicioid lichens and fungi growing on wooden buildings in the Cascade mountains of Oregon. The Bryologist.

Published journal articles:

  1. Calabria, L. 2015. Bryophytes and lichens of the south Puget Sound prairies of western Washington: a summary of two seasons of surveys. Douglasia Winter issue: 2-5.
  1. Calabria, L. M., *Arnold, A., *Charatz, E., *Eide, G., *Hynson, L. M., *Jackmond, G., *Nannes, J., Stone, D. and J. Villella. 2015. A bryophyte and lichen checklist for the south Puget Sound prairies of western Washington State, USA. Evansia 32: 30-41.
  1. *Eide, G. E., Stone, D., Calabria, L. M and J. Villella. 2014. Lichen communities on oak (Quercus garryana) in Washington. Douglasia Summer Issue: 15-19.
  1. Masullo, M., Calabria, L. M., Gallotta, D., Pizza, C. and S. Piacente, S. 2014. Polyhydroxylated triterpene saponins from Silphium asteriscus. Phytochemistry 97: 70-80.
  1. 8. Calabria, L. M., Gross, S. and N. Nadkarni. 2014. Growing moss, science and conservation with seniors. AARP International Magazine. Published April 04, 2014 @ http://aarpinternational.org/calabria.
  1. Villella, J., D. Stone, Calabria, L. M. and *G. D. Eide. 2013. Macrolichen communitiesof Quercus garryana in the Puget Trough and Columbia River Gorge areas of Washington State. North American Fungi 8: 1-22.
  1. Calabria, L. M., *Cowles, T *Cracknell, P. *Dominguez, A., *Leibman, C., *Eide, G., *Moore, N., *Matsuoka, I. and *M. Wirwahn. 2013. Curation and databasing of the Evergreen Herbarium bryophyte collection. Douglasia Spring Issue: 13-15.
  1. Ammar, N. M., Lamia, T., Abou, E., Nabil, H. S., Calabria, L. M, and T. J. Mabry. 2009. Flavonoid constituents and antimicrobial activity of date (Phoenix dactylifera L.) seeds growing in Egypt. Med. Arom. Plant Sci. Biotechnol 3: 1-5.
  1. Williams, J. D., Wojcińska, M, Calabria, L. M., Linse, K., Clevinger, J. A. and T. J. Mabry. 2009. The flavonoids and phenolic acids of the genus Silphium and their chemosystematic value. Natural Product Communications 4: 435-446.
  1. Calabria, L. M., Piacente, S., Kapusta, I., Dharmawardhane, S. F., Segarra, F. M., Pessiki, P. J. and T. J. Mabry. 2008. Triterpene saponins from Silphium radula (Asteraceae). Phytochemistry 69, 961-972.
  1. Calabria, L. M. 2007. Tom J. Mabry’s natural products chemistry program: 1960-2007. Natural Product Communications 2: 959-968.
  1. Calabria, L. M., Emerenciano, V. P., Ferreira, M.J.P, Scotti, M.T. and T. J. Mabry. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of tribes of the Asteraceae based on phytochemical data. Natural Product Communications 3: 277-285.

Book chapters:

  1. Calabria, L. M. and T. J. Mabry. 2010. Silphium (L.) Asteraceae. In Drug Plants IV:Recent Advances in Medicinal Plants (Vol 30). Eds. V.K. Singh and J.N. Govil. pp. 37-50.
  1. Calabria, L. M., Emerenciano, V.P, Scotti, M. T., and T. J. Mabry. 2009. Secondary Chemistry of the Asteraceae. Book Chapter in: Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of the Compositae. Funk, V.A., Susanna, A., Stuesy, T. and Bayer, R. (eds.).

Invited Lectures and Oral Presentations:

Calabria, L.M., Petersen, K., Hamman S. T. and R. J. Smith. 2016. Prescribed fire decreases lichen and bryophyte biomass and functional group diversity in Pacific Northwest prairies. Presented at the 87th Annual Northwest Scientific Association and Northwest Lichenologists joint Conference in Bend, OR.

Hynson, L. M, Arnold, A. Charatz, E., Eide, G. Jackmond, G., Nannes, J., Petersen, K and L. M. Calabria. 2014. Bryophyte and lichen flora for the south Puget Sound prairies. Presented at 85th annual conference of the Northwest Scientific Association and Northwest Lichenologists. Missoula, MT.

Villella, J., Stone, D., Calabria, L. M. and G. Eide. 2013. The lichen communities on garry oak (Quercus garryana) in Washington State. Presented at 84th annual conference of the Northwest Scientific Association and Northwest Lichenologists. Portland, OR.

Petersen, K., Villella V, Calabria, L.M., *Brown-Clay, J and L. Hynson. 2013. Substrate age influences species richness and succession patterns of Calicioid lichens and fungi growing on wooden buildings in the Cascade mountains of Oregon. Presented at 84th annual conference of the Northwest Scientific Association and Northwest Lichenologists. Portland, OR.

Calabria, L. M. 2007. Plant chemistry research at UT-Austin: 1963-2007 and the future of phytochemistry. Invited lecture at the 10th International Symposium on Pharmaceutical Sciences. Montreal, Canada.

Calabria, L. M., Emerenciano, V.P, Scotti, M. T. and T. J. Mabry. 2006. Secondary Chemistry of the Asteraceae. Invited lecture at The International Compositae Alliance (TICA) annual meeting, Barcelona, Spain.

Calabria, L. M., Piacente, S., Kapusta, I., Dharmawardhane, S. F., Segarra, F. M., Pessiki, P. J. and T. J. Mabry. 2006. Triterpene saponins from Silphium radula (Asteraceae). Invited lecture at The International Conference on Chromatography of Natural Products, Lublin, Poland.

Calabria, L. M. 2006. Introduction to phytochemical research. Guest Speaker, Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society Meeting, UT-Austin. Austin, TX.

Calabria, L. M. 2004. Biochemical studies on triterpene saponins from Silphium L. (Asteraceae). Invited lecturer, The Noble Foundation- Agricultural Phytochemistry Department. Ardmore, OK.

 Poster Presentations:

Calabria, L. M., Wojcinska, M., Oleszek, W., Ahmed, A. A., Clevinger, J. A. and T. J. Mabry. 2004. Saponins of Silphium L. (Asteraceae) Book of Abstracts of International Conference on Saponins: Phytochemistry and Application of Plant Saponins” pg. 56. Pulawy, Poland.

Manning, S. A., Calabria, L. M., Mabry, T.J. and J. LaClaire. 2004. Noxious algae, golden tide in Texas waterways. UT-Austin College of Natural Sciences Open House Poster session, Austin, TX.

Moore, G. F., Calabria, L. M., and Pessiki, P. J. 2002. Lichen acids covalently attached to porphyrins. American Chemical Society Symposium undergraduate poster session, University of Washington. Seattle, WA.

Calabria, L. M. and Pessiki, P. J. 2002. Isolation and characterization of secondary metabolites from Pacific Northwest native lichens, Letharia and Usnea. 57th Annual Northwest Regional ACS Symposium, undergraduate poster session, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA