Allen Charles Skorepa (August 25, 1941 – September 4, 1998) was an American lichenologist, and a specialist on the lichens of Maryland.
[3] Allen studied lichen identification at the University of Tennessee with his doctoral supervisor bryologist Aaron J.
In 1973 he was awarded a Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee for his dissertation titled "Taxonomic and ecological studies on the lichens of Southern Illinois".
[1] In the summer of 1976, Skorepa, together with Arnold Norden and Windler contracted for two years by the Power Plant Siting Program of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to study the use of lichens as indicator organisms for the detection of pollutants.
[6] In the December 1977 issue of Castanea, Skorepa et al. listed 242 species of lichens collected in Maryland.