Iliana Baums Explained

Iliana Baums
Workplaces:Pennsylvania State University
Alma Mater:University of Miami
Thesis Title:Genetic status of the Caribbean reef-building coral, Acropora palmata
Thesis Url:https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:2004

Iliana B. Baums is a professor at Pennsylvania State University known for her work on coral reef ecology.

Education and career

Baums' education began at the University of Tuebingen and the University of Bremen. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Miami in 2004, where her dissertation received the F.G. Walton prize for best dissertation.[1] In 2017 and 2018 Baums was a fellow at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany.[2] [3] Baums joined the Pennsylvania State University in 2006 and, as of 2022, is a professor in the department of biology.

Research

Baums' early research examined the genetic diversity in Elkhorn coral[4] [5] and the use of genetic tools to aid restoration efforts in coral reefs.[6] She has used genetic tools to track the distribution of Porites lobata,[7] Porites astreoides,[8] and the connections between corals and the organisms that live within the coral tissue.[9] [10] Following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Baums investigated the impact of the dispersant on deep-sea corals in the Gulf of Mexico.[11] [12] Baums' research has revealed that when corals mutate, they are able to pass on beneficial mutations to the next generation[13] and she has dated elkhorn corals found in the Caribbean to more than 5000 years old.[14] [15]

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Iliana B Baums Biography . 2022-04-28 . Pennsylvania State University.
  2. Web site: 23 June 2014 . Baums Receives Humboldt Research Fellowship Eberly College of Science . 2022-04-28 . science.psu.edu.
  3. Web site: Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg - Institute for Advanced Study: Fellow . 2022-05-01 . hanse-ias.de.
  4. Baums . Ib . Hughes . Cr . Hellberg . Me . 2005 . Mendelian microsatellite loci for the Caribbean coral Acropora palmata . Marine Ecology Progress Series . en . 288 . 115–127 . 10.3354/meps288115 . 2005MEPS..288..115B . 0171-8630. free .
  5. Baums . Iliana B. . Miller . Margaret W. . Hellberg . Michael E. . 2005 . Regionally isolated populations of an imperiled Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata . Molecular Ecology . en . 14 . 5 . 1377–1390 . 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02489.x . 15813778 . 6345970 . 0962-1083.
  6. Baums . Iliana B. . 2008 . A restoration genetics guide for coral reef conservation . Molecular Ecology . en . 17 . 12 . 2796–2811 . 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03787.x . 18482262 . 22017194 . 0962-1083. free .
  7. Baums . Iliana B. . Boulay . Jennifer N. . Polato . Nicholas R. . Hellberg . Michael E. . 2012 . No gene flow across the Eastern Pacific Barrier in the reef-building coral Porites lobata . Molecular Ecology . en . 21 . 22 . 5418–5433 . 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05733.x. 22943626 . 10772577 .
  8. Serrano . Xaymara M. . Baums . Iliana B. . Smith . Tyler B. . Jones . Ross J. . Shearer . Tonya L. . Baker . Andrew C. . 2016 . Long distance dispersal and vertical gene flow in the Caribbean brooding coral Porites astreoides . Scientific Reports . en . 6 . 1 . 21619 . 10.1038/srep21619 . 2045-2322 . 4761953 . 26899614. 2016NatSR...621619S .
  9. Baums . Iliana B. . Devlin-Durante . Meghann K. . LaJeunesse . Todd C. . 2014 . New insights into the dynamics between reef corals and their associated dinoflagellate endosymbionts from population genetic studies . Molecular Ecology . en . 23 . 17 . 4203–4215 . 10.1111/mec.12788. 24909707 .
  10. Parkinson . John Everett . Banaszak . Anastazia T. . Altman . Naomi S. . LaJeunesse . Todd C. . Baums . Iliana B. . 2015 . Intraspecific diversity among partners drives functional variation in coral symbioses . Scientific Reports . en . 5 . 1 . 15667 . 10.1038/srep15667 . 2045-2322 . 4620489 . 26497873. 2015NatSR...515667P .
  11. DeLeo . Danielle M. . Ruiz-Ramos . Dannise V. . Baums . Iliana B. . Cordes . Erik E. . 2016-07-01 . Response of deep-water corals to oil and chemical dispersant exposure . Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography . The Gulf of Mexico Ecosystem - before, during and after the Macondo Blowout . en . 129 . 137–147 . 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.028 . 2016DSRII.129..137D . 0967-0645.
  12. Bell . Katherine . 2016-03-01 . New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration: The E/V Nautilus and NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer 2015 Field Season . Oceanography . 29 . 1 . 1–84 . 10.5670/oceanog.2016.supplement.01 . 1042-8275. free .
  13. Marshall . Michael . 2 November 2020 . Corals evolve in an unusual way . 2022-04-28 . New Scientist . 18 . en-US . 248(3307).
  14. Web site: 2016-11-30 . 5,000-year-old corals are now threatened . 2022-04-28 . Futurity . en-US.
  15. Devlin‐Durante . M. K. . Miller . M. W. . Precht . W. F. . Baums . I. B. . Carne . Lisa . Smith . Tyler B. . Banaszak . Anastazia T. . Greer . Lisa . Irwin . Adele . Fogarty . Nicole D. . Williams . Dana E. . 2016-10-28 . How old are you? Genet age estimates in a clonal animal . Molecular Ecology . 25 . 22 . 5628–5646 . 10.1111/mec.13865 . 27671533 . 19862561 . 0962-1083.

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