Iliana Baums

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

Iliana Baums
Alma materUniversity of Miami
Scientific career
InstitutionsPennsylvania State University
ThesisGenetic status of the Caribbean reef-building coral, Acropora palmata (2004)

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[2] and, as of 2022, is a professor in the department of biology.[1]

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

References
  1. "Iliana B Baums Biography". Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  2. "Baums Receives Humboldt Research Fellowship | Eberly College of Science". science.psu.edu. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  3. "Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg - Institute for Advanced Study: Fellow". hanse-ias.de. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  4. Baums, Ib; Hughes, Cr; Hellberg, Me (2005). "Mendelian microsatellite loci for the Caribbean coral Acropora palmata". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 288: 115–127. Bibcode:2005MEPS..288..115B. doi:10.3354/meps288115. ISSN 0171-8630.
  5. Baums, Iliana B.; Miller, Margaret W.; Hellberg, Michael E. (2005). "Regionally isolated populations of an imperiled Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata". Molecular Ecology. 14 (5): 1377–1390. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02489.x. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 15813778. S2CID 6345970.
  6. Baums, Iliana B. (2008). "A restoration genetics guide for coral reef conservation". Molecular Ecology. 17 (12): 2796–2811. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03787.x. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 18482262. S2CID 22017194.
  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. 21 (22): 5418–5433. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05733.x. PMID 22943626. S2CID 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. 6 (1): 21619. Bibcode:2016NatSR...621619S. doi:10.1038/srep21619. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4761953. PMID 26899614.
  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. 23 (17): 4203–4215. doi:10.1111/mec.12788. PMID 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. 5 (1): 15667. Bibcode:2015NatSR...515667P. doi:10.1038/srep15667. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 4620489. PMID 26497873.
  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. 129: 137–147. Bibcode:2016DSRII.129..137D. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.02.028. ISSN 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. doi:10.5670/oceanog.2016.supplement.01. ISSN 1042-8275.
  13. Marshall, Michael (2 November 2020). "Corals evolve in an unusual way". New Scientist. Vol. 248(3307). p. 18. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  14. "5,000-year-old corals are now threatened". Futurity. 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  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. doi:10.1111/mec.13865. ISSN 0962-1083. PMID 27671533. S2CID 19862561.
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