Iliana B. Baums - Biographical Sketch

Education

5/98 - 5/04 Ph.D. Degree at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, USA.

10/97 - 5/00 Diplom Degree, University of Bremen, Germany.

8/96 - 9/97 International exchange student at University of Miami.

10/93 - 7/96 Vordiplom, University of Tuebingen, Germany. Major: Biology.

Employment

8/06 Assistant Professor- Research, Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, USA

8/05 - 8/06 Postdoctoral Researcher to Dr. Rob Toonen, Molecular Ecology of Hawaiian corals, University of Hawaii, USA

6/04 - 6/05 Postdoctoral Researcher to Dr. Jack Fell, Marine Microbiology, University of Miami, USA.

1/01 - 07/05 P.I and Lab Manager to Dr. John McManus and Dr. Margaret Miller, Coral Reef Ecology, University of Miami, USA.

8/00 - 12/00 Teaching Assistant to Dr. Linda Farmer, Course: Introduction to Marine Biology, University of Miami, USA.

5/98 - 8/00 Research Assistant to Dr. Margaret Miller, Coral Reef Ecology, University of Miami, USA.

10/97 - 5/98 Research Assistant to Prof. Dr. Dietmar Blohm, Biotechnology, University of Bremen, Germany.

12/96 - 9/97 Research student to Dr. Peter Glynn, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, USA.

Publications

Baums IB, Goodwin KD, Kiesling T, Wanless D, Fell JW (accepted) Luminex detection of fecal indicators in river samples, marine recreational water and beach sand.

Miller MW, Baums IB, Williams DE (in review) Larval recruits of Acropora palmata not discernable by field observation.

Foster, N.L., Baums, I.B., Mumby, P.J. (in press) Sexual versus asexual reproduction in an ecosystem engineer: the massive coral Montastraea annularis. Journal of Animal Ecology.

Baums IB, Miller MW, Hellberg ME (2006) Geographic variation in clonal structure in a reef building Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata. Ecological Monographs 76(4): 503-519

Baums, IB., Paris C.B., Chérubin, L.M. 2006. A bio-oceanographic filter to larval dispersal in a reef-building coral. Limnology and Oceanography 51: 1969-1981

Baums IB, Hughes CR, Hellberg MH (2005a) Mendelian microsatellite loci for the Caribbean coral Acropora palmata. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 288: 115-127

Baums IB, Miller MW, Hellberg ME (2005b) Regionally isolated populations of an imperiled Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata. Molecular Ecology 14: 1377-1390

Baums IB, Miller MW, Szmant AM (2003a) Ecology of a corallivorous gastropod, Coralliophila abbreviata, on two scleractinian hosts. 1: Population structure of snails and corals. Marine Biology 142: 1083-1091

Baums IB, Miller MW, Szmant AM (2003b) Ecology of a corallivorous gastropod, Coralliophila abbreviata, on two scleractinian hosts. II. Feeding, respiration and growth. Marine Biology 142: 1093-1101

Selected Presentations

Baums IB: From small to large and past to present: the importance of scale in genetic connectivity studies. 59th Annual Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute Meeting. Belize, November 2006. Invited Speaker.

Baums IB, Miller MW, Hellberg ME: Geographic variation in clonal structure in a reef building Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata. International Society for Reef Studies European Meeting, September 2006. Oral Presentation.

Baums IB, Kiesling TK, Goodwin K, Fell JW: Luminex Technology for Recreational Water Quality. ASLO Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2005. Oral presentation.

Baums IB: Clonal structure and gene flow in Acropora palmata at multiple spatial scales. BackReef II Workshop, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas, January 2005. Invited speaker.

Baums IB, Miller MW, Hellberg ME: Regional isolation and local connectivity among Caribbean coral populations. 11th ISRS Meeting, Okinawa, Japan, July 2004. Oral presentation.

Baums IB, Miller MW, Hellberg ME: Genetic Status of Acropora palmata Populations in the Caribbean. Caribbean Acropora Workshop: Potential Application of the U.S. Endangered Species Act as a Conservation Strategy. Miami, April 2002. Invited speaker.

Baums IB, Miller MW, Hellberg ME: The genetic structure of Acropora palmata and the hunt for microsatellite markers. ISRS European Meeting. Robinson College, Cambridge, September 2002. Oral presentation.

Baums IB; Miller MW, Szmant AM: The importance of the gastropod Coralliophila abbreviata LAMARCK (Coralliophilidae) as a coral predator in the Caribbean. ISRS Meeting, Bali, Indonesia, September 2000. Oral presentation.

Synergistic Activities

Laboratory and/or field training: two undergraduate (Lyza Johnston, Traci Flook) and five graduate students (Greg Concepcion, Nicola Forster, Lyza Johnston, Nicholas Polato, Derek Skillings)

Participant in expert panel on listing Caribbean coral species in the genus Acropora as threatened under the US Endangered Species Act

Ipod casts on coral population genetic studies in the North Western Hawaiian Islands aboard the NOAA ship, Hi'ialakai
Radio appearances on local radio shows (WLRN - National Public Radio, Florida Keys Radio)

Collaborators

Co-authors and collaborators: Goodwin K (NOAA), Hellberg ME (Louisana State Univ), Hughes, CR (Univ of Miami), LaJeunesse, T (Florida International Univ), Miller MW (NOAA), Mumby P, Rogers, C (NPS), Santos, SC (Auburn Univ), Szmant AM (North Carolina State Univ), Williams DE (Univ of Miami), Postdoc Advisors: Fell JW (Univ of Miami), McManus J (Univ of Miami), Miller MW (NOAA), Toonen R (Univ of Hawaii)

Thesis Advisor: Glynn PW (Univ of Miami)