{"id":4489,"date":"2023-10-06T13:45:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=4489"},"modified":"2026-02-05T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T20:54:11","slug":"dannise-ruiz-ramos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/faculty\/dannise-ruiz-ramos\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Dannise Ruiz-Ramos"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Assistant Professor, School of Agricultural and Natural Sciences (SANS)<\/em>
University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: (410) 651-7234 | Email:\u00a0dvruizramos@umes.edu<\/a> |\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Pennsylvania State University <\/strong>(2014)
Ph.D., Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Puerto Rico, Mayag\u00fcez<\/strong> (2009)
M.Sc., Marine Sciences        <\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Puerto Rico, R\u00edo Piedras<\/strong> (2005)
B.Sc., Environmental Sciences
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Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Environmental DNA<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Conservation Genomics<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Biodiversity and genetic variation<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Invertebrate mass mortalities<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    1. Ballare KM, Worth A, Ruiz-Ramos DV, Beraut E, Nava H, Fairbairn C, Wayne RK, Shapiro B, Short G, Meyer RS. Environmental DNA reveals invasive crayfish microbial associates and ecosystem-wide biodiversity before and after eradication.<\/a> (2023). Environmental DNA <\/em>(00):1\u2013 18.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Ruiz-Ramos DV, Meyer R, Toews D, Stephens M, Kolster M, Sexton JP. (2022). Environmental DNA (eDNA) detects temporal and habitat effects on community composition and endangered species in ephemeral ecosystems: a case study in vernal pools.<\/a> Environmental DNA<\/em> 5 (1): 85-101.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. Pennington LE, Slatyer RA, Ruiz-Ramos DV, Veloz SD, Sexton JP. (2021). How is adaptive potential distributed within species ranges?<\/a> Evolution<\/em> 75: 2152-2166. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. Lin M, Simons AL, Curd EE, Harrigan RJ, Schneider FD, Ruiz-Ramos DV, Gold Z, Osborne MG, Shirazi S, Schweizer TM, Moore T, Fox EA, Turba R, Garcia-Vedrenne AE, Helman S, Rutledge K, Palacios Mejia M, Munguia Ramos M, Wetzer R, Pentcheff D, McTavish EJ, Dawson MD, Shapiro B, Wayne RK, Meyer RS. (2021) Landscape analyses using eDNA metabarcoding and Earth observation predict community biodiversity in California. <\/a>Ecological Applications<\/em> 31(6):e02379. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. Meyer RS, Curd E, Schweizer T, Gold Z, Ruiz Ramos D, Shirazi S, Kandlikar G, Kwan W, Lin M, Freise A, Moberg-Parker J, Ramos MM, Shapiro B, Dawson M, Sexton JP, Pipes L, Vedrenne AG, Mejia MP, Aronson EL, Moore T, Nielsen R, Lewin H, Barber P, Wall J, Kraft N, Wayne RK. (2021) The CALeDNA program: Citizen scientists and researchers inventory California\u2019s biodiversity<\/a>. California Agriculture<\/em>, 75(1) 20-32. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. Klymus K.E., Ruiz Ramos D.V., Thompson N.L., Richter C.A. (2020). Development and testing of species-specific quantitative PCR assays for environmental DNA applications. JoVE<\/em> (165), e61825. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. Ruiz-Ramos DV, Schiebelhut LM, Hoff K, Wares JP, Dawson MN (2020) An Initial Comparative Genomic Autopsy of Wasting Disease in Sea Stars.<\/a> Molecular Ecology<\/em> 29 (6):1087\u2013 1102<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. Rodriguez L, L\u00f3pez C, Casado-Amezua P, Ruiz-Ramos DV, Martinez B, Banaszak A, Tuya F, Garc\u00eda A, Hern\u00e1ndez M (2019) Genetic relationships of the hydrocoral Millepora alcicornis<\/em> and its symbiont within and between locations on both sides of the Atlantic<\/a>. Coral Reefs<\/em> <\/strong>38(2): 255-268.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. Ruiz-Ramos DV, Fisher CR, Baums IB (2017) Stress response of the black coral Leiopathes glaberrima<\/em> to crude oil and dispersant<\/a>. Elementa Science for the Anthropocene<\/em> <\/strong>5:77.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. Cardona Y, Ruiz-Ramos DV, Baums IB, Bracco Annalisa (2016) Potential connectivity of coldwater black coral communities in the northern Gulf of Mexico<\/a>. PLoS ONE<\/em> 11(5): e0156257.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. DeLeo D, Ruiz-Ramos DV, Baums IB, Cordes E (2016) Response of deep-water corals to oil and chemical dispersant exposure<\/a>. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography <\/em>129:137-147.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    12. Ruiz-Ramos DV, Saunders M, Fisher C, Baums IB. (2015) Home bodies and wanderers: sympatric lineages of the deep sea black coral, Leiopathes glaberrima<\/em><\/a>. PLoS ONE<\/em> 10(10): e0138989. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    13. Ruiz-Ramos DV, Baums IB (2014) Microsatellite abundance across the Anthozoa and Hydrozoa in the phylum Cnidaria<\/a>. BMC Genomics<\/em> 15: 939.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    14. Ruiz-Ramos DV, Weil E, Schizas NV (2014) Morphological and genetic evaluation of the hydrocoral Millepora <\/em>species complex in the Caribbean<\/a>. Zoological Studies<\/em> 53: 4.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    15. Baums IB, Devlin-Durante MK, Polato NR, Xu D, Giri S, Altman NS, Ruiz D, Parkinson JE, Boulay JN (2013) Genotypic variation influences reproductive success and thermal stress tolerance in the reef building coral, Acropora palmata<\/em><\/a>. Coral Reefs<\/em> 32: 703-717.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    16. Ruiz-Ramos DV, Hern\u00e1ndez-Delgado EA and Schizas NV (2011) Population status of the long-spined urchin Diadema antillarum<\/em> in Puerto Rico 20 years after a mass mortality event<\/a>. Bulletin of Marine Sciences <\/em>87(1): 113-127.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Dannise V. Ruiz-Ramos<\/strong> is an assistant professor of Environmental Sciences in the Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Ruiz-Ramos has a Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University, where she studied the genetic connectivity of deep-sea black corals in the Gulf of Mexico. As a postdoctoral scholar with the UC Conservation Genomics Consortium at the University of California, Merced, she used genomics to study Sea Star Wasting Disease and environmental DNA (eDNA) to characterize biodiversity in California\u2019s coast and vernal pools. As a Biologist at the USGS Columbia Environmental Research Center in Columbia, Mo., she studied eDNA ecology and its transport and persistence in river systems. <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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