2003-2006 Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Dissertation Topic: Marine Reserve Design and Life History Variation, Advisor: Simon A. Levin
2001-2003 M.A., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
1997-2001 B.S., Biological Sciences (Minor: Mathematics), with Distinction, Stanford University, Stanford CA
Honors Thesis: A Polygenic Model of Genomic Imprinting Evolution, Sponsor: Marcus W. Feldman
My research interests are at the interface between theoretical population biology and conservation biology: I use mathematical models and simulations to investigate how anthropogenic impacts and global change cause rapid evolution and community shifts. While researching a wide range of biological topics from life history evolution to ecosystem resilience, I develop theory relevant to conservation management decisions, particularly in marine systems.
2008-present Assistant ProfessorTeaching Experience
2006-2008 Postdoctoral Associate
M.L. Baskett. Integrating mechanistic organism-environment interactions into the basic theory of community and evolutionary ecology. In press, Journal of Experimental Biology.
M.L. Baskett. Evolution of Dispersal. In press, Encyclopedia of Theoretical Ecology (A. Hastings and L. Gross, eds.), University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.
J.W. White, L.W. Botsford, M.L. Baskett, L.A.K. Barnett, R.J. Barr, and A. Hastings. 2011. Linking models and monitoring data in assessing performance of no-take marine reserves. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 9:(7)390-399.
M.L. Baskett and R. Gomulkiewicz. 2011. Introgressive hybridization as a mechanism for species rescue. Theoretical Ecology 4:223–239.
M.L. Baskett and A.K. Salomon. 2010. Recruitment facilitation can drive alternative states on temperate reefs. Ecology 91(6):1763-1773.
J.L. Orrock, M.L. Baskett, and R.D. Holt. 2010. Spatial interplay of plant competition and consumer foraging mediates plant coexistence and drives the invasion ratchet. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277:3307–3315.
J.L. Orrock, R.D. Holt, and M.L. Baskett. 2010. Refuge-mediated apparent competition in plant-consumer interactions. Ecology Letters 13:11-20.
M.L. Baskett, R.M. Nisbet, C.V. Kappel, P.J. Mumby, and S.D. Gaines. 2010. Conservation management approaches to protecting the capacity for corals to respond to climate change: a theoretical comparison. Global Change Biology 16(4):1229-1246.
M.L. Baskett, S.D. Gaines, and R.M. Nisbet. 2009. Symbiont diversity may help coral reefs survive moderate climate change. Ecological Applications 19(1):3-17.
R.A. Pelc, M.L. Baskett, T. Tranci, S.D. Gaines, and R.R. Warner. 2009. Quantifying larval export from South African marine reserves. Marine Ecology Progress Series 394:65-78.
E.S. Dunlop, M.L. Baskett, M. Heino, and U. Dieckmann. 2009. The propensity of marine reserves to reduce the evolutionary effects of fishing in a migratory species. Evolutionary Applications 2(3):371-393.
M.L. Baskett and B.S. Halpern. 2009. Marine Ecosystem Services. In: Guide to Ecology (S.A. Levin, ed.), Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, pp. 619-624.
M.L. Baskett. 2007. Simple fisheries and marine reserve models with species interactions: an overview and example with facilitation. CalCOFI Reports 48:71-81.
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M.L. Baskett, J.S. Weitz, and S.A. Levin. 2007. The evolution of dispersal in reserve networks. American Naturalist 170(1):59–78.
M.L. Baskett, F. Micheli, and S.A. Levin. 2007. Designing marine reserves for interacting species: Insights from theory. Biological Conservation 137(2):163-179.
M.L. Baskett. 2006. Prey size refugia and trophic cascades in marine reserves. Marine Ecology Progress Series 328:285-293.
M.L. Baskett, M. Yoklavich, and M.S. Love. 2006. Predation, competition, and the recovery of overexploited fish stocks in marine reserves. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 63(6):1214-1229.
M.L. Baskett, S.A. Levin, S.D. Gaines, and J. Dushoff. 2005. Marine reserve design and the evolution of size at maturation in harvested fish. Ecological Applications 15(3):882-901.
L. Jin, M.L. Baskett, L.L. Cavalli-Sforza, L.A. Zhivotovsky, M.W. Feldman and N.A. Rosenberg. 2000. Microsatellite evolution in modern humans: a comparison of two data sets from the same populations. Annals of Human Genetics 64:117-134.
Managing Natural Resources for Adaptive Capacity: the Central Valley Chinook Salmon Portfolio. CALFED Bay-Delta Program (NOAA/US Fish & Wildlife Service/California Department of Fish & Game), 2011-2014, $489,343, Co-PIs: Stephanie Carlson (lead PI), Steven Lindley, William Satterthwaite, Michael Springborn, and Robin Waples.Professional Memberships and Service
The interaction between spatially and temporally heterogeneous selection: Salmon as a model system, National Science Foundation, 8/1/09-7/31/11, $132,691 (PI)
Adaptive Management: Predicting Responses to Marine Protected Areas for Comparison to Monitoring Data, California Sea Grant, 2010-2012, Co-PIs: Louis Botsford (lead PI) and Alan Hastings
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2003-2006
Burroughs Wellcome Program in Biological Dynamics Training Grant, 2001-2006
2007-2008 Volunteer, Kids Do Ecology
2002-2006 Member, Greening Princeton
2003-2004 Participant, Scholars in the Schools
1998-2001 Volunteer, Students for Environmental Education