February 2021 Curriculum Vitae Thomas J. Baum, PhD Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology 1344 Advanced Teaching and Research Building Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011, USA Tel: (515) 294-5420 E-mail:
[email protected] Web: http://www.plantpath.iastate.edu/baumlab/ CV Thomas J. Baum Education Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) 1989-1993 Clemson University, South Carolina, USA Diplom Agrar-Ingenieur 1986-1989 Technical University Munich, (MS-equivalent; Agricultural Sciences) Germany Vordiplom (Agricultural Sciences) 1983-1985 University of Bonn, Germany German High School Diploma (Abitur) 1982 Stefan George Gymnasium Bingen/Rhein Employment and Appointment Experiences 2017 – present: Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor 2006 – 2017: Professor, Department of Plant Pathology (Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology since 2011), Iowa State University. 2005 – 2020: Chair, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology (Department of Plant Pathology before 2011), Iowa State University. 2004 – 2007: Interim Director, Center for Plant Responses to Environmental Stresses (CPRES) of the Plant Sciences Institute (PSI), Iowa State University. 2002 – 2004: Chair, Interdepartmental Genetics Major, Iowa State University. 2000 – 2006: Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University. 1995 – 2000: Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University. 1993 - 1995: Postdoctoral Researcher in the laboratory of Dr. R. S. Hussey, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia. 1989 - 1993: Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology, Clemson University; Drs. S. A. Lewis, B. A. Fortnum, and R. A. Dean co- advisors. Thesis title: Population Dynamics and Species Identification of Root-Knot Nematodes in Tobacco. 1987 - 1989: Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Phytopathology, Technical University Munich; Prof.