Liv Williamson, Ph.D.

PUBLICATIONS

• Chille E, Stephens T, Nandi S; Jiang H, Gerdes M, Williamson O… et al. Coral health monitoring in the omics age (in review)

• Serrano X, Rosales S, Miller M, Palacio-Castro A, Williamson O, Gomez A, Baker A. (2024). Sediment source and dose influence the larval performance of the threatened coral Orbicella faveolata. PLoS ONE19(6): e0292474.

• Young B, Williamson O, … et al. (2024) Annotated genome and transcriptome of the endangered Caribbean mountainous star coral (Orbicella faveolata) using PacBio long-read sequencing. BMC Genomics.

• Williamson O, Mustard A, Bright A, Williams D, Ladd M, Baker A (2023) Opportunistic consumption of coral spawn by the ruby brittle star (Ophioderma rubicundum). Ecology and Evolution.

• Williams D, Bright A, Williamson O, 10:1180996.oura A, Ladd M (2023) Synchronous spawning of nursery-raised elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata) outplanted to reefs in the Florida Keys (USA). Frontiers in Marine Science.

• Williamson OM, Dennison CE, O’Neil KL, Baker AC. (2022) Susceptibility of Caribbean brain coral recruits to stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD). Frontiers in Marine Science.

• Simoes N, Besonen M, Carmona Escalante A, Uribe Martínez A, Vidal Hernández L; González Díaz P… Williamson O… et al. (2022) Tarjeta de Reporte Arrecife Alacranes 2021. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6544530

• Cunning R, Parker K, Johnson-Sapp K, Karp R, Wen A, Williamson OM et al. (2021) Census of heat tolerance among Florida’s threatened staghorn corals finds resilient individuals throughout existing nursery populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

• Williamson OM, Allen CE, Williams DE, Johnson MW, Miller MW, Baker AC (2021). Neighboring colonies influence algal symbiont community structure in threatened Caribbean coral recruits. Coral Reefs.

• Zuchowicz N, Daly J, Lager C, Williamson OM, Hagedorn M (2021). Freezing on the beach: a robust coral sperm cryopreservation design. Cryobiology.

• Phelps S, Polissar PJ, Hennon GM, Dyhrman ST, Hernández-Limón MD, Williamson OM (2021). Carbon isotope fractionation in Noelaerhabdaceae algae in culture and a critical evaluation of the alkenone paleobarometer. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

• Hennon GM, Williamson OM, Hernández-Limón MD, Haley ST, Dyhrman ST (2019) Non-linear physiology and gene expression responses of harmful alga Heterosigma akashiwo to rising CO2. Protist.

presentations (select)

• “Nature Reborn: Engineering the Future of Biodiversity” (SXSW, Austin, TX, 2025)

• “Where Are We Going? The Future of Reef Restoration” panel (Reef Futures Symposium, Mexico, 2024)

• “Bringing Biotechnology to Coral Conservation” (Reef Futures Symposium, Mexico, 2024)

• “Wild Comeback: Can We Engineer Nature Resilience?” (Dubai Future Forum, United Arab Emirates, 2024)

• “Bringing Biotech to Coral Conservation” (Hopeful Healthy Oceans [H2O], Miami, FL, 2024)

• “Differential susceptibility of brain coral recruits to stony coral tissue loss disease” (ReeFlorida Symposium, Miami, FL, 2023)

• “Pandemic parenting: Breeding for disease resistance in Diploria labyrinthiformis” (Reef Futures Symposium, Key Largo, FL, 2022)

• “Starting them young: Benefits and trade-offs of manipulating algal symbiont communities in threatened Caribbean coral recruits” (15th International Coral Reef Symposium, 2022)

• “Testing strategies to enhance climate resilience in sexually-propagated Caribbean corals” (Ph.D. dissertation defense, University of Miami, 2022)

• “Helping baby corals take the heat” (University of Miami Three Minute Thesis Competition, 2022)

• “Susceptibility of Caribbean brain coral recruits to stony coral tissue loss disease” (UM Marine Biology & Ecology department talk, 2021)

• “On Thin Ice: Cryopreserving Coral Gametes for Reef Conservation & Restoration” (UM Marine Biology & Ecology department talk, 2019)

• “Temperature and symbiont availability influence symbiont identity and abundance in scleractinian coral recruits” (Reef Futures, 2018)