Dr Africa Gomez
Africa is an evolutionary biologist whose research centres on the impact of sexual systems on population structure, phylogeography and genomics. She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and obtained her PhD at the University of Valencia.
Faculty of Science and EngineeringSchool of Natural SciencesBiological ScienceAbout Dr Africa Gomez
Africa Gomez is an evolutionary biologist. Her research is currently on recording biodiversity using a range of methods, including acoustic monitoring. Previous research centred on the impact of sexual systems on population structure, phylogeography and genomics. She is interested in the evolution, ecology and natural history of aquatic invertebrates, especially those dispersing passively, which she investigates using molecular tools and genomic approaches. Her work involved elucidating the impact of sexual system on sex chromosome evolution in Triops.
She was previously a NERC Advanced Fellow at Hull. Africa has published over 60 peer-reviewed publications. She obtained her PhD at the University of Valencia, Spain.