Dr Africa Gomez

Dr Africa Gomez

Senior Lecturer

+44 (0)1482 465542 | A.Gomez@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • School of Natural Sciences

Related groups

  • Biological Science

Summary

Africa Gomez is an evolutionary biologist whose research centres 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.

Africa is currently working on elucidating the impact of sexual system on sex chromosome evolution in Triops.

She was previously a NERC Advanced Fellow at Hull. Africa has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers. She obtained her PhD at the University of Valencia.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Beavers in Holderness and the Hull Valley

Gómez, A., & Middleton, R. (2024). Beavers in Holderness and the Hull Valley. The naturalist, 1116, 81-93

A survey of Bush-crickets in the Hull area

Gómez, A. (2023). A survey of Bush-crickets in the Hull area. The naturalist, 148, 12-23

Status and conservation of the Bog Bush-cricket Metrioptera brachyptera in Yorkshire

Gómez, A. (2023). Status and conservation of the Bog Bush-cricket Metrioptera brachyptera in Yorkshire. The naturalist, 148, 164-172

Terrapins in South-east Yorkshire (VC61)

Shillaker, R., & Gómez, A. (2022). Terrapins in South-east Yorkshire (VC61). The naturalist, 147, 81-100

Ecological genomics of adaptation to unpredictability in experimental rotifer populations

Tarazona, E., Hahn, C., Franch-Gras, L., García-Roger, E. M., Carmona, M. J., & Gómez, A. (2019). Ecological genomics of adaptation to unpredictability in experimental rotifer populations. Scientific reports, 9(1), Article 19646. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56100-y

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Acoustic Surveying of Bog Bush-crickets in Yorkshire

Funder

Yorkshire Naturalists Union

Grant

£1,257.00

Started

1 June 2024

Status

Ongoing

Postgraduate supervision

Africa welcomes applications for postgraduate supervision in her specialist areas of research.

Completed PhDs

- Marta Maccari. 2017. Origin and evolution of Artemia reproductive and genetic diversity. IATS/CSIC, Spain and University of Hull. Co-supervised with Prof. Francisco Amat Domenech. CSIC and European Social Fund. Universitat de Valencia 20 September 2017.

- Thomas Mathers. 2013. The genetics and evolutionary dynamics of reproductive mode in tadpole shrimps. University of Hull/NHM London. NERC CASE studentship. Co-supervised with Rob Hammond and Ronald Jenner.

- Javier Montero Pau. 2012. Ecological and evolutionary impact of diapause on zooplankton. Universitat de València. Co-supervised with Prof Manuel Serra.

- Raquel Ortells Bañeres. 2002. Diversidad genética y ecológica en especies crípticas de rotíferos: patrones y procesos. Universitat de València. Co-supervised with Prof Manuel Serra.

Current PhD supervisions

- Graham Sellers, start date 1/10/2015. Discovering and Monitoring Endangered Triops cancriformis Populations in Ephemeral Ponds. University of Hull PhD Studentships. Co-supervised with B Haenfling. Ongoing.

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