Summary
Dr Valero has a background in evolutionary genetics and a strong interest in interdisciplinary problem-solving.
Her current research seeks to understand the functional genomics of the organismal stress response, in the context of climate adaptation, climate change, and environment-disease relationships.
Journal Article
Patterns, mechanisms and genetics of speciation in reptiles and amphibians
Wollenberg Valero, K. C., Marshall, J. C., Bastiaans, E., Caccone, A., Camargo, A., Morando, M., …Steinfartz, S. (2019). Patterns, mechanisms and genetics of speciation in reptiles and amphibians. Genes, 10(9), https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10090646
Environmental temperatures shape thermal physiology as well as diversification and genome-wide substitution rates in lizards
García-Porta, J., Irisarri, I., Kirchner, M., Rodriguez, A., Kirchhof, S., Brown, J. L., …Wollenberg Valero, K. C. (2019). Environmental temperatures shape thermal physiology as well as diversification and genome-wide substitution rates in lizards. Nature communications, 10, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11943-x
Transcriptomic Signatures of Experimental Alkaloid Consumption in a Poison Frog
Sanchez, E., Rodríguez, A., Grau, J. H., Lötters, S., Künzel, S., Saporito, R. A., …Vences, M. (2019). Transcriptomic Signatures of Experimental Alkaloid Consumption in a Poison Frog. Genes, 10(10), 733. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10100733
Saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin bioavailability increases in future oceans
Roggatz, C. C., Fletcher, N., Benoit, D. M., Algar, A. C., Doroff, A., Wright, B., …Hardege, J. D. (2019). Saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin bioavailability increases in future oceans. Nature Climate Change, 9(11), 840-844. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0589-3
Plant phenology supports the multi-emergence hypothesis for ebola spillover events
Wollenberg Valero, K. C., Douglas, N. E., Isokpehi, R. D., Johnson, B., McGill, A., Sivasundaram, S., & Wootson, K. (2018). Plant phenology supports the multi-emergence hypothesis for ebola spillover events. EcoHealth, 15(3), 497–508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-017-1288-z
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
GCRF- PPF 20 Forecasting Ebola Spillovers
Funder
00 University of Hull
Grant
£18,157.00
Started
1 February 2018
Status
Complete
Project
The role of genomic networks in adaptation to changing environments
Funder
Royal Society
Grant
£19,793.00
Started
27 March 2019
Status
Complete
Postgraduate supervision
Applications from prospective PhD, MSc by Research (MRes) students or research fellows are welcome at any time. In particular, expressions of interest and applications in the following areas of research are invited:
- Molecular stress and molecular adaptation
- Organismal adaptation to climate change
- Evolutionary inference using genomic and transcriptomic data
- Interdisciplinary research intersecting genetics, bioinformatics, modelling and fieldwork in any combination
- Comparative projects focusing on vertebrate ectotherms (fish, reptiles, amphibians)
- Quantitative expertise development in STEM education