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Carola Gómez Rodríguez

Associate Professor
Department: Functional Biology
Centre: Faculty of Biology (USC)
Research Group: BiBiCI Biodiversity, Biogeography and Integrative Conservation
Phone: +34 881 813320
Email: carola.gomez@usc.es
Web: BiBiCI Biodiversity, Biogeography and Integrative Conservation

   
   

Carola Gómez-Rodríguez is a macroecologist interested in the processes that shape biological diversity across spatial and temporal scales. Here research primarily explores the integration of molecular data within a macroecological framework, providing a comprehensive approach to analyzing biodiversity. Her doctoral thesis focused on the spatiotemporal dynamics of amphibian communities in Doñana National Park (EBD-CSIC, University of Salamanca, 2009). As a postdoc at the University of Vigo, she worked on the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in direct collaboration with the European Commission. In 2013 she joined Prof. A. Vogler’s Lab at the Natural History Museum in London (United Kingdom), where she contributed to the development of mitometagenomics for the integrative assessment of biodiversity patterns. In 2016 she joined the Biogeography Lab (BiBiCI) at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She coordinates the research group Biodiversity, Biogeography and Integrative Conservation (BiBiCI) and the teaching innovation group Biodiversity with R (GID-BioR).

Research Lines

• Macroecological processes and patterns

• Integrative analysis of biological diversity

• Effect of climate change and anthropogenic activity on the distribution of species and communities.

• Identification of priority areas for conservation and evaluation of invasion risk.

• DNA-based biodiversity assessment (barcoding, metabarcoding, eDNA, iDNA, mitometagenomics)