Maria Gabriela Miranda Gomes

Gabriela Gomes graduated in Applied Mathematics from the University of Porto in 1987, and completed her MSc and PhD in Mathematics from the University of Warwick in 1990 and 1993, respectively. In 1999, she was awarded a Wellcome Research Training Fellowship in Mathematical Biology. In 2002, established an independent research group at IGC, initially supported by a Marie Curie Excellence Grant, with a spectrum of projects ranging from fundamental mathematical concepts to management of population and ecosystem health, public engagement in science and development of research infrastructures. She joined the Research Centre for Biodiversity and Genetic Resources (CIBIO-InBIO), University of Porto, in 2015. 

Gomes has published over 60 peer-reviewed research papers in international journals, initially in Mathematics and Physics and more recently in Biology, Ecology and Epidemiology, and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Mathematical Biology, and Scientific Reports. She held visiting positions at the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, University of Minnesota, at the Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, and at the Institute for Mathematics and Statistics, University of São Paulo. She is an active participant and organizer of workshops and advanced courses, and a frequent reviewer for research papers and grant proposals.