• United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

Personal profile

Personal Statement

Gabriela Gomes is an applied mathematician specialised in population dynamics. She obtained her PhD in Mathematics from the University of Warwick and, subsequently, switched to biology with a Wellcome Research Training Fellowship in Mathematical Biology. She established an independent research group at the Gulbenkian Science Institute, initially supported by a Marie Curie Excellence Grant, with projects ranging from fundamental mathematical concepts to management of population and ecosystem health, public engagement in science and development of research infrastructures. She subsequently led research programmes at the University of Porto, the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and is now a Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Strathclyde. She held visiting positions in the USA and Brazil and is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.

Gabriela is broadly interested in how variation among individuals affects the dynamics of populations, whether this concerns demography, epidemiology, ecology or evolutionary biology. In collaboration with experimental and observational scientists, she studies microbial population dynamics and the spread of infectious diseases. She is also involved in research devoted to optimising study designs and policy decisions.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Symmetries in bifurcation theory: the appropriate context, University of Warwick

1 Jan 199031 Dec 1992

Award Date: 14 Jul 1993

External positions

Integrated member, Centre for Mathematics, University of Porto (CMUP)

1 Jan 2020 → …

Keywords

  • mathematical biology
  • population dynamics
  • epidemiology
  • host-microbe ecosystems
  • evolutionary theory

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics where Gabriela Gomes is active. These topic labels come from the works of this person. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
  • 1 Similar Profiles

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or