Jose A. Godoy

I consider myself an empirical conservation geneticist and molecular ecologist. My research interests cover a wide range of scales, from species to individuals, and issues, including phylogeography, genetic diversity and structure, gene-flow and dispersal, and the use of non-invasive samples for genetic monitoring. My current main goal is gaining a deeper understanding of how population decline and isolation in endangered species affect adaptive genetic variation, and how this in turn affects individual survival and reproduction and population dynamics. In the last year, I'm approaching this goal through the use of genomic approaches and the highly endangered Iberian lynx as a model species.