Hugo Sanchez Gomez

Since childhood, I have always been fascinated by marine life, especially sharks and rays. Nowadays, the dreams I had as a child are starting to come true. Throughout my academic journey, I have had the opportunity to work with artisanal fisheries, local ecological knowledge, and baited remote underwater video systems (BRUVS) to study elasmobranchs and teleosts in the Gulf of California and the Revillagigedo Archipelago. I am currently pursuing my PhD at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, where I study the population genomics of a vulnerable shark species, the Blacktip Shark (Carcharhinus limbatus), in order to enhance our understanding of its connectivity in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, which may contribute to the establishment of new marine corridors in the region.

December 2024