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New Mexico State University: Las Cruces, New Mexico, US

2024-01-10 to present | Assistant Professor (Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology)
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez

Dominican University of California: San Rafael, CA, US

2020-01-16 to 2023-12-20 | Assistant Professor (Natural Sciences and Mathematics)
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez

University of California Berkeley: Berkeley, CA, US

2017-09-01 to 2020-01-01 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Environmental Science, Policy, and Management)
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez

Purdue University: West Lafayette, IN, US

2017-04-20 to 2017-07-31 | Postdoctoral Research Associate (Forestry and Natural Resources)
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez

Education and qualifications (2)

Purdue University: West Lafayette, IN, US

2012-08-15 to 2017-05-12 | Ph.D. (Forestry and Natural Resources)
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez

Texas Tech University: Lubbock, TX, US

2007-08-15 to 2010-12-15 | Bachelors (Biology)
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez

Works (18)

Wildfires disturb the natural skin microbiota of terrestrial salamanders

Environmental Microbiology
2023-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Lubna Mulla; Obed Hernández‐Gómez
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Bacterial communities of the threatened Western Pond Turtle may be impacted by land use

FEMS Microbiology Ecology
2023-11-13 | Journal article
Contributors: Alison White; Madison Giannetto; Lubna Mulla; Amber Del Rosario; Tammy Lim; Edward Culver; Matthew Timmer; Jessie Bushell; Max R Lambert; Obed Hernández-Gómez
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From the organismal to biosphere levels: environmental impacts on the amphibian microbiota

FEMS Microbiology Reviews
2023-01-16 | Journal article
Contributors: Obed Hernández-Gómez; Jessica Hua
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Life stage and proximity to roads shape the skin microbiota of eastern newts (Notophthalmus viridescens)

Environmental Microbiology
2022-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Vanessa P. Wuerthner; Jessica Hua; Obed Hernández‐Gómez
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Skin bacterial metacommunities of San Francisco Bay Area salamanders are structured by host genus and habitat quality

FEMS Microbiology Ecology
2022-01-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Shannon Buttimer; Obed Hernández-Gómez; Erica Bree Rosenblum
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Turtle Shell Disease Fungus (Emydomyces testavorans): First Documented Occurrence in California and Prevalence in Free-Living Turtles

Ichthyology and Herpetology
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85122346565

Part of ISSN: 27661520 27661512
Contributors: Lambert, M.R.; Hernández-Gómez, O.; Krohn, A.R.; Mutlow, A.; Patterson, L.; Rosenblum, E.B.; Timmer, M.; Willis, J.; Bushell, J.
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez via Scopus - Elsevier

A novel bioaugmentation technique effectively increases the skin-associated microbial diversity of captive eastern hellbenders

Conservation Physiology
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85099710321

Part of ISSN: 20511434
Contributors: Kenison, E.K.; Hernández-Gómez, O.; Williams, R.N.
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez via Scopus - Elsevier

Invasive vegetation affects amphibian skin microbiota and body condition

PeerJ
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85083548956

Part of ISSN: 21678359
Contributors: Hernández-Gómez, O.; Byrne, A.Q.; Gunderson, A.R.; Jenkinson, T.S.; Noss, C.F.; Rothstein, A.P.; Womack, M.C.; Rosenblum, E.B.
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez via Scopus - Elsevier

Note: Prevalence of batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in immature eastern hellbenders cryptobranchus alleganiensis from North Carolina, USA

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85088155712

Part of ISSN: 16161580 01775103
Contributors: Diaz, L.; Hernandez-Gomez, O.; Unger, S.D.; Williams, L.A.; Bodinof Jachowski, C.M.
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez via Scopus - Elsevier

Climate change disturbs wildlife microbiomes

Nature Climate Change
2020-11-28 | Journal article
Contributors: Obed Hernández-Gómez
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Comment on “Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity”

Science
2020-03-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Max R. Lambert; Molly C. Womack; Allison Q. Byrne; Obed Hernández-Gómez; Clay F. Noss; Andrew P. Rothstein; David C. Blackburn; James P. Collins; Martha L. Crump; Michelle S. Koo et al.
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Amphibian Host and Skin Microbiota Response to a Common Agricultural Antimicrobial and Internal Parasite

Microbial Ecology
2020-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Obed Hernández-Gómez; Vanessa Wuerthner; Jessica Hua
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Amphibian Skin Microbiota Response to Variable Housing Conditions and Experimental Treatment across Space and Time

Journal of Herpetology
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85077886323

Part of ISSN: 00221511
Contributors: Wuerthner, V.P.; Hernández-Gómez, O.; Hua, J.
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez via Scopus - Elsevier

Local adaptation of the MHC class IIβ gene in populations of wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) correlates with proximity to agriculture

Infection, Genetics and Evolution
2019-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Obed Hernández-Gómez; Steven J.A. Kimble; Jessica Hua; Vanessa P. Wuerthner; Devin K. Jones; Brian M. Mattes; Rickey D. Cothran; Rick A. Relyea; George A. Meindl; Jason T. Hoverman
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Captivity-Induced Changes in the Skin Microbial Communities of Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)

Microbial Ecology
2019-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Obed Hernández-Gómez; Jeffrey T. Briggler; Rod N. Williams
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Influence of immunogenetics, sex and body condition on the cutaneous microbial communities of two giant salamanders

Molecular Ecology
2018-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Obed Hernández‐Gómez; Jeffrey T. Briggler; Rod N. Williams
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Characterization of the Cutaneous Bacterial Communities of Two Giant Salamander Subspecies

Microbial Ecology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84988711063

Part of ISSN: 00953628
Contributors: Hernández-Gómez, O.; Kimble, S.J.A.; Briggler, J.T.; Williams, R.N.
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez via Scopus - Elsevier

Cutaneous microbial community variation across populations of eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis)

Frontiers in Microbiology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85025601549

Part of ISSN: 1664302X
Contributors: Hernández-Gómez, O.; Hoverman, J.T.; Williams, R.N.
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Obed Hernandez-Gomez via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (5 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for Animal microbiome. (1)
Review activity for Environmental science and pollution research international (1)
Review activity for Immunogenetics. (1)
Review activity for International microbiology. (1)
Review activity for Microbial ecology. (1)