Dr. Maribet Gamboa is interested in biodiversity assessments by studying the evolution and function of genes of aquatic organisms. Gamboa's main goal is to find clues to adaptation and resilience to climatic change and human disturbance. Gamboa graduated from Universidad Simon Bolivar in Venezuela with a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences and a major in molecular ecology. After that, Gamboa did two postdocs. First, in Berlin, Germany at IGB Leibniz institute for freshwater ecology and inland fisheries and in Matsuyama, Japan at Ehime University. Gamboa became an assistant professor at Ehime University and then at Hiroshima University. Currently, Gamboa is an assistant professor at Universidad Catolica de la Santisma Concepcion in Chile.