Professional Address: Departamento de Biología Vegetal II. Facultad de Farmacia.
Universidad Complutense de Madrid. 28040 Madrid (Spain).
E-mail: gamopaz@ucm.es

Areas of researching interest
* Flora and vegetation of lichen-forming fungi. Response to environmental factors. Conservation biology.
Bioindicators.
* Molecular phylogeny of lichen-forming fungi. Systematic biology. Speciation and cryptic species. DNA bardcoding.
* Identification, isolation and biological activity of lichen substances.
* Evolutionary biology. Evolution of the phenotypic characters and adaptation to the environmental factors.
Dating of phylogentic trees and phylogeography.
My research interest includes many fields of the biology of the lichen-forming fungi: from the evolutionary history of
these fungi to the current diversity and ecological relationships. Also its potential use as bioindicators and source of
active substances.

Degrees and academic tittles
2003 B.S. Universidad Complutense (Biology, Botany Branch).
2006 M.S. Universidad Complutense (Biological Sciences: Conservation biology).
2012 Ph.D. Universidad Complutense (Botany). Thesis: Phylogenetic and evolutionary studies on
Xanthoparmelia and related genera (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Advised by Ana Crespo, Paloma Cubas and John
A. Elix.

Professional Experience
2005-2005 Postgraduated student (postgraduated CSIC fellow) Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, CSIC, Madrid.
2005-2009 Postgraduated student (FPI fellow, Ministry of Science and Technology).
Dpto. Biología Vegetal II, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
2010-2013 Researcher of SYSTEMOL group, Dpto. Biología Vegetal II, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

Last papers in refereed international scientific journals
Amo de Paz, G.; Cubas, P.; Crespo, A.; Elix, J.A. & Lumbsch, T.H. 2012. Transoceanic Dispersal and Subsequent
Diversification on Separate Continents Shaped Diversity of the Xanthoparmelia pulla Group (Ascomycota).
Plos One. 7(6): e39683. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0039683
Amo de Paz, G.; Cubas, P.; Divakar, P.K.; Lumbsch, T.H.; & Crespo, A. 2011. Origin and Diversification of Major
Clades in Parmelioid Lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) during the Paleogene Inferred by Bayesian Analysis.
Plos One. 6(12): e28161. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028161
Crespo, A.; Kauff, F. Divakar, P.K. ; Del Prado, R.; Pérez-Ortega, S.; Amo de Paz, G.; et. al. 2010. Phylogenetic
generic classification of parmelioid lichens (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) based on molecular, morphological
and chemical evidence. Taxon 59 (6): 1735 – 1753.
Del-Prado, R.; Cubas, P.; Lumbsch, H.T.; Divakar, P.K.; Blanco, O.; Amo de Paz, G.; Molina, M.C. & Crespo, A.
2010. Genetic distances within and among species in monophyletic lineages of Parmeliaceae (Ascomycota) as
tool for taxon delimitation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 125 – 133.
Amo de Paz, G.; Lumbsch, T.H.; Cubas, P.; Elix, J.A. & Crespo, A. 2010. The genus Karoowia (Parmeliaceae,
Ascomycota) includes unrelated clades nested within Xanthoparmelia. Australian Systematic Botany 23(3): 173
– 184.
Amo de Paz, G.; Lumbsch, T.H.; Cubas, P.; Elix, J.A. & Crespo, A. 2010. The morphologically deviating genera
Omphalodiella and Placoparmelia belong to Xanthoparmelia (Parmeliaceae). The Bryologist 113 (2): 376 – 386.
Amo de Paz, G.; Raggio, J.; Gómez-Serranillos, M. P.; Palomino, O.M.; González-Burgos, E.; Carretero, M.E. &
Crespo, A. 2010. HPLC isolation of antioxidant constituents from Xanthoparmelia spp. Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 53 (2): 165 – 171.
Amo de Paz, G. & Burgaz, A. R. 2009. Environmental factors and diversity of epiphytic communities in the
trunks of the Mediterranean beach forest in Hayedo de Montejo (Madrid, Spain). : Cryptogamie, Bryologie-
Lichenologie. 30(1): 85-97.

Teaching
* Undergraduate courses in Botany and Medicinal Botany (Laboratory) at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
Pharmacy degree. Date: from 2006 to 2013.