Dr Nicola Hemmings

School of Biosciences

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Nicola Hemmings
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n.hemmings@sheffield.ac.uk
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Dr Nicola Hemmings
School of Biosciences
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Profile
  • Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Research Fellow, University of Sheffield (2018-present)
  • Co-Director of the University of Sheffield Centre for Equity & Inclusion (2022-present)
  • Programme Lead, MSc Science Communication, University of Sheffield (2017‒2018)
  • Patrick & Irwin-Packington Research Fellow, University of Sheffield (2016)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Birkhead Lab, University of Sheffield (2011‒2016)
  • University Teaching Associate, University of Sheffield (2010‒2011)
  • PhD Behavioural Ecology, University of Sheffield (2007‒2010)
  • MBiolSci Zoology, University of Sheffield (2003‒2007)
Research interests

Nicola's research group studies how and why animals vary in their ability to reproduce, with particular focus on the causes of infertility and embryo death. They work in collaboration with a range of global conservation organisations to aid recovery efforts for threatened species.

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PhD students

  • Fay Morland (2018-2022) - Royal Society-funded PhD: Factors affecting female reproductive success in wild hihi
  • Kat Assersohn (2019-2022) - NERC ACCE DTP: Female fertility in birds
  • Ashleigh Marshall (2018-2021; co-supervisor, based at ZSL with Dr Patricia Brekke) - NERC London DTP: Why do eggs fail?
Teaching activities
  • BIS231 Talking the Talk: Getting Science on Film (module coordinator and lead instructor)
  • BIS415/426 Level 4 Project and Literature Review Supervisor
  • BIS422 Topical Science (module coordinator and lead instructor)
Professional activities and memberships
  • Consulting Editor, Animal Behaviour (2024–present)
  • Communications Editor, Evolution Letters (2016-2022)
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (awarded 2016)
  • Student Voice Academic Awards Best Educational Event (for the University of Sheffield Schools’ Christmas Lecture 'Animal Academy') (2015)
  • Society of Biology UK Science Communicator of the Year (2014)
  • SET for Britain Awards, Houses of Parliament – Bronze Award (2013)
  • Animal and Plant Sciences Teacher of the Year, University of Sheffield (2011)