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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Teaching activities
  • BIS312 L3 Capstone Project – Getting Science on Film (Project Theme Lead and Supervisor)
  • BIS415/426 Level 4 Project and Literature Review Supervisor
  • BIS422 Topical Science (Module Coordinator and Lead Instructor)
Professional activities and memberships
  • Associate Editor, Animal Behaviour (2025-present)
  • Consulting Editor, Animal Behaviour (2024–2025)
  • 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)