Hemmings, Nicola, Dr

Dr Nicola Hemmings

School of Biosciences

Senior Research Fellow

n.hemmings@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4828

Alfred Denny Building

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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.

Publications

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Featured publications

Journal articles

Hemmings N & Birkhead TR (2020) . The Auk.
Cooney CR, Sheard C, Clark AD, Healy SD, Liker A, Street S, Troisi CA, Szekely T, Thomas GH, Hemmings N & Wright A (2020) . Nature Communications, 11.
Hemmings N & Evans S (2020) . Biology Letters, 16(1).
Mendonca T, Cadby AJ & Hemmings N (2019) . Biophysical Journal, 117(11), 2180-2187.
Kinsella CM, Ruiz-Ruano FJ, Dion-Côté A-M, Charles AJ, Gossmann TI, Cabrero J, Kappei D, Hemmings N, Simons MJP, Camacho JPM , Forstmeier W et al (2019) . Nature Communications, 10(1).
Mendonca T, Birkhead TR, Cadby AJ, Forstmeier W & Hemmings N (2018) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1883), 20180865-20180865.
Hemmings N & Birkhead T (2017) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1860).
Kim K-W, Bennison C, Hemmings N, Brookes L, Hurley LL, Griffith SC, Burke T, Birkhead TR & Slate J (2017) . Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1, 1168-1176.
Schilthuizen M, Langelaan R, Hemmings N, van Oostenbrugge W & Visser S (2017) . Contributions to Zoology, 86(4), 297-302.
Bennison C, Hemmings N, Brookes L, Slate J & Birkhead T (2016) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1837).
Hemmings N, Bennison C & Birkhead TR (2016) . Biol Lett, 12(6).
Hemmings N & Birkhead TR (2015) . Ibis, 158(1), 43-50.
Hemmings N & Birkhead TR (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1818), 20151682-20151682.
Bennison C, Hemmings N, Slate J & Birkhead T (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1799).
Hemmings N, Birkhead TR, Brillard JP, Froment P & Briere S (2015) . Theriogenology, 83(7), 1174-1178.e1.
Hemmings N, West M & Birkhead TR (2012) . Biol Lett, 8(6), 964-967.
Hemmings NL, Slate J & Birkhead TR (2012) . Nat Commun, 3, 863.
Birkhead TR, Hemmings N, Spottiswoode CN, Mikulica O, Moskát C, Bán M & Schulze-Hagen K (2011) . Proc Biol Sci, 278(1708), 1019-1024.
Birkhead TR, Hall J, Schut E & Hemmings N (2008) Unhatched eggs: methods for discriminating between infertility and early embryo mortality. IBIS, 150(3), 508-517.
Schut E, Hemmings N & Birkhead TR (2008) Parthenogenesis in a passerine bird, the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata. IBIS, 150(1), 197-199.

Preprints

Mendonca T, Cadby AJ & Hemmings N () .

All publications

Journal articles

Lavigne A, Bullock R, Shah NJ, Tagg C, Zora A & Hemmings N (2024) . Animal Conservation.
Assersohn K, Richards JP & Hemmings N (2024) . Ecology and Evolution, 14(6).
Assersohn K, Morton O, Slate J & Hemmings N (2024) . Proc Biol Sci, 291(2019), 20232796.
Morland F, Ewen JG, Simons MJP, Brekke P & Hemmings N (2023) . Molecular Ecology.
Marshall AF, Balloux F, Hemmings N & Brekke P (2023) . Biological Reviews.
Montgomerie R, Hemmings N, Thompson JE & Birkhead TR (2021) . The American Naturalist, 198(6), E215-E231.
Savage J, Crane JMS & Hemmings N (2021) . Animal Conservation.
Mendonca T, Birkhead TR, Cadby AJ, Forstmeier W & Hemmings N (2021) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1958), 20211695-20211695.
Assersohn K, Brekke P & Hemmings N (2021) . Royal Society Open Science, 8(7), 202274-202274.
Assersohn K, Marshall AF, Morland F, Brekke P & Hemmings N (2021) . Animal Conservation.
Hemmings N & Birkhead TR (2020) . The Auk.
Cooney CR, Sheard C, Clark AD, Healy SD, Liker A, Street S, Troisi CA, Szekely T, Thomas GH, Hemmings N & Wright A (2020) . Nature Communications, 11.
Webb JL, Crawley JAH, Seltmann MW, Liehrmann O, Hemmings N, Nyein UK, Aung HH, Htut W, Lummaa V & Lahdenperä M (2020) . Animals, 10(1).
Hemmings N & Evans S (2020) . Biology Letters, 16(1).
Mendonca T, Cadby AJ & Hemmings N (2019) . Biophysical Journal, 117(11), 2180-2187.
Kinsella CM, Ruiz-Ruano FJ, Dion-Côté A-M, Charles AJ, Gossmann TI, Cabrero J, Kappei D, Hemmings N, Simons MJP, Camacho JPM , Forstmeier W et al (2019) . Nature Communications, 10(1).
Jackson D, Thompson J, Hemmings N & Birkhead T (2018) . Journal of Experimental Biology.
Mendonca T, Birkhead TR, Cadby AJ, Forstmeier W & Hemmings N (2018) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 285(1883), 20180865-20180865.
Hemmings N, Bennison C & Birkhead TR (2018) . Biology Letters, 14(2), 20180004-20180004.
Hemmings N & Birkhead T (2017) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1860).
Kim K-W, Bennison C, Hemmings N, Brookes L, Hurley LL, Griffith SC, Burke T, Birkhead TR & Slate J (2017) . Nature Ecology and Evolution, 1, 1168-1176.
Schilthuizen M, Langelaan R, Hemmings N, van Oostenbrugge W & Visser S (2017) . Contributions to Zoology, 86(4), 297-302.
Bennison C, Hemmings N, Brookes L, Slate J & Birkhead T (2016) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283(1837).
Hemmings N, Bennison C & Birkhead TR (2016) . Biol Lett, 12(6).
Hemmings N & Birkhead TR (2015) . Ibis, 158(1), 43-50.
Hemmings N & Birkhead TR (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1818), 20151682-20151682.
Hemmings N (2015) The sperms marathon route to conception. Biologist, 62(4), 18-21.
Bennison C, Hemmings N, Slate J & Birkhead T (2015) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1799).
Hemmings N, Birkhead TR, Brillard JP, Froment P & Briere S (2015) . Theriogenology, 83(7), 1174-1178.e1.
Hemmings N, West M & Birkhead TR (2012) . Biol Lett, 8(6), 964-967.
Hemmings NL, Slate J & Birkhead TR (2012) . Nat Commun, 3, 863.
Birkhead TR, Hemmings N, Spottiswoode CN, Mikulica O, Moskát C, Bán M & Schulze-Hagen K (2011) . Proc Biol Sci, 278(1708), 1019-1024.
Birkhead TR, Hall J, Schut E & Hemmings N (2008) Unhatched eggs: methods for discriminating between infertility and early embryo mortality. IBIS, 150(3), 508-517.
Schut E, Hemmings N & Birkhead TR (2008) Parthenogenesis in a passerine bird, the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata. IBIS, 150(1), 197-199.
Mason C, Tschirren B & Hemmings N () . Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
Hemmings N & Morland F () Demographic Drivers of Reproductive Failure in a Threatened Bird: Insights from a Decade of Data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
Morland F, Patel S, Santure AW, Brekke P & Hemmings N () . Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

Preprints

Morland F, Patel S, Santure AW, Brekke P & Hemmings N (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Lavigne AM, Bullock R, Shah NJ, Tagg C, Zora A & Hemmings N (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Savage JL, Crane JMS & Hemmings N () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Cooney CR, Sheard C, Clark AD, Healy SD, Liker A, Street SE, Troisi CA, Thomas GH, Székely T, Hemmings N & Wright AE () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Mendonca T, Cadby AJ & Hemmings N () .
Kinsella CM, Ruiz-Ruano FJ, Dion-Côté A-M, Charles AJ, Gossmann TI, Cabrero J, Kappei D, Hemmings N, Simons MJP, Camacho JPM , Forstmeier W et al () , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Research group

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)

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