Dr Nicola Nadeau

School of Biosciences

Senior Lecturer

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n.nadeau@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4717
A09a, Alfred Denny Building

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Dr Nicola Nadeau
School of Biosciences
A09a
Alfred Denny Building
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TN
Profile
  • BSc Zoology, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (2002)
  • PhD, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK (2006)
  • Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK (2006-2013)
  • PIP Fellow, Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK (2012-2013)
  • NERC Independent Research Fellow, Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK (2014-2019)
  • Lecturer, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, UK (2019-2022)
  • Senior Lecturer, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, UK (2022-present)
Research interests
  • The evolution and genetics of colour pattern variation
  • The genetic and developmental control of structural colours in animals
  • The process of divergence and speciation within the genome
  • The genetic analysis of natural hybrid zones to identify loci under selection

I am interested in the genetic underpinnings of adaptive evolution, speciation and sexual selection in natural populations. Current research projects in my lab are investigating the evolution, genetics and development of iridescent structural colour and adaptation to altitude in tropical insects.

Publications

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Journal articles

  • Lloyd VJ, Burg SL, Harizanova J, Garcia E, Hill O, Enciso-Romero J, Cooper RL, Flenner S, Longo E, Greving I , Nadeau NJ et al (2024) . Nature Communications, 15.
  • Montejo-Kovacevich G, Meier JI, Bacquet CN, Warren IA, Chan YF, Kucka M, Salazar C, Rueda-M N, Montgomery SH, McMillan WO , Kozak KM et al (2022) . Nature Communications, 13.
  • Brien M, Enciso Romero J, Lloyd V, Curran E, Parnell A, Morochz C, Salazar P, Rastas P, Zinn T & Nadeau N (2022) . Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 377(1855).
  • Lloyd VJ & Nadeau NJ (2021) . Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 69, 28-34.
  • Montejo‐Kovacevich G, Salazar PA, Smith SH, Gavilanes K, Bacquet CN, Chan YF, Jiggins CD, Meier JI & Nadeau NJ (2021) . Molecular Ecology, 30(23), 6387-6402.
  • Curran EV, Stankowski S, Pardo-Diaz C, Salazar C, Linares M & Nadeau NJ (2020) . Molecular Ecology, 29(11), 2016-2030.
  • Montejo-Kovacevich G, Martin SH, Meier JI, Bacquet CN, Monllor M, Jiggins CD & Nadeau NJ (2020) . Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(8).
  • Montejo-Kovacevich G, Smith JE, Meier JI, Bacquet CN, Whiltshire-Romero E, Nadeau NJ & Jiggins CD (2019) . Evolution, 73(12), 2436-2450.
  • Brien M, Enciso Romero J, Parnell A, Salazar P, Morochz C, Chalá D, Bainbridge H, Zinn T, Curran E & Nadeau N (2018) . Interface Focus, 9.
  • Parnell AJ, Bradford JE, Curran EV, Washington AL, Adams G, Brien MN, Burg SL, Morochz C, Fairclough PA, Vukusic P , Martin SJ et al (2018) . Interface, 15(141).
  • Nadeau NJ, Pardo-Diaz C, Whibley A, Supple M, Saenko SV, Wallbank RWR, Wu GC, Maroja L, Ferguson L, Hanly JJ , Hines H et al (2016) . Nature, 534(7605), 106-110.
  • Nadeau NJ, Ruiz M, Salazar P, Counterman B, Medina JA, Ortiz-Zuazaga H, Morrison A, McMillan WO, Jiggins CD & Papa R (2014) . Genome Research, 24(8), 1316-1333.
  • Dasmahapatra KK, Walters JR, Briscoe AD, Davey JW, Whibley A, Nadeau NJ, Zimin AV, Hughes DST, Ferguson LC, Martin SH , Salazar C et al (2012) . NATURE, 487(7405), 94-98.
  • Nadeau NJ, Whibley A, Jones RT, Davey JW, Dasmahapatra KK, Baxter SW, Quail MA, Joron M, Ffrench-Constant RH, Blaxter ML , Mallet J et al (2012) . PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 367(1587), 343-353.

All publications

Journal articles

  • Rossato DO, Iserhard CA, Nakamura G, Duarte L & Nadeau N (2025) . Biodiversity and Conservation, 34(7), 2401-2424.
  • Cama B, Ehlers S, O’Roarty H, Szczerbowski D, Nadeau N, Jiggins CD, Schulz S, McMillan WO, Thomas-Oates J & Dasmahapatra KK (2025) . Chemoecology, 35(2), 73-87.
  • Lloyd VJ, Burg SL, Harizanova J, Garcia E, Hill O, Enciso-Romero J, Cooper RL, Flenner S, Longo E, Greving I , Nadeau NJ et al (2024) . Nature Communications, 15.
  • Page E, Queste LM, Rosser N, Salazar P, Nadeau N, Mallet J, Srygley RB, McMillan WO & Dasmahapatra KK (2024) Pervasive mimicry in flight behaviour among aposematic butterflies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
  • Babarović F, Cooney CR, Varley ZK, Nouri LO, Nadeau NJ & Thomas GH (2023) . Behavioral Ecology, 34(3), 387-398.
  • Montejo-Kovacevich G, Meier JI, Bacquet CN, Warren IA, Chan YF, Kucka M, Salazar C, Rueda-M N, Montgomery SH, McMillan WO , Kozak KM et al (2022) . Nature Communications, 13.
  • Brien M, Enciso Romero J, Lloyd V, Curran E, Parnell A, Morochz C, Salazar P, Rastas P, Zinn T & Nadeau N (2022) . Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences, 377(1855).
  • Alfakih A, Watt PJ & Nadeau NJ (2022) . Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(10).
  • Lloyd VJ & Nadeau NJ (2021) . Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 69, 28-34.
  • Montejo‐Kovacevich G, Salazar PA, Smith SH, Gavilanes K, Bacquet CN, Chan YF, Jiggins CD, Meier JI & Nadeau NJ (2021) . Molecular Ecology, 30(23), 6387-6402.
  • Meier JI, Salazar PA, Kučka M, Davies RW, Dréau A, Aldás I, Box Power O, Nadeau NJ, Bridle JR, Rolian C , Barton NH et al (2021) . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(25).
  • Bainbridge HE, Brien MN, Morochz C, Salazar PA, Rastas P & Nadeau NJ (2020) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33(11), 1516-1529.
  • Curran EV, Stankowski S, Pardo-Diaz C, Salazar C, Linares M & Nadeau NJ (2020) . Molecular Ecology, 29(11), 2016-2030.
  • Montejo-Kovacevich G, Martin SH, Meier JI, Bacquet CN, Monllor M, Jiggins CD & Nadeau NJ (2020) . Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(8).
  • Arias M, Davey JW, Martin S, Jiggins C, Nadeau N, Joron M & Llaurens V (2020) . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1921).
  • Moest M, Van Belleghem SM, James JE, Salazar C, Martin SH, Barker SL, Moreira GRP, Mérot C, Joron M, Nadeau NJ , Steiner FM et al (2020) . PLoS Biology, 18(2).
  • Montejo-Kovacevich G, Smith JE, Meier JI, Bacquet CN, Whiltshire-Romero E, Nadeau NJ & Jiggins CD (2019) . Evolution, 73(12), 2436-2450.
  • Brien M, Enciso Romero J, Parnell A, Salazar P, Morochz C, Chalá D, Bainbridge H, Zinn T, Curran E & Nadeau N (2018) . Interface Focus, 9.
  • Parnell AJ, Bradford JE, Curran EV, Washington AL, Adams G, Brien MN, Burg SL, Morochz C, Fairclough PA, Vukusic P , Martin SJ et al (2018) . Interface, 15(141).
  • Nadeau N (2016) . Current Opinion in Insect Science, 17, 24-31.
  • Nadeau NJ, Pardo-Diaz C, Whibley A, Supple M, Saenko SV, Wallbank RWR, Wu GC, Maroja L, Ferguson L, Hanly JJ , Hines H et al (2016) . Nature, 534(7605), 106-110.
  • Wallbank RW, Baxter SW, Pardo-Diaz C, Hanly JJ, Martin SH, Mallet J, Dasmahapatra KK, Salazar C, Joron M, Nadeau N , McMillan WO et al (2016) . PLoS Biology, 14(1).
  • Merrill RM, Dasmahapatra KK, Davey JW, Dell'Aglio DD, Hanly JJ, Huber B, Jiggins CD, Joron M, Kozak KM, Llaurens V , Martin SH et al (2015) . Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 28(8), 1417-1438.
  • Nadeau N (2014) . Molecular Ecology, 23(18), 4441-4443.
  • Nadeau NJ, Ruiz M, Salazar P, Counterman B, Medina JA, Ortiz-Zuazaga H, Morrison A, McMillan WO, Jiggins CD & Papa R (2014) . Genome Research, 24(8), 1316-1333.
  • Merrill RM, Chia A & Nadeau N (2014) . Ecology and Evolution, 4(7), 911-917.
  • Martin SH, Dasmahapatra KK, Nadeau NJ, Salazar C, Walters JR, Simpson F, Blaxter M, Manica A, Mallet J & Jiggins CD (2013) . GENOME RESEARCH, 23(11), 1817-1828.
  • Nadeau NJ, Martin SH, Kozak KM, Salazar C, Dasmahapatra KK, Davey JW, Baxter SW, Blaxter ML, Mallet J & Jiggins CD (2013) . MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 22(3), 814-826.
  • Martin A, Papa R, Nadeau NJ, Hill RI, Counterman BA, Halder G, Jiggins CD, Kronforst MR, Long AD, McMillan WO & Reed RD (2012) . PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 109(31), 12632-12637.
  • Dasmahapatra KK, Walters JR, Briscoe AD, Davey JW, Whibley A, Nadeau NJ, Zimin AV, Hughes DST, Ferguson LC, Martin SH , Salazar C et al (2012) . NATURE, 487(7405), 94-98.
  • Nadeau NJ, Whibley A, Jones RT, Davey JW, Dasmahapatra KK, Baxter SW, Quail MA, Joron M, Ffrench-Constant RH, Blaxter ML , Mallet J et al (2012) . PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 367(1587), 343-353.
  • Surridge AK, Lopez-Gomollon S, Moxon S, Maroja LS, Rathjen T, Nadeau NJ, Dalmay T & Jiggins CD (2011) . BMC Genomics, 12.
  • Nadeau NJ & Jiggins CD (2010) . TRENDS IN GENETICS, 26(11), 484-492.
  • Ferguson L, Lee SF, Chamberlain N, Nadeau N, Joron M, Baxter S, Wilkinson P, Papanicolaou A, Kumar S, Kee T-J , Clark R et al (2010) . MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 19, 240-254.
  • Baxter SW, Nadeau NJ, Maroja LS, Wilkinson P, Counterman BA, Dawson A, Beltran M, Perez-Espona S, Chamberlain N, Ferguson L , Clark R et al (2010) . PLOS GENETICS, 6(2).
  • Nadeau N, Minvielle F, Ito S, Inoue-Murayama M, Gourichon D, Follett SA, Burke T & Mundy NI (2008) . GENETICS, 178(2), 777-786.
  • Nadeau NJ, Mundy NI, Gourichon D & Minvielle F (2007) . ANIMAL GENETICS, 38(6), 609-613.
  • Nadeau NJ, Burke T & Mundy NI (2007) . P R SOC B, 274(1620), 1807-1813.
  • Nadeau NJ, Minvielle F & Mundy NI (2006) . ANIMAL GENETICS, 37(3), 287-289.
  • Mundy NI, Badcock NS, Hart T, Scribner K, Janssen K & Nadeau NJ (2004) . SCIENCE, 303(5665), 1870-1873.
  • Arwin H, Barla P, Blake AJ, Borsuk A, Brien M, Burg S, Chang Y, Freyer P, Hardy M, Holt A , Kallepalli A et al () . Faraday Discussions, 223, 107-124.
  • Bermudez Ureña E, Borsuk A, Clark H, Fosbury R, Godinho MH, Hardy M, Holt A, Kolle M, Kuttner C, Lopez-Garcia M , McDougal A et al () . Faraday Discussions, 223, 295-306.

Book chapters

  • Nadeau NJ & Kawakami T (2019) In Rajora OP (Ed.), Population Genomics: Concepts, Approaches and Applications (pp. 613-653). Springer

Preprints

  • Nguyen TTT, Salazar-Carrion PA, Smith SH, Gavilanes KG, Guachamin-Rosero M, Montejo-Kovacevich G, Richardson LB, Jiggins CD, Bacquet CN & Nadeau NJ (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Ben Chehida Y, van der Heijden ESM, Page EJ, Salazar C. PA, Rosser N, Gabriela Gavilanes Córdova K, Sánchez-Prado M, Sánchez-Carvajal MJ, Chandi F, Arias-Cruz AP , Radford M et al (2025) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Babarovic F, Cooney CR, Zinn T, Drobniak SM, Janas K, Kennedy JD, Nadeau NJ, Parnell AJ, Thomas GH & Burg S (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Babarovic F, Cooney CR, Guillerme T, Nadeau NJ & Thomas GH (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Lloyd VJ, Burg SL, Harizanova J, Hill O, Enciso-Romero J, Cooper RL, Flenner S, Longo E, Greving I, Nadeau NJ & Parnell AJ (2023) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Montejo-Kovacevich G, Meier JI, Bacquet CN, Warren IA, Chan YF, Kucka M, Salazar C, Rueda N, Montgomery SH, McMillan WO , Kozak KM et al (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Brien MN, Romero JE, Lloyd VJ, Curran EV, Parnell AJ, Morochz C, Salazar PA, Rastas P, Zinn T & Nadeau NJ (2021) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Bainbridge HE, Brien MN, Morochz C, Salazar PA, Rastas P & Nadeau NJ (2020) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Moest M, Van Belleghem SM, James JE, Salazar C, Martin SH, Barker SL, Moreira GRP, Mérot C, Joron M, Nadeau NJ , Steiner FM et al (2019) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Arias M, Griffiths D, Joron M, Davey J, Martin S, Jiggins C, Nadeau N & Llaurens V (2018) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Nadeau NJ, Pardo-Diaz C, Whibley A, Supple M, Wallbank R, Wu GC, Maroja L, Ferguson L, Hines H, Salazar C , ffrench-Constant R et al (2015) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
  • Nadeau NJ, Ruiz M, Salazar P, Counterman B, Medina JA, Ortiz-Zuazaga H, Morrison A, McMillan WO, Jiggins CD & Papa R (2013) , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Teaching activities

I am a Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education).

I am module co-ordinator for BIS320 (Topics in Zoology) and BIS4101 (The Scientific Cycle) and teach evolutionary biology on BIS223 and analysis of genomic sequence data as part of BIS401.

I am a tutor and supervise Level 3, Level 4 and MRes projects. I am happy to discuss possible projects, which can range from behaviour and ecology to genomics.

Professional activities and memberships

Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society

Genetics Society Committee Member, Evolutionary, Ecological and Population Genetics (2025 - 2028)

Associate Editor, Journal of Evolutionary Biology

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