Natalia Angela Saoirse Przelomska Portrait

Dr Natalia Przelomska

Lecturer

Natalia.Przelomska@port.ac.uk

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Institute of the Earth and Environment Centre of Excellence for Heritage Innovation

Research interests

My research is anchored in biodiversity genomics at the population level, with a specific focus on how anthropogenic impacts over the last few centuries have affected a range of plant and animal species. My technical expertise lies in applying genomic and archaeogenomic methods to characterise change in their populations over time.

I have a track record of working in conservation genomics, specifically on endangered island and marine bird species, and fishes (Atlantic sturgeon) In these projects, I have collaborated with NGOs and governmental agencies to produce data relevant to conservation reporting.

My second main field of expertise is plant domestication, a fascinating system for studying evolution and an intersection of plant population biology, ethnobotany and archaeology. I have worked on crop plants from Eurasia (foxtail millet), Africa (date palms, watermelon) and South American (coca, maize, cassava, cocoa). 

I am a keen botanist, with experience in plant taxonomy, phylogenomics and fieldwork, with ongoing research in the following plant families: Solanaceae (potato and nightshade), Nymphaceae (waterlilies), Poaceae (grasses), Amaryllidaceae (daffoldils) and Aspleniaceae (spleenwort ferns). 

Teaching responsibilities

I teach students on the following postgraduate course: MSc Biotechnology and undegraduate courses: BSc Biology, BSc Marine Biology and BSc Biochemistry.

Postgraduate Modules

  • Contributor to Bioinformatics

Undergraduate Modules

  • Coordinator of Genetics | L5
  • Coordinator of Plant Diversity, Development and Evolution | L5
  • Contributor to Perspectives in Biochemistry | L4
  • Contributor to Biodiversity and Evolution | L4
  • Contributor to Ecology, Plants and Human Impact | L4
  • Contributor to Genomics in Molecular Medicine | L6
  • Contributor to Ecology, Evolution and Environment | L6

 

I am also a research project supervisor (Biology and Marine Biology students) and tutor for students in L4 and L5.

Research outputs

2025

Population structure and inter-species admixture within a likely extinct yet formerly widespread Hawaiian honeycreeper

Przelomska, N. A. S., Campana, M. G., James, H. F., Kistler, L., Rotzel McInerney, N., Pérez-Escobar, O. A., Hagemann, M., Groombridge, J. J., Fleischer, R. C.

29 Oct 2025, In: Biology Letters. 21, 10, 8p., 20250265

Research output: Article

Plant medicine, stimulant and cultural keystone: applying a herbariomics approach to explore the adoption of the coca plant by humans

Przelomska, N. A. S., Padilla, F., Ávila, F. A., Kistler, L., Walker, K., Capriles, J. M., Cortés B., R., Liu, H., Nesbitt, M., Ballen, G. A., Gravendeel, B., Renner, S. S., Antonelli, A., Pérez-Escobar, O. A.

26 Aug 2025,

Research output: Abstract

Historic manioc genomes illuminate maintenance of diversity under long-lived clonal cultivation

Kistler, L., de Oliveira Freitas, F., Gutaker, R. M., Maezumi, S. Y., Ramos-Madrigal, J., Simon, M. F., Mendoza F., J. M., Drovetski, S. V., Loiselle, H., de Oliveira, E. J., Vieira, E. A., Carvalho, L. J. C. B., Ellis Perez, M., Lin, A. T., Liu, H., Miller, R., Przelomska, N. A. S., Ratan, A., Wales, N., Wann, K., Zhang, S., García, M., Valenzuela, D., Rothhammer, F., Santoro, C. M., Domic, A. I., Capriles, J. M., Allaby, R. G.

7 Mar 2025, In: Science. 387, 6738, 18p., eadq0018

Research output: Article

2024

Archaeogenomic analysis of Chesapeake Atlantic sturgeon illustrates shaping of its populations in recovery from severe overexploitation

Przelomska, N. A. S., Balazik, M. T., Lin, A. T., Reeder-Myers, L. A., Rick, T. C., Kistler, L.

9 Oct 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2032, 12p., 20241145

Research output: Article

A heuristic approach to species delimitation in the charismatic giant waterlily genus Victoria

Przelomska, N. A. S.

22 Jul 2024,

Research output: Abstract

Morphometrics and phylogenomics of coca (Erythroxylum spp.) illuminate its reticulate evolution, with implications for taxonomy

Przelomska, N. A. S., Diaz, R. A., Ávila, F. a., Ballen, G. A., Cortés-B, R., Kistler, L., Chitwood, D. H., Charitonidou, M., Renner, S. S., Pérez-Escobar, O. A., Antonelli, A.

10 Jul 2024, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41, 7, 19p., msae114

Research output: Article

Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms

Zuntini, A. R., Carruthers, T., Maurin, O., Bailey, P. C., Leempoel, K., Brewer, G. E., Epitawalage, N., Françoso, E., Gallego-Paramo, B., McGinnie, C., Negrão, R., Roy, S. R., Simpson, L., Toledo Romero, E., Barber, V. M. A., Botigué, L., Clarkson, J. J., Cowan, R. S., Dodsworth, S., Johnson, M. G., Kim, J. T., Pokorny, L., Wickett, N. J., Antar, G. M., Debolt, L., Gutierrez, K., Hendriks, K. P., Hoewener, A., Hu, A., Joyce, E. M., Kikuchi, I. A. B. S., Larridon, I., Larson, D. A., De Lírio, E. J., Liu, J., Malakasi, P., Przelomska, N. A. S., Shah, T., Viruel, J., Allnutt, T. R., Ameka, G. K., Andrew, R. L., Appelhans, M. S., Arista, M., Ariza, M. J., Arroyo, J., Arthan, W., Bachelier, J. B., Bailey, C. D., Barnes, H. F., Barrett, M. D., Barrett, R. L., Bayer, R. J., Bayly, M. J., Biffin, E., Biggs, N., Birch, J. L., Bogarín, D., Borosova, R., Bowles, A. M. C., Boyce, P. C., Bramley, G. L. C., Briggs, M., Broadhurst, L., Brown, G. K., Bruhl, J. J., Bruneau, A., Buerki, S., Burns, E., Byrne, M., Cable, S., Calladine, A., Callmander, M. W., Cano, Á., Cantrill, D. J., Cardinal-McTeague, W. M., Carlsen, M. M., Carruthers, A. J. A., De Castro Mateo, A., Chase, M. W., Chatrou, L. W., Cheek, M., Chen, S., Christenhusz, M. J. M., Christin, P., Clements, M. A., Coffey, S. C., Conran, J. G., Cornejo, X., Couvreur, T. L. P., Cowie, I. D., Csiba, L., Darbyshire, I., Davidse, G., Davies, N. M. J., Davis, A. P., Van Dijk, K., Downie, S. R., Duretto, M. F., Duvall, M. R., Edwards, S. L., Eggli, U., Erkens, R. H. J., Escudero, M., De la Estrella, M., Fabriani, F., Fay, M. F., Ferreira, P. d. L., Ficinski, S. Z., Fowler, R. M., Frisby, S., Fu, L., Fulcher, T., Galbany-Casals, M., Gardner, E. M., German, D. A., Giaretta, A., Gibernau, M., Gillespie, L. J., González, C. C., Goyder, D. J., Graham, S. W., Grall, A., Green, L., Gunn, B. F., Gutiérrez, D. G., Hackel, J., Haevermans, T., Haigh, A., Hall, J. C., Hall, T., Harrison, M. J., Hatt, S. A., Hidalgo, O., Hodkinson, T. R., Holmes, G. D., Hopkins, H. C. F., Jackson, C. J., James, S. A., Jobson, R. W., Kadereit, G., Kahandawala, I. M., Kainulainen, K., Kato, M., Kellogg, E. A., King, G. J., Klejevskaja, B., Klitgaard, B. B., Klopper, R. R., Knapp, S., Koch, M. A., Leebens-Mack, J. H., Lens, F., Leon, C. J., Léveillé-Bourret, É., Lewis, G. P., Li, D., Li, L., Liede-Schumann, S., Livshultz, T., Lorence, D., Lu, M., Lu-Irving, P., Luber, J., Lucas, E. J., Luján, M., Lum, M., Macfarlane, T. D., Magdalena, C., Mansano, V. F., Masters, L. E., Mayo, S. J., McColl, K., McDonnell, A. J., McDougall, A. E., McLay, T. G. B., McPherson, H., Meneses, R. I., Merckx, V. S. F. T., Michelangeli, F. A., Mitchell, J. D., Monro, A. K., Moore, M. J., Mueller, T. L., Mummenhoff, K., Munzinger, J., Muriel, P., Murphy, D. J., Nargar, K., Nauheimer, L., Nge, F. J., Nyffeler, R., Orejuela, A., Ortiz, E. M., Palazzesi, L., Peixoto, A. L., Pell, S. K., Pellicer, J., Penneys, D. S., Perez-Escobar, O. A., Persson, C., Pignal, M., Pillon, Y., Pirani, J. R., Plunkett, G. M., Powell, R. F., Prance, G. T., Puglisi, C., Qin, M., Rabeler, R. K., Rees, P. E. J., Renner, M., Roalson, E. H., Rodda, M., Rogers, Z. S., Rokni, S., Rutishauser, R., De Salas, M. F., Schaefer, H., Schley, R. J., Schmidt-Lebuhn, A., Shapcott, A., Al-Shehbaz, I., Shepherd, K. A., Simmons, M. P., Simões, A. O., Simões, A. R. G., Siros, M., Smidt, E. C., Smith, J. F., Snow, N., Soltis, D. E., Soltis, P. S., Soreng, R. J., Sothers, C. A., Starr, J. R., Stevens, P. F., Straub, S. C. K., Struwe, L., Taylor, J. M., Telford, I. R. H., Thornhill, A. H., Tooth, I., Trias-Blasi, A., Udovicic, F., Utteridge, T. M. A., Del Valle, J. C., Verboom, G. A., Vonow, H. P., Vorontsova, M. S., De Vos, J. M., Al-Wattar, N., Waycott, M., Welker, C. A. D., White, A. J., Wieringa, J. J., Williamson, L. T., Wilson, T. C., Wong, S. Y., Woods, L. a., Woods, R., Worboys, S., Xanthos, M., Yang, Y., Zhang, Y., Zhou, M., Zmarzty, S., Zuloaga, F. O., Antonelli, A., Bellot, S., Crayn, D. M., Grace, O. m., Kersey, P. J., Leitch, I. J., Sauquet, H., Smith, S. A., Eiserhardt, W. L., Forest, F., Baker, W. J.

23 May 2024, In: Nature. 629, 8p.

Research output: Article

The origin and speciation of orchids

Pérez‐Escobar, O. A., Bogarín, D., Przelomska, N. A. S., Ackerman, J. D., Balbuena, J. A., Bellot, S., Bühlmann, R. P., Cabrera, B., Cano, J. A., Charitonidou, M., Chomicki, G., Clements, M. A., Cribb, P., Fernández, M., Flanagan, N. S., Gravendeel, B., Hágsater, E., Halley, J. M., Hu, A., Jaramillo, C., Mauad, A. V., Maurin, O., Müntz, R., Leitch, I. J., Li, L., Negrão, R., Oses, L., Phillips, C., Rincon, M., Salazar, G. A., Simpson, L., Smidt, E., Solano‐Gomez, R., Parra‐Sánchez, E., Tremblay, R. l., van den Berg, C., Tamayo, B. S. V., Zuluaga, A., Zuntini, A. R., Chase, M. W., Fay, M. F., Condamine, F. L., Forest, F., Nargar, K., Renner, S. S., Baker, W. J., Antonelli, A.

1 Apr 2024, In: New Phytologist. 242, 2, p. 700-716

Research output: Article

2023

Molecular clocks and archaeogenomics of a Late Period Egyptian date palm leaf reveal introgression from wild relatives and highlight the role of Economic Botany Collections

Przelomska, N. A. S.

15 Sep 2023,

Research output: Abstract

Conservation genomics reveals low connectivity among populations of threatened roseate terns (Sterna dougallii) in the Atlantic Basin

Byerly, P. A., Chesser, R. T., Fleischer, R. C., McInerney, N., Przelomska, N. A. S., Leberg, P. L.

1 Jun 2023, In: Conservation Genetics. 24, 15p.

Research output: Article

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