Charles-A. Darveau, University of Ottawa

Research

Allometry Artificial selection Enzyme Evolution Insect flight Locomotion Metabolic rate Metabolism

Latest papers

The Effects of Diet Quantity on Developmental Plasticity of Size and Flight Energetics in the Hawk Moth Manduca sexta.
Ecological and evolutionary physiology · 2026 · senior author
Diapausing bumble bee queens avoid drowning by using underwater respiration, anaerobic metabolism and profound metabolic depression.
Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2026 · first author
Insect Flight Energetics and the Evolution of Size, Form, and Function.
Integrative and comparative biology · 2024 · first author

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Evolution of Metabolic Diversity in Animals
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$240,000
Evolution of energetics in flying insects
NSERC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$130,000

All 2 grants and awards

17 publications.

01

The Effects of Diet Quantity on Developmental Plasticity of Size and Flight Energetics in the Hawk Moth Manduca sexta.

Ellison EJ, Facina E, Darveau CA

Ecological and evolutionary physiology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1086/741072 PMID: 42361111

02

Diapausing bumble bee queens avoid drowning by using underwater respiration, anaerobic metabolism and profound metabolic depression.

Darveau CA, Rondeau S, Rojas SL

Proceedings. Biological sciences2026First author

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2025.3141 PMID: 41818806

03

Insect Flight Energetics and the Evolution of Size, Form, and Function.

Darveau CA

Integrative and comparative biology2024First author

DOI: 10.1093/icb/icae028 PMID: 38688867

04

Insect Flight: State of the Field and Future Directions.

Treidel LA, Deem KD, Salcedo MK, Dickinson MH, Bruce HS, Darveau CA, Dickerson BH, Ellers O, Glass JR, Gordon CM, Harrison JF, Hedrick TL, Johnson MG, Lebenzon JE, Marden JH, Niitepõld K, Sane SP, Sponberg S, Talal S, Williams CM, Wold ES

Integrative and comparative biology2024

DOI: 10.1093/icb/icae106 PMID: 38982327

05

Handling heatwaves: balancing thermoregulation, foraging and bumblebee colony success.

Bretzlaff T, Kerr JT, Darveau CA

Conservation physiology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coae006 PMID: 38332907

06

High temperature sensitivity of bumblebee castes and the colony-level costs of thermoregulation in Bombus impatiens.

Bretzlaff T, Kerr JT, Darveau CA

Journal of thermal biology2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103710 PMID: 37716225

07

Proline as a Sparker Metabolite of Oxidative Metabolism during the Flight of the Bumblebee, Bombus impatiens.

Stec N, Saleem A, Darveau CA

Metabolites2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/metabo11080511 PMID: 34436452

08

Flight energetics, caste dimorphism and scaling properties in the bumblebee, Bombus impatiens.

Billardon F, Darveau CA

The Journal of experimental biology2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1242/jeb.187807 PMID: 30352821

09

Diversity in membrane composition is associated with variation in thermoregulatory capacity in hymenopterans.

Rodríguez E, Weber JM, Darveau CA

Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2017.11.017 PMID: 29269035

10

"Alternative" fuels contributing to mitochondrial electron transport: Importance of non-classical pathways in the diversity of animal metabolism.

McDonald AE, Pichaud N, Darveau CA

Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & molecular biology2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2017.11.006 PMID: 29155008

Evolution of Metabolic Diversity in Animals

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Darveau, Charles-A.

Keywords: metabolic rate; muscle; metabolism; allometry; insect flight; mitochondria; enzyme; locomotion; evolution; artificial selection

$240,000

Evolution of energetics in flying insects

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Darveau, CharlesA

$130,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Nicolas Pichaud

Département de Chimie et Biochimie

1 shared papers, latest 2018

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Allometry Dear Professor Darveau, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The Effects of Diet Quantity on Developmental Plasticity of Size and Flight Energetics in the Hawk Moth Manduca sexta." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Evolution of Metabolic Diversity in Animals" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]