Nicholas José Talbot FRS FRSB (born 5 September 1965) is Group Leader and Executive Director at The Sainsbury Laboratory in Norwich.

Following his undergraduate degree, he trained at the University of East Anglia (UEA) where he was awarded a PhD in 1990 for genetic and genomic analysis of the leaf mould Cladosporuim fulvum.

Talbot's research investigates plant pathology and developmental biology,[1] especially the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea,[8][9][10][11][12] one of the world's most devastating diseases.

[17] His current ERC grant supports the SEPBLAST project which will build on his research group's recent discoveries on fungal morphogenetic proteins, called septins, being essential for the rice blast pathogen to cause disease.

His nomination reads: Nicholas Talbot is distinguished for his discoveries contributing to our knowledge of how fungi cause disease in plants.