I have two research areas, one in marine photosynthetic organisms and the other in science education. My marine research has focused on characterising the symbiosome membrane of cnidarian-algal endosymbioses.

Badiola, K., Bird, C., Brocklesby, W., Casson, J., Chapman, R., Coles, S., Cronshaw, J., Fisher, A., Frey, J., Gloria, D., Quinnell, R., Robertson, M., Robins, M., Todd, M., Williamson, A., Ylioja, P., et al (2015). Experiences with a researcher-centric ELN. Chemical Science, 6(3), 1614-1629. [More Information] Harper, J., Burrows, G., Moroni, J., Quinnell, R. (2015). Mobile Botany: Smart Phone Photography in Laboratory Classes Enhances Student Engagement. The American Biology Teacher, 77(9), 699-702. [More Information] O'Mara, D., Quinnell, R., Rothnie, I., Davies, L., Pye, M. (2014). ExamBank: a Pedagogic and Administrative System to Provide Effective Student Feedback and Stable Assessment Across Disciplines. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 22(3), 62-73. LeBard, R., Thompson, R., Quinnell, R. (2014). Quantitative Skills and Complexity: How can we Combat these Challenges and Equip Undergraduate Students to Think and Practice as Biologists? International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 22(3), 1-14. Starzak, D., Quinnell, R., Nitschke, M., Davy, S. (2014). The influence of symbiont type on photosynthetic carbon flux in a model cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Marine Biology, 161(3), 711-724. [More Information] Schliep, M., Cavigliasso, G., Quinnell, R., Stranger, R., Larkum, A. (2013). Formyl group modification of chlorophyll a: a major evolutionary mechanism in oxygenic photosynthesis. Plant, Cell and Environment, 36(3), 521-527. [More Information] Quinnell, R., Thompson, R., LeBard, R. (2013). It's not maths; it's science: exploring thinking dispositions, learning thresholds and mindfulness in science learning. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 44(6), 808-816. [More Information] Quinnell, R., May, E., Peat, M. (2012). Conceptions of Biology and Approaches to Learning of First Year Biology Students: Introducing a technique for tracking changes in learner profiles over time. International Journal of Science Education, 34(7), 1053-1074. [More Information] Amoroso, S., Clarke, R., Larkum, A., Quinnell, R. (2010). Electrogenic plasma membrane H+-ATPase activity using voltage sensitive dyes. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, 42(5), 387-393. [More Information] Quinnell, R., Russell, C., Thompson, R., Marshall, N., Cowley, J. (2010). Evidence-based narratives to reconcile teaching practices in academic disciplines with the scholarship of teaching and learning. The Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 10(3), 20-30. Brawley, S., Clark, S., Cockburn, T., Cowley, J., Eijkman, H., Marshall, N., Quinnell, R., Russell, C., Thompson, R., Zamberlan, L. (2009). Learning and Teaching Fellows in the Australian Higher Education Sector. HERDSA News, 31(3), 12-14. Kazandjian, A., Shepherd, V., Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., Nordemeier, W., Larkum, A., Quinnell, R. (2008). Isolation of symbiosomes and the symbiosome membrane complex from the zoanthid Zoanthus robustus. Phycologia, 47(3), 294-306. [More Information] Gloag, R., Ritchie, R., Chen, M., Larkum, A., Quinnell, R. (2007). Chromatic photoacclimation, photosynthetic electron transport and oxygen evolution in the Chlorophyll d-containing oxyphotobacterium Acaryochloris marina. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, 1767 (2), 127-135. [More Information] Taylor, C., Peat, M., May, E., Quinnell, R. (2007). Does the new biology syllabus encourage students to think differently about their biology knowledge? Teaching Science, 53(3), 23-26. Gartenstein, S., Quinnell, R., Larkum, A. (2006). TOXICITY EFFECTS OF DIFLUBENZURON, CYPERMETHRIN AND DIAZINON ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTEMIA SALINA AND HELIOCIDARIS TUBERCULATA. Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology, 12, 83-90. Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., Scaramuzzi, C., Quinnell, R., Larkum, A. (2005). Transport of symbiotic zooxanthellae in mesogleal canals of Zoanthus robustus? Coral Reefs, 24(2), 195-196. [More Information] Chen, M., Quinnell, R., Larkum, A. (2002). Chlorophyll d as the major photopigment in Acaryochloris marina. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, 6, 763-774. Chen, M., Quinnell, R., Larkum, A. (2002). The major light-harvesting pigment protein of Acaryochloris marina. FEBS Letters, 514(2-3), 149-152. Trautman, D., Hinde, R., Cole, L., Grant, A., Quinnell, R. (2002). Visualisation of the symbiosome membrane surrounding cnidarian algal cells. Symbiosis, 32(2), 133-145. Copeland, L., Quinnell, R., Day, D. (1989). Malic Enzyme Activity in Bacteroids from Soybean Nodules. Microbiology, 135, 2005-2011.