Staff Profile

Dr Ian Turner


Head of Forensic Sciences

College

College of Life & Natural Sciences

Department

Life Sciences

Subject area

Forensic Sciences

Research centre

Environmental sustainability research

Email

[email protected]

About

I am the Head of Forensic Science and the Deputy Head of the Dept. of Natural Sciences in the College of Life and Natural Sciences.

Teaching responsibilities

I teach on the Biology, Zoology and Forensic Science programmes. I have a wide range of teaching responsibilities from genetics and molecular biology to forensic science. I am Module Leader for the level six module 'Science Communication'.

Research interests

I am interested in Forensic Science research specifically the areas of Forensic Handwriting and Document Analysis. I also research pedagogy, specifically in innovative teaching and assessment and gamification (serious games in education).

Membership of professional bodies

Qualifications

Undergraduate Qualifications

Postgraduate Qualifications

Research Qualifications

Recent publications

Nanotechnology in Forensic Science. Ian J Turner and Ya Tsz A Turner theReport - Journal of the Westminster and Holborn Law Society - September 2010

Forensic science and the attribution of 19th century stereoviews. John Bradley and Ian J Turner, Sterepscopic World, Vol 35 (8) 2010.

A Comparison of the identifying features in Signatures and Digitally Scanned Signatures Nazia Mehrban and Ian J. Turner. American Journal of Questioned Document Examiners – Volume 11, No. 1. June 2008

Investigation of class characteristics in the Gurmukhi handwriting of 1st and 2nd Generation Punjabi’s. Ian J. Turner, Rajvinder K. Sidhu and Julian M. Love, Science and Justice – 48, 2008 Pages 126-132

Lecture Theatre Pantomime: A creative delivery approach for teaching undergraduate transcription and translation. Ian J. Turner, Innovative Practice in Higher Education Vol.2 (1) April 2014 pages 1-13

Lonely Heart Columns: A Novel and Entertaining Way of Teaching Students Abstract Writing Skills. Ian J. Turner and Ellen Beaumont, Innovative Practice in Higher Education Vol.1 (3) April 2013 pages 1-11

Engaging Biological Sciences Students in the Development of Employability Skills through Creative Teaching and Peer Reviewed Action Plans. Ian J. Turner and Liz Day, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, Issue 4, March 2012

Study Promoting Undergraduate Student Conference Attendance Has Benefits for All! Ian J Turner , Student Research Projects: a Case Study For the HEA Bioscience Subject Group, 2009

Who wants to be a biologist? An excellent quiz tool for students’ Ian J Turner HEA Bioscience Education E-journal, 11-c1, April 2008

Quantifying the dimensions of nanoscale organic surface layers in natural waters C.T. Gibson, Ian J. Turner, Clive J. Roberts and J.R.Lead, Environmental Science Technology, 41 (4), 1339 -1344, 2007

The Bacillus subtilus DnaD and DnaB proteins exhibit different DNA remodelling activities. Wenke Zhang, Maria Carneiro, Ian J. Turner, Stephanie Allen, Clive J. Roberts and Panos Soultanas. Journal of Molecular Biology, Volume 351, Issue 1, 5 August 2005, Pages 66-75

The Bacillus subtilis DnaD protein: a putative link between DNA remodelling and initiation of DNA replication Ian J. Turner, David J. Scott, Stephanie Allen, Clive J. Roberts, Panos Soultanas. FEBS Letters, Volume 577, Issue 3, 19 November 2004, Pages 460-464

DnaG interacts with a linker region that joins the N- and C-domains of DnaB and induces the formation of 3-fold symmetric rings. Jenny Thirlway, Ian J. Turner, Christopher T. Gibson, Laurence Gardiner, Kevin Brady, Stephanie Allen, Clive J. Roberts and Panos Soultanas. Nucleic Acid Research, 2004, Vol. 32, No.10 2977-2986

Blog Posts

Skills, higher education and the employability agenda

Professor Malcolm Todd, Provost of the University of Derby, talks about the role higher education plays in promoting skills and employability.

Derby in the driving seat on the skills route

University of Derby is working closely with colleges and the D2N2 local enterprise partnership to develop the higher level skills required in the job market.

National Student Survey: The importance of student feedback

With the release of the National Student Survey results, Professor Malcolm Todd, Provost (Academic) at the University of Derby, discusses student feedback.