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Research interests
I am a teaching-focused lecturer based in the School of Earth Sciences. I am the director of the Palaeobiology MSc and Palaeontology and Evolution BSc and MSci programmes. My research interests are in early animal evolution and exceptional fossil pereservation. A major focus has been on fossilized animal embryos from the Cambrian and lowermost Ordovician, as well as the embryo-like fossils from the Ediacaran Doushantuo biota. I use a range of techniques in this work ranging from experimental decay to synchrotron tomography.
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Not all Bloom and gloom: assessing constructive alignment, higher order cognitive skills, and their influence on students’ perceived learning within the practical components of an undergraduate biology course
Cammies, C., Cunningham, J. A. & Pike, R. K., 31 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Biological Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Acanthodian dental development and the origin of gnathostome dentitions
Rucklin, M., King, B., Cunningham, J. A., Johanson, Z., Marone, F. & Donoghue , P. C. J., Jul 2021, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 5, 7, p. 919-926 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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Experimental taphonomy of organelles and the fossil record of early eukaryote evolution
Carlisle, E. M., Jobbins, M., Pankhania, V., Cunningham, J. A. & Donoghue , P. C. J., 27 Jan 2021, In: Science Advances. 7, 5, 8 p., eabe9487.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
Open AccessFile22 Citations (Scopus)94 Downloads (Pure)
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Major transitions in evolution: understanding the fossil evidence
Cunningham, J. A. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/12 → 1/03/17
Project: Research
Datasets
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Data from Huang et al. (2018) Middle Triassic conodont apparatus architecture revealed by synchrotron X-ray microtomography. Palaeoworld
Donoghue, P. (Creator), Pugh, G. (Creator), Cunningham, J. (Creator), Martinez-Perez, C. (Creator), Keating, J. (Creator), Vargas, K. (Creator), Davies, T. (Creator), Landon, E. (Creator) & Warnock, R. (Creator), University of Bristol, 10 Aug 2018
DOI: 10.5523/bris.yw0swm1vgiz92catj97qv8g1c, http://data.bris.ac.uk/data/dataset/yw0swm1vgiz92catj97qv8g1c
Dataset
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Data from: Developmental biology of the early Cambrian cnidarian Olivooides
Dong, X.-P. (Contributor), Vargas, K. (Contributor), Cunningham, J. A. (Contributor), Zhang, H. (Contributor), Liu, T. (Contributor), Chen, F. (Contributor), Liu, J. (Contributor), Bengtson, S. (Contributor) & Donoghue, P. C. J. (Contributor), Dryad, 29 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.bp685, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.bp685
Dataset
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Data from: Experimental taphonomy of Artemia reveals the role of endogenous microbes in mediating decay and fossilization
Butler, A. D. (Contributor), Cunningham, J. A. (Contributor), Budd, G. E. (Contributor) & Donoghue, P. C. J. (Contributor), Dryad, 23 Apr 2015
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.f0tt2, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.f0tt2
Dataset
Activities
- 1 Fellowship awarded competitively
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Postdoctoral Fellow (FEC) - Major transitions in evolution: understanding the fossil evidence.
Cunningham, J. A. (Recipient)
1 Sept 2012 → 1 Mar 2017Activity: Other activity types › Fellowship awarded competitively