Rate My Professor Justin Ridge

Dr. Ridge's research specializations lie in the scholarship of teaching and learning, particularly examining how expectations are communicated between educational stakeholders and methods to enhance this process. Key themes include stakeholder perceptions of met expectations, learner interpretation of learning objectives and assessment practices, and alignment between learning activities and explicit goals. He focuses on the explicit teaching and assessment of research skills essential for laboratory and professional environments, as well as delivering engaging biochemical, microbiological, and molecular biological content to health professions students. He coordinates courses including BIOC2000 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, BIOC2900 Advanced Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and BIOC7001 Advanced Molecular Biology Laboratory. Major publications encompass the textbook Biochemistry for health professionals (2011, co-authored with Laura Batmanian and Simon Worrall), "Sex differences in NMDA receptor expression in human alcoholics" (Alcohol and Alcoholism, 2009), "Cortical NMDA receptor expression in human chronic alcoholism: Influence of the TaqIA allele of ANKK1" (Neurochemical Research, 2009), and "A multicopper oxidase is essential for manganese oxidation and laccase-like activity in Pedomicrobium sp. ACM 3067" (Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2007). He received a UQ New Staff Start-up Grant in 2011-2012 for developing a research skills portfolio instrument for postgraduate students.