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In memoriam
Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/bio.889
In Memoriam: Dr Terence Ivan Quickenden (1939 2005)
Dr Jonathan Creamer
Department of Pathology Vanderbilt University School of Medicine C3321A Medical Center North Nashville, TN 37232-2561, USA
Received 25 August 2005; accepted 29 August 2005
Terence Quickenden died unexpectedly of natural
causes on 24 July 2005, aged 66.
Terry gained his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry,
and went on to complete his MSc with Honours and his
PhD in the Department of Chemistry at the University
of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, in the 1960s.
On completion of his PhD in 1967, Terry was employed
at the University of Queensland before becoming a
member of the Department of Chemistry at the Univer-
sity of Western Australia (UWA) in 1971. He rose to the
rank of Senior Lecturer in 1986 and remained at UWA
until his death.
From early in his scientic career Terry developed
a fascination for chemiluminescence. It was the subject
of his PhD and his thesis research, which resulted in
a publication in Nature on Di-imide and the chem-
iluminescence of luminol. Once at UWA he conducted
studies regarding oscillating chemiluminescence reac-
tions and the electrogenerated chemiluminescence
of violanthrone, as well as becoming known for the
entertaining chemiluminescence demonstrations he
performed during his lectures. Later in his career, over
30 years after the completion of his PhD, he revisited
luminol chemiluminescence and investigated its role in
the detection of blood at crime scenes. This research led
him to publish a number of papers containing valuable
quantitative analyses of substances likely to be encoun-
tered at crime scenes and their effects on luminol
chemiluminescence. He also investigated alternative
chemiluminescence compounds for blood detection, and
mentored the current authors PhD research into the
use of luminol to estimate time since death for skeletal
remains.
Far from limiting himself to chemiluminescence,
Terrys research endeavours covered a whole range of
luminescence-related topics. From the mid-1970s to
the early 1990s, his laboratory produced many publica-
tions on the ultra-weak bioluminescence of the yeasts
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Schizosaccharomyces pombe
and Candida utilis, as well as that of the bacterium
Escherichia coli. Also, throughout his almost 40 year
academic career, Terry undertook and oversaw a con-
*Correspondence to: Dr J. Creamer, Department of Pathology
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine C3321A Medical Center
North Nashville, TN 37232-2561, USA.
E-mail: jonathan.i.creamer@vanderbilt-edu
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siderable amount of research activity dedicated to
luminescence emissions from irradiated water and ice, as
well as investigating ice triboluminescence. This research
later expanded into studies of oxygen and related
species from the icy surfaces of outer solar system
bodies. Fittingly, with his keen interest in all things
luminescent, Terry also found time to serve on the
Editorial Board of Luminescence and on the Scientic
Advisory Board of the International Society of Bio-
luminescence and Chemiluminescence.
Terry was interested in many other areas of physical
and analytical chemistry: he published a number of
papers on thermogalvanic and photoelectrochemical
cells, conducted exhaustive research into the concept of
cold fusion, and at his death was supervising graduate
projects into the chemical analysis of trace amounts of
explosives and of ancient Egyptian artifacts, along with
other chemiluminescence and astrophysical chemistry
projects. Terrys research interests also touched on
health and safety in the laboratory, alternative energy
and error analysis. In all, Terry published over 100 peer-
reviewed papers and those that t within the scope of
this journal are listed at the end of the text.
While he made countless valuable contributions to
chemistry research at UWA, Terry was a great contri-
butor to many other areas of the University. He was a
member of the University Senate for some 25 years and
a longstanding member of the Academic Board of the
University. However, it was as a lecturer that Terry will
be most remembered by those he taught. Terrys love of
chemistry was obvious to anyone who attended one of
his lectures, and he taught with notable enthusiasm. He
taught at all levels from rst-year undergraduates up to
postgraduate students and will probably be most fondly
remembered by the rst-year medicine and dentistry
students, to whom he taught, with considerable patience
and good humour, the chemistry they required for their
degrees.
Terry was a loyal and supportive friend and mentor,
who always found time for students and colleagues. He
was very proud of the students in his laboratory and was
proud of what they achieved, both under his guidance
and in their subsequent careers. A number of us owe
him a great many thanks for his unwavering support.
Terry loved chemistry and he relished scientic debate
and problem solving. He will be greatly missed by his
students, friends and collaborators around the world.
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LUMINESCENCE-RELATED PAPERS
PUBLISHED BY T. I. QUICKENDEN
1. Quickenden TI. Chemiluminescence in liquids. J. N. Z. Inst. Chem.
1964; 28: 1021.
2. Metcalf WS, Quickenden TI. Di-imide and the chemiluminescence
of luminol. Nature 1965; 206: 506607.
3. Metcalf WS, Quickenden TI. Mitogenetic radiation. Nature 1967;
216: 169170.
4. Quickenden TI, Que Hee SS. The luminescence of water excited
by ambient ionising radiation. Radiat. Res. 1971; 46: 2835.
5. Quickenden TI, Que Hee SS. Weak luminescence from the
yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the existence of mitogenetic
radiation. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 1974; 60: 764770.
6. Quickenden TI, Que Hee SS. The spectral distribution of lumines-
cence emitted during growth of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
and its relationship to mitogenentic radiation. Photochem.
Photobiol. 1976; 23: 201204.
7. Quickenden TI, Que Hee SS. On the existence of mitogenetic
radiation. Specul. Sci. Technol. 1981; 4: 453464.
8. Quickenden TI, Tilbury RN. Growth-dependent luminescence
from cultures of normal and respiratory decient Saccharomyces
cerevisiae. Photochem. Photobiol. 1983; 37: 337344.
9. Freeman CG, Quickenden TI, Sangster DF. Time-resolved 360
600 nm luminescence produced by the pulse radiolysis of water
vapor. J. Chem. Phys. 1984; 81: 22362339.
10. Quickenden TI, Trotman SM, Sangster DF. Subdivision of the
luminescence spectrum of irradiated crystalline H2O ice. Radiat.
Res. 1985; 101: 407411.
11. Quickenden TI, Comarmond MJ, Tilbury RN. Ultraviolet
bioluminescence spectra of stationary phase Saccharomyces
cerevisiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Photochem.
Photobiol. 1985; 41: 611615.
12. Quickenden TI, Litjens RAJ, Freeman CG, Trotman SM. UV-
excited luminescence from crystalline H2O ice. Chem. Phys. Lett.
1985; 114: 164167.
13. Quickenden TI, Tilbury RN. An attempt to stimulate mitosis in
Saccharomyces cerevisiae with the ultraviolet luminescence from
exponential phase cultures of this yeast. Radiat. Res. 1985; 102:
254263.
14. Trotman SM, Quickenden TI, Sangster DF. Decay kinetics of
the ultraviolet and visible luminescences emitted by electron-
irradiated crystalline H2O ice. J. Chem. Phys. 1986; 85: 2555
2568.
15. Quickenden TI, Vernon CF, Litjens RAJ, Freeman CG,
Sangster DF. Time-resolved study of the luminescence produced
by the pulse radiolysis of D2O vapor. J. Chem. Phys. 1986; 85: 80
85.
16. Litjens RAJ, Quickenden TI. Studies of UV-stimulated lumines-
cence from H2O ice. J. Phys. Colloq. C1 1987; 48: 5965.
17. Vernon CF, Quickenden TI, Sangster DF. Investigation of the
luminescence emitted by pulse irradiated D2O ice. J. Phys. Colloq.
C1 1987; 48: 6773.
18. Tilbury RN, Quickenden TI. The effect of cosmic ray shielding on
the ultraweak bioluminescence emitted by cultures of Escherichia
coli. Radiat. Res. 1987; 112: 398402.
19. Tilbury RN, Quickenden TI. Spectral and time-dependence
studies of the ultraweak bioluminescence emitted by the bacterium
Escherichia coli. Photochem. Photobiol. 1988; 47: 145150.
20. Bakker MG, Quickenden TI, Vernon CF, Freeman CG, Sangster
DF. The effect of crystal fragmentation on the luminescence from
pulse-irradiated H2O ice. Radiat. Phys. Chem. 1988; 32: 767772.
21. Quickenden TI, Vernon CF. Red luminescence from thermally
excited vibrational overtones in H2O and D2O vapor. J. Phys.
Chem. 1989; 93: 66826686.
22. Quickenden TI, Matich AJ, Pung SH, Tilbury RN. An attempt to
stimulate cell division in Sacchraomyces cerevisiae with weak
ultravioltet light. Radiat. Res. 1989; 117: 145157.
23. Vernon CF, Bakker MG, Matich AJ, Quickenden TI, Sangster
DF. The luminescence spectrum of electron-irradiated D2O ice
the effects of decay time, accumulated dose and isotopic substitu-
tion. Radiat. Phys. Chem. 1990; 36: 529531.
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24. Quickenden TI, Tilbury RN. Luminescence spectra of
exponential and stationary phase cultures of respiratory decient
Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B Biol. 1991;
8: 169174.
25. Vernon CF, Matich AJ, Quickenden TI, Sangster DF. Isotopic
effects on the decay kinetics of the 385 nm luminescence from
electron-irradiated ice. J. Phys. Chem. 1991; 95: 73137319.
26. Quickenden TI, Matich AJ, Bakker MG, Freeman CG,
Sangster DF. The effect of temperature on the luminescence from
electron-irradiated H2O ice. J. Chem. Phys. 1991; 95: 88438852.
27. Tilbury RN, Quickenden TI. Luminescence from the yeast
Candida utilis and comparisons across three genera. J. Biolumin.
Chemilumin. 1992; 7: 245253.
28. Quickenden TI, Daniels LL. Attempted biostimulation of division
in Saccharomyces cervisiae using red coherent light. Photochem.
Photobiol. 1993; 57: 272278.
29. Lennon D, Quickenden TI, Freeman CG. UV-excited
luminescences from amorphous and polycrystalline H2O ices.
Chem. Phys. Lett. 1993; 201: 120126.
30. Matich AJ, Bakker MG, Lennon D, Quickenden TI, Freeman CG.
O2 luminescence from UV-excited H2O and D2O ices. J. Phys.
Chem. 1993; 97: 1053910553.
31. Daniels LL, Quickenden TI. Does low-intensity HeNe-laser
radiation produce a photobiological growth-response in
Escherichia coli? Photochem. Photobiol. 1994; 60: 481485.
32. Litjens RAJ, Quickenden TI, Freeman CG, Sangster DF. The
effect of deposition rate and sample thickness on the luminescence
emitted by electron irradiated polycrystalline H2O ice. Radiat.
Phys. Chem. 1995; 45: 817823.
33. Quickenden TI, Hansongnern K. Electrogenerated chem-
iluminescence from violanthrone. J. Biolumin. Chemilumin. 1995;
10: 103106.
34. Quickenden TI, Green TA, Lennon D. Luminescence from
UV-irradiated amorphous H2O ice. J. Phys. Chem. 1996; 100:
1680116807.
35. Quickenden TI, Hanlon AR, Freeman CG. The activation energy
for the emission of 420 nm luminescence from UV-excited
polycrystalline H2O ice. J. Phys. Chem. 1997; 101: 45114516.
36. Johnson RE, Quickenden TI. Photolysis and radiolysis of ice on
outer solar system bodies. J. Geophys. Res. 1997; 102: 10985
10996.
37. Quickenden TI, Selby BJ, Freeman CG. Ice triboluminescence.
J. Phys. Chem. A 1998; 102: 67136715.
38. Langford VS, McKinley AJ, Quickenden TI. Luminescent
photoproducts in UV-irradiated ice. Accounts Chem. Res. 2000; 33:
665671.
39. Quickenden TI, Hanlon AR. The colours of water and ice. Chem.
Britain 2000; 36: 3739.
40. Quickenden TI, Cooper PD. Increasing the specicity of the
forensic luminol test for blood. Luminescence 2001; 16: 251
253.
41. Quickenden TI, Creamer JI. A study of common interferences
with the forensic luminol test for blood. Luminescence 2001; 16:
295298.
42. Gillis HA, Quickenden TI. Excess electrons in aqueous glasses and
crystalline ice. Can. J. Chemistry 2001; 79: 8093.
43. Creamer JI, Quickenden TI, Buck AM. The use of luminol
chemiluminescence for determining the post mortem interval of
skeletal remains. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium
on Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence, Stanley PE, Kricka
LJ (eds). World Science: Singapore, 2002; 315318.
44. Selby BJ, Quickenden TI, Freeman CG. The tting of lumines-
cence rises and decays. Kinet. Catal. 2003; 44: 515.
45. Creamer JI, Quickenden TI, Apanah MV, Kerr KA,
Robertson P. A comprehensive experimental study of industrial,
domestic and environmental interferences with the forensic
luminol test for blood. Luminescence 2003; 18: 193198.
46. Quickenden TI, Ennis CP, Creamer JI. The forensic use of luminol
chemiluminescence to detect traces of blood inside motor vehicles.
Luminescence 2004; 19: 271277.
47. Creamer JI, Quickenden TI, Crichton LB, Robertson P,
Ruhayel RA. Attempted cleaning of bloodstains and its effect on
the forensic luminol test. Luminescence 2005; 19: 411 413.
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