Sir Ian Boyd | |
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| Born | Ian Lamont Boyd 9 February 1957[1] Kilmarnock, Scotland |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen and St John's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Scientist |
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| Spouse |
Sheila Margaret Elizabeth Aitken
(m. 1982) |
| Children | One son, two daughters |
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| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Reproduction in grey seals (1983) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Harrison FRS and Richard Laws FRS |
Sir Ian Lamont Boyd, FRSE, FRSB, FRS (born 9 February 1957) is a Scottish zoologist, environmental and polar scientist, former Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)[2] and is a professor of biology at the University of St Andrews. He is Chair of the UK Research Integrity Office and President of the Royal Society of Biology.
- ^ "Boyd, Ian Lamont". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (online Oxford University Press ed.). A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ 'BOYD, Prof. Ian Lamont', Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 5 Sept 2013