Background
Boyd, Derek Raymond was born on March 31, 1941 in Portrush, Northern Ireland. Son of Charles Albert and Kathleen Mary (Heron) Boyd.
Boyd, Derek Raymond was born on March 31, 1941 in Portrush, Northern Ireland. Son of Charles Albert and Kathleen Mary (Heron) Boyd.
Bachelor of Science, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1962. Bachelor of Science with honors, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1966.
Doctor of Science, Queens University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1977.
Science Research Council (Strategic Research Centre) postdoctoral fellow, Queen's U., Belfast, 1966-1967;
lecturer, Queen's U., Belfast, 1967-1978;
reader in chemistry, Queen's U., Belfast, 1978-1989;
Nuffield Foundation senior research fellow, Queen's U., Belfast, 1979-1980;
professor organic chemistry, Queen's U., Belfast, since 1989;
head research, chair research division School Chemistry, Queen's U., Belfast, since 1996. Visiting scientist National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1968-1969, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1977-1988. Board of Governors Methodist College, Belfast, 1986-1990.
Member Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Couns. (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council)Project Management Committee, Link Programme in Applied Biocatalysis, since 1995. Consultant in field.
President Andrews Club, Queen's University, 1980-1981, 94-95, Staff Squash Club, Queen's University, 1981-1982. Fellow Royal Society Chemistry. Member Golf Club.
Married Doreen Lillian Douglas, October 28, 1967. Children: Deborah Karen, Stephen Andrew Samuel, Peter Derek, Jonathan Nicholas Alexander.