Steven Douglas Aird

Background

Aird, Steven Douglas was born on June 12, 1952 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of John Shields and Laurel (Jandy) Aird.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Zoology, Montana State University, 1974; Master of Science in Biology, Northern Arizona U., 1977; Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, Colorado State University, 1984.

Career

Postdoctoral research associate, U. Wyoming, Laramie, 1983-1988; director biochemistry research, Western Regional Health Care, Salt Lake City, since 1991. Assistant curator Deaver Herbarium, Northern Arizona U., Flagstaff, 1974-1975. Public relations seminarian Johnson Wax Inc., western United States, 1979.

Judge Colorado-Wyoming Junior Academy Science, Fort Collins, 1982. Member herpetologists panel Colorado Division Wildlife, Denver, 1985. Associate researcher Universidade Catolica de Goias Goiania, Goias, Brasil, 1988.

Adjunct Professor biology, Utah State University.

Achievements

• Steven Douglas Aird has been listed as a noteworthy Toxinologist, zoologist, biochemist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Stake Mission Mormon Church, Laramie, 1984-1987. Member Herpetologist's League, Society Study Amphibians and Reptiles, International Society Toxinology (full member), American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Interests

• Avocations: backpacking, camping, hiking, photography.

Connections

Married Mary Ellen Whiting, May 6, 1978. Children: Benjamin Steven, Jonathan Isaac, Joshua Ethan.

Father:

John Shields Aird

Mother:

Laurel (Jandy) Aird

Spouse:

Mary Ellen Whiting

child:

Joshua Ethan Aird

child:

Jonathan Isaac Aird

child:

Benjamin Steven Aird