Professor Sir Ian Boyd
Professor Sir Ian Boyd FRS FRSB FRSE is the Chair of the UK Research Integrity Office.
He is a professor of biology at the University of St Andrews, where he is also an adviser to the Principal, President-elect of the Royal Society of Biology and a non-executive director of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
A zoologist, environmental and polar scientist, he was former Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and was Director of the Scottish Oceans Institute. He also created the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland. Before this he spent 14 years leading research at the British Antarctic Survey. Recently he has been an attendee at the Science Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) which was established to provide scientific advice to the UK government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He has degrees from the Universities of Aberdeen, Cambridge and Exeter and has received a number of awards for his research and leadership. He is a recipient of the Polar Medal and he was knighted in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to science and economics on food and the environment. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in May 2021, and is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and the Royal Society of Edinburgh.