Environmental Research Institute

• Biotechnology & Bioresources
• Emerging Contaminants & Ecotoxicology

• 1997-2002
  Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biological Sciences, Heriot-Watt University.
• 1992-1994
  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Scripp"s Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego.

Qualifications:

• 1992
  PhD, Organic Chemistry, University of Edinburgh
• 1996
  MSc, Environmental Pollution Control Management, Heriot-Watt University
• 1988
  BSc (honours) Chemistry, University of Edinburgh

• Nebot C., Gibb S.W. & Boyd K.G. (2007) Quantification of human pharmaceuticals in water samples by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Analytica Chimica Acta 598, 87-94.
• McDougall, K.E., Gibb, S.W., Boyd, K.G. & Brown, B.E. (2006) ‘Chlorophyll-like’ compounds as novel biomarkers of stress in corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 35, 137-144.
• Burgess, J. G , Boyd, K.G., Armstrong, E., Jiang, Z., Yan, L., Berggren, M., May, U., Pisacane, T.,
  Granmo, A. & Adams, D. (2003) The development of a marine natural product-based antifouling paint. Biofouling, 19 (Supplement), 197-205.
• Yan, L, Boyd, K.G., Adams, D.R., Burgess, J.G. (2003) Biofilm-Specific Cross-Species Induction of
  Antimicrobiol Compounds in Bacilli. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69, 3719-3727.
• Diaz, M.-P., Boyd, K.G., Grigson, S.J.W. & Burgess, J.G. (2002) Biodegradation of crude oil across a wide range of salinities by an extremely-halotolerant bacterial consortium MPD-M, immobilised onto polypropylene fibres. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 79, 145-153.
• Jiang, Z., Barret, M., Boyd, K.G., Adams, D.R. & Burgess J.G. (2002) JM47, a cyclic tetrapeptide from a marine Fusarium species. Phytochemistry, 60, 33-38.
• Yan, L., Boyd, K.G. & Burgess, J.G. (2002) The effect of a roller bottle tidal simulation cultivation method on the production of antimicrobial compounds by marine epibiotic bacteria. Marine Biotechnology 4, 356-366.
• Armstrong, E., Yan, L., Boyd, K.G., Wright, P.C. & Burgess, J.G. (2001) The symbiotic role of marine microbes on living surfaces. Hydrobiologia, 461, 37-40.
• Armstrong, E., Boyd, K.G. & Burgess, J.G. (2000) Prevention of marine biofouling using natural compounds from marine organisms. Biotechnology Annual Review 6, 221-241.
• Armstrong, E., Boyd, K.G., Pisacane, A., Peppiat, C.J. & Burgess, J. G. (2000) Marine microbial natural products in antifouling coatings. Biofouling, 16, 215-224.
• Jiang, Z., Boyd, K.G., Mearns-Spragg, A., Wright, P.C., & Burgess, J. G. (2000) Two diketopiperazines and one halogenated phenol from cultures of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonus luteoviolacea. Natural Products Letters, 14, 435-440.
• Burgess, J. G., Mearns-Spragg, A., Boyd, K.G. & Bregu, M. (1999). Microbial antagonism: A new avenue in natural products research. Journal of Biotechnology 70, 27-32
• Boyd, K.G., Mearns-Spragg, A. & Burgess, J. G. (1999) Screening of marine bacteria for the production of microbial repellents using a spectrophotometric assay. Marine Biotechnology 1, 359-363.
• Boyd, K.G., Adams, D.R. & Burgess, J. G. (1999) Antibacterial and repellent activity of marine bacteria
  associated with algal surfaces. Biofouling 14, 227-236.
• Mearns-Spragg, A., Bregu, M., Boyd, K.G. & Burgess, J. G. (1998). Cross-species induction and enhancement of antimicrobial activity produced by epibiotic bacteria from marine algae and invertebrates, after exposure to terrestrial bacteria. Letters in Applied Microbiology 27, 142-146
• Boyd, K.G., Harper, M. K. & Faulkner, D. J. (1995). Oceanapamine, a sesquiterpene alkaloid from the
  Philippine sponge Oceanapia sp. Journal of Natural Products 58, 302-305.
• Krug, P. J., Boyd, K.G. & Faulkner, D. J. (1995). Isolation and synthesis of tanyolides A and B, metabolites of the nudibranch Sclerodoris tanya. Tetrahedron 51, 11063-11074.
• Smith, D. D., Boyd, K.G., Hopton, D., Baxter, R. L. & Ramage, R. (1993). Phosphorous-based reagents in peptide synthesis: Synthesis of methionine-enkephalin and the solution conformation of its N-Diphenylphosphinyl derivative. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans. 1. , 551-556.

• Research Grant. Signal molecules for drug discovery applications in marine biotechnology. UHI Millennium Institute KT Award.
• Research Grant. Strategies for the Enhancement of Antibiotic Production by Marine Bacteria. Nuffield Foundation (NAL/00685/G)
• Research Grant. Assessment of the rate of long term sedimentary ecosystem recovery following the removal of marine fish farm cages or the cessation of farming. Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum. With SAMS.
• Research Grant. Assessing the spatial and temporal distribution of emamectin benzoate. Marine Harvest.

Current:

• PhD Studentship. Julie Graham. Environmental fate of veterinary medicines. UHI Millennium Institute PhD Studentship, with Dr J. McHenery (Schering-Plough Animal Health).
• PhD Studentship. Carolina Nebot. Assessing the environmental presence of human pharmaceuticals UHI Millennium Insititute PhD with Dr. S.Lu (East China University of Science and Technology) and Kenny Black (Scottish Association for Marine Science).
• PhD Studentship. Jonathon Wood. The behaviour of caesium-147 in the sediments of the Forss Water catchment, Caithness. UHI Millennium Insititute PhD with Stuart Gibb (ERI)
• PhD Studentship. Sabine Freitag. Development of biomarker protocols to assess the impact of environmental change and genetic diversity on organism and cellular responses. Advancing Research Capacity PhD.
• PhD Studentship. Robbie Mutton. Phytochemistry of Scottish Seaweeds. Advancing Research Capacity PhD with Dr. Sandy Grey (Strathclyde University)

Completed:

• MSc Studentship. Burkart Dietrich. Establishment of willow plantaions for energy production on Orkney. UHI Millennium Institute MSc Studentship with Dr Melanie Smith (Inverness College) and Dr. Geoff Sellers (Orkney College).
• PhD studentship. Daine Ruchonnet. The microbial chemical ecology of Halidrys siliquosa. UHI Millennium Institute PhD Studentship, with Dave Adams (Heriot-Watt University)

• Marine Biotechnology
• Marine Chemical Ecology
• Marine Natural Products Chemistry
• Analytical Chemistry

• Member of UHI Faculty Committee (Science and Engineering)
• Member of NHC Research Committee