Russell J Boyd

Biography of Russell J. Boyd Russell J. Boyd is Alexander McLeod Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University. He graduated in 1967 with First-Class Honours and the Gold Medal in Chemistry from the University of British Columbia and upon receiving his PhD in 1971 in theoretical chemistry from McGill University, he went to Oxford University as an NRC postdoctoral fellow with Charles Coulson at the Mathematical Institute. In 2001 he became the seventh Alexander McLeod Professor of chemistry. He has...See more

Biography of Russell J. Boyd Russell J. Boyd is Alexander McLeod Professor Emeritus at Dalhousie University. He graduated in 1967 with First-Class Honours and the Gold Medal in Chemistry from the University of British Columbia and upon receiving his PhD in 1971 in theoretical chemistry from McGill University, he went to Oxford University as an NRC postdoctoral fellow with Charles Coulson at the Mathematical Institute. In 2001 he became the seventh Alexander McLeod Professor of chemistry. He has published around 300 peer-reviewed papers and review chapters in computational and theoretical chemistry and is a member of the Scientific Board of the World Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemists and Chair of WATOC 2020. His awards include the fellowship and 2009 Montreal Medal of the Chemical Institute of Canada in recognition of his distinguished contributions to the profession of chemistry in Canada. His many professional activities include serving as editor for theoretical chemistry of the Canadian Journal of Chemistry from 1988 to 1998, president of the Canadian Society for Chemistry for 2007-08, and chair of The Chemical Institute of Canada for 2012-13. He was elected to the Bureau of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in 2013 and acted as the Section Editor for the Theoretical and Computational Chemistry section of the Elsevier Reference Module in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. See less