First Class hons degree (1998) and PhD in Zoology (2002) from Queen's University, Belfast. Nominated for University of Aberdeen Science Lecturer of the Year 2011, 2015, 2016.

Various insect-based research from haemphagous disease vectors to diversity of beetles and riverflies. Also interested in human perceptions of 'pests'.

McIntosh, CH., Baird, J., Zinser, E., Woods, DJ., Campbell, EM. & Bowman, AS. (2016). 'Reference gene selection and RNA preservation protocol in the cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis, for gene expression studies'. Parasitology, vol 143, pp. 1532-1542. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1017/S0031182016001025 Stockan, J., Baird, J., Langan, S., Young, MR. & Iason, GR. (2014). 'Effects of riparian buffer strips on ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae) within an agricultural landscape'. Insect Conservation and Diversity, vol 7, no. 2, pp. 172-184. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1111/ICAD.12043 Billingsley, PF., Baird, J., Mitchell, JA. & Drakeley, C. (2006). 'Immune interactions between mosquitoes and their hosts'. Parasite Immunology, vol 28, no. 4, pp. 143-153. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-3024.2006.00805.X Baird, J., McDowell, SDR., Fairweather, I. & Murchie, AK. (2005). 'Reproductive Structures of Arthurdendyus triangulatus (Dendy): Seasonality and the Effect of Starvation'. Pedobiologia, vol 49, no. 5, pp. 435-442. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1016/J.PEDOBI.2005.05.003 Baird, J., Fairweather, I. & Murchie, A. (2005). 'Long-term effects of prey-availability, partnering and temperature on overall egg capsule output of ‘New Zealand flatworms’, Arthurdendyus triangulates'. Annals of Applied Biology, vol 146, no. 3, pp. 289-301. DOI: [ONLINE] DOI: 10.1111/J.1744-7348.2005.040095.X