Jim Naismith

Jim Naismith
Jim Naismith in 2014, picture via the Royal Society
Born	James Henderson Naismith (1968-07-26) July 26, 1968 (age 48) Bellshill
Residence	United Kingdom
Citizenship	United Kingdom
Nationality	Scottish, British
Fields	Enzymology Chemical Biology Biochemistry Structural Biology
Institutions	University of St Andrews UT Southwestern
Alma mater	University of Edinburgh (BSc) University of Manchester (PhD) University of St Andrews (DSc)
Thesis	Structural studies of concanavalin A and zinc aldolase (1992)
Doctoral advisor	Professors Bill Hunter, John Helliwell and David Garner
Doctoral students	Wassila Boulkeroua Emma Branigan Hexian Huang Thomas Kowatz Hubing Lou Judith Reeks Stefan Schmelz Xuan Yan
Notable awards	FRS (2014) Fellow AAAS(2016) FRSC (2002) FRSB (2009) EMBO member (2009) FRSE (2005) FMedSci (2012)
Spouse	Rachel Middleton
Children	William Naismith, Louisa Naismith
Website chemistry.st-andrews.ac.uk/staff/jhn/group/

James Henderson Naismith (born July 26, 1968) FRS FRSE FMedSci is Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Chemical Biology and Director of the Biomedical Sciences Research Complex (BSRC) at the University of St Andrews.

Naismith was educated at Hamilton Grammar School. He went on to study at the University of Edinburgh where he was awarded a first class Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry in 1989. He won a Carnegie Scholarship to work under the supervision of Bill Hunter, John Helliwell and David Garner at the University of Manchester where he was awarded a PhD in 1992 for research into the chemical structure of Concanavalin A and Zinc aldolase. In 2016, he was awarded a DSc from the University of St Andrews for a thesis "Structural and chemical studies upon proteins".

Following his PhD, Naismith did postdoctoral research at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as a NATO Fellow in the laboratory of Stephen Sprang. He was appointed a Lecturer at the University of St Andrews in 1995, Reader in 1999 and a Professor in 2001.