Chris J. Leaver
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Christopher John Leaver Template:Post-nominals (born 31 May 1942)[1] is an Emeritus Professorial Fellow of St John's College, Oxford[2][3] who served as Sibthorpian Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford from 1990 to 2007.[4][5][6]
Education
Leaver was educated at Lyme Regis Grammar School and Imperial College London[1] where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree (first class) followed by a PhD in plant physiology in 1966.[7]
Career and research
Leaver's area of expertise is in plant biochemistry, development, plant physiology and signalling;[2][8][9] before his current positions, he has at the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue University[10] and the University of Edinburgh.[11][12] During his career, Leaver held the following positions:
- Botanist on the Imperial College Hornsund expedition,[13] Spitzbergen, 1962 and Beerenberg expedition, Jan Mayen, 1963[1]
- Fulbright Scholar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, 1966–68[1]
- Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh 1969–80: , promoted to Reader in 1980
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- Professor of Plant Molecular Biology 1986–1990
- University of Oxford Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Science, 1990–2007[1]
- Head of the department of Plant Sciences 1991–2007[1]
- Fellow of St John's College, Oxford 1990–
- Emeritus Professor of Plant Science, University of Oxford 2008–
Awards and honours
Leaver was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1986.[14] His nomination reads: Template:Centered pull quote
Leaver was also awarded EMBO Membership in 1982,[15] elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989[16] and appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours.[1]
Personal life
Leaver's Who's Who entry lists his recreations as “walking and talking in Upper Coquetdale” in Northumberland.[1]
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- Living people
- Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Fellows of St John's College, Oxford
- Statutory Professors of the University of Oxford
- British biochemists
- Purdue University faculty
- Members of Academia Europaea
- Academics of the University of Edinburgh
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- 1942 births