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Name
  
Chris Leaver


Born
  
Christopher John Leaver 31 May 1942 (age 81) (
1942-05-31
)

Institutions
  
University of Oxford Purdue University University of Edinburgh

Thesis
  
The correlation between nucleic acid synthesis and induced enzyme activity in plant tissue slices (1966)

Notable awards
  
FRS (1986) CBE FRSE EMBO member

Institution
  
University of Oxford, Purdue University, University of Edinburgh

Alma mater
  
Imperial College London

Christopher John Leaver CBE FRS FRSE (born 31 May 1942) is a British biochemist and Emeritus Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford and an Emeritus Fellow, of St John's College, Oxford.

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Education

Leaver was educated at Lyme Regis Grammar School and Imperial College London where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science followed by a PhD in Plant Physiology in 1966.

Career and research

Leaver's area of expertise is in plant biochemistry, development, plant physiology and signalling; before his current positions, he has at the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue University and the University of Edinburgh.. During his career, Leaver held the following positions:

  • Botanist Imperial College Hornsund Expedition, Spitzbergen, 1962 and Beerenberg Expedition, Jan Mayen, 1963.
  • Fulbright Scholar, Purdue University, USA, 1966–68.
  • University of Edinburgh 1969–90: Lecturer, then Reader 1980,
  • Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) Senior Research Fellow 1985–90
  • Professor of Plant Molecular Biology 1986–1990.
  • University of Oxford Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Science, 1990–2007.
  • Head of Department 1991–2007.
  • 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. His nomination reads

    He was awarded EMBO Membership in 1982.

    References

    Chris J. Leaver Wikipedia
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