Chris J. Leaver
Chris Leaver FRSE MAE | |
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| Born | Christopher John Leaver 31 May 1942[5] |
| Education | Lyme Regis Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Imperial College London (BSc, PhD)[6] |
| Awards | EMBO Membership (1982)[1] Fulbright Scholarship (1966) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry Plant physiology Molecular biology |
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| Thesis | The correlation between nucleic acid synthesis and induced enzyme activity in plant tissue slices (1966) |
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| Website | www |
Christopher John Leaver FRSE MAE (born 31 May 1942)[5] is an Emeritus Professorial Fellow of St John's College, Oxford[7][8] who served as Sibthorpian Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford from 1990 to 2007.[9][10][11]
Education
Leaver was educated at
PhD in plant physiology in 1966.[6]
Career and research
Leaver's area of expertise is in
plant biochemistry, development, plant physiology and signalling;[7][12][13] before his current positions, he has at the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Purdue University[14] and the University of Edinburgh.[15][16]
During his career, Leaver held the following positions:
- Botanist on the Imperial College
- Fulbright Scholar, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States, 1966–68[5]
- Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh 1969–80: , promoted to Reader in 1980
- Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) senior research fellow 1985–90[citation needed]
- Professor of Plant Molecular Biology1986–1990
- University of Oxford Sibthorpian Professor of Plant Science, 1990–2007[5]
- Head of the department of Plant Sciences 1991–2007[5]
- Fellow of St John's College, Oxford 1990–
- Emeritus Professor of Plant Science, University of Oxford 2008–
Awards and honours
Leaver was elected a
polypeptides. As well as isolating several protein-encoding plant mitochondrial genes, he has identified, cloned and sequenced the first nuclear gene for a plant mitochondrial protein.[18]
Leaver was also awarded
Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours.[5]
Personal life
Leaver's Who's Who entry lists his recreations as “walking and talking in Upper Coquetdale” in Northumberland.[5]
References
- ^ a b Anon (1982). "EMBO Member: Christopher J. Leaver". people.embo.org. European Molecular Biology Organization. Archived from the original on 5 August 2017.
- EThOS uk.bl.ethos.278942.
- S2CID 23684986.
- EThOS uk.bl.ethos.652440.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i
Anon (2017). "Leaver, Prof. Christopher John". doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U24069. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ OCLC 681131873.
- ^ a b Chris J. Leaver publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ Chris J. Leaver publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- S2CID 6087038.
- PMID 17368081.
- PMID 12028573.
- S2CID 41661616.
- .
- PMID 5231738.
- PMID 5001778.
- PMID 11415971.
- S2CID 251061959.
- ^ a b Anon (1986). "EC/1986/22: Leaver, Christopher John". Royal Society. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014.
- ^ "Christopher Leaver MAE". ae-info.org. Academy of Europe.
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