Chris J. Leaver

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website = footnotes = spouse = children = Christopher John Leaver (born 31 May 1942) who served as Sibthorpian Professor in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford from 1990 to 2007.

Education Leaver was educated at Lyme Regis Grammar School and Imperial College London

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 on the Imperial College Hornsund expedition, Spitzbergen, 1962 and Beerenberg expedition, Jan Mayen, 1963

Leaver was also awarded EMBO Membership in 1982, and appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2000 New Year Honours.

Personal life Leaver's Who's Who entry lists his recreations as “walking and talking in Upper Coquetdale” in Northumberland.