Leslie Iversen

Leslie Lars Iversen (31 October 1937 – 30 July 2020), was a British pharmacologist, known for his work on the neurochemistry of neurotransmission.

Early life Of Norwegian descent, Iversen attended Hele's School, Exeter, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a BA in natural sciences and a PhD in pharmacology.

Career and research A Fellow of Trinity College from 1964 to 1984, Iversen was also Locke Research Fellow of the Royal Society at the University of Cambridge from 1967 to 1971.

In 2000, Iversen published the book The Science of Marijuana by Oxford University Press, Inc. In 2010 he was accused of plagiarism. Consequently, one of his books now credits the original author of the plagiarized work.

Awards and honours He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1980 and gave the Society's Ferrier Lecture in 1983. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours, "for services to pharmacology".

He died on 30 July 2020, survived by his wife of nearly 60 years, Susan Iversen.