Nick Brown

Nicholas David Leimu-Brown (born 4 December 1962) is a British botanist and academic. Since 2010, he has been Principal of Linacre College, Oxford. He is also a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner.

Early life and education Leimu-Brown was born on 4 December 1962 in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England. He completed the International Baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic College in Wales from 1979 to 1981. He then studied geography at the University of Cambridge (Churchill College) between 1982 and 1985 and then for an MSc degree in ecology at the University of Aberdeen. His thesis was titled "Dipterocarp regeneration in tropical rain forest gaps of different sizes". He has also completed a diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

Career and research Leimu-Brown was a lecturer at Manchester University from 1989, and then from 1992 to 2010 he was a lecturer in forestry at the University of Oxford.

In 2010, he took office as the fourth and current Principal of Linacre College, Oxford. He also chairs the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter and the Science Area Advisory Boards. Personal life Leimu-Brown has four children: three daughters and one son. He has been married to Dr Roosa Leimu-Brown since 2013. affiliated with the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. Nick Leimu-Brown's hobbies include sailing.