Nick Brown | |
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![]() Nick Brown, Principal of Linacre College, Oxford | |
Born | 4 December 1962
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Thesis | Dipterocarp regeneration in tropical rain forest gaps of different sizes |
Doctoral advisor | Timothy Charles Whitmore |
Nicholas David Leimu-Brown (born 4 December 1962) is a British botanist and academic. Since 2010, he has been Principal of Linacre College, Oxford. [1] [2] He is also a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. [3]
Leimu-Brown was born on 4 December 1962 in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England. [4] He completed the International Baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic College in Wales from 1979 to 1981. [5] He then studied geography at the University of Cambridge ( Churchill College) between . [4] [5] From 1986 to 1990 he studied for a DPhil in Forest Ecology under the supervision of Timothy Charles Whitmore at the University of Oxford (Linacre College). [5] [6] His thesis was entitled "Dipterocarp regeneration in tropical rain forest gaps of different sizes". [7] He has also completed a diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. [8]
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. [4] [9] [10] [11]
In 2010 he took office as the fourth principal of Linacre College, Oxford. [1] [2]
Since 2014 he has been a
Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner acting as chair of awards policy committee.
[3]
Since 2015 he has been the chair of the University of Oxford buildings and estates sub-committee and serves on the planning and resource allocation committee of council. [12] [13] He also chairs the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter and the Science Area Advisory Boards. [14] [15]
Amidst a global climate crisis and whilst many institutes divest from fossil fuel funds, Nick Brown was unsuccessful in 2022 into moving private fossil fuel funds subject to a high court lawsuit, in a deal alleged to be corrupt, [16] to change the academic nature of the college, including name, away from its values of environmentalism and gender equality. [17] The event generated substantial international criticism and attention. [18] [19]
Leimu-Brown is married to Dr Roosa Leimu-Brown, a yoga therapist, movement educator and dance artist with a PhD in biology, [20] affiliated with the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. [21] [22] Nick Leimu-Brown's hobbies include sailing. [23]
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Nick Brown | |
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![]() Nick Brown, Principal of Linacre College, Oxford | |
Born | 4 December 1962
![]() Brockworth ![]() |
Alma mater | |
Academic career | |
Fields |
Ecology
![]() |
Institutions |
|
Thesis | Dipterocarp regeneration in tropical rain forest gaps of different sizes |
Doctoral advisor | Timothy Charles Whitmore |
Nicholas David Leimu-Brown (born 4 December 1962) is a British botanist and academic. Since 2010, he has been Principal of Linacre College, Oxford. [1] [2] He is also a Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner. [3]
Leimu-Brown was born on 4 December 1962 in Brockworth, Gloucestershire, England. [4] He completed the International Baccalaureate at UWC Atlantic College in Wales from 1979 to 1981. [5] He then studied geography at the University of Cambridge ( Churchill College) between . [4] [5] From 1986 to 1990 he studied for a DPhil in Forest Ecology under the supervision of Timothy Charles Whitmore at the University of Oxford (Linacre College). [5] [6] His thesis was entitled "Dipterocarp regeneration in tropical rain forest gaps of different sizes". [7] He has also completed a diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. [8]
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. [4] [9] [10] [11]
In 2010 he took office as the fourth principal of Linacre College, Oxford. [1] [2]
Since 2014 he has been a
Commonwealth Scholarship Commissioner acting as chair of awards policy committee.
[3]
Since 2015 he has been the chair of the University of Oxford buildings and estates sub-committee and serves on the planning and resource allocation committee of council. [12] [13] He also chairs the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter and the Science Area Advisory Boards. [14] [15]
Amidst a global climate crisis and whilst many institutes divest from fossil fuel funds, Nick Brown was unsuccessful in 2022 into moving private fossil fuel funds subject to a high court lawsuit, in a deal alleged to be corrupt, [16] to change the academic nature of the college, including name, away from its values of environmentalism and gender equality. [17] The event generated substantial international criticism and attention. [18] [19]
Leimu-Brown is married to Dr Roosa Leimu-Brown, a yoga therapist, movement educator and dance artist with a PhD in biology, [20] affiliated with the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. [21] [22] Nick Leimu-Brown's hobbies include sailing. [23]
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