Background
Brink, Nils Erik was born on November 27, 1921 in Färila, Sweden. Son of Jon Olof and Anna Petréa (Hannberg) Brink.
Brink, Nils Erik was born on November 27, 1921 in Färila, Sweden. Son of Jon Olof and Anna Petréa (Hannberg) Brink.
Agronomist, Agricultural College of Sweden, Uppsala, 1949. Agronomie Licentiate, Agricultural College of Sweden, Uppsala, 1954. DAgrl, Agricultural College of Sweden, Uppsala, 1962.
Lecturer, Agricultural College of Sweden, Uppsala, 1963. Professor, Agricultural College of Sweden, Uppsala, 1984.
Teacher, Farm School, Arbrå, Sweden, 1948-1949;
assistant, 1st assistant, Agricultural College of Sweden, Uppsala, 1948-1962;
researcher, Agricultural College of Sweden, Uppsala, 1962-1970;
assistant professor, Agricultural College of Sweden, Uppsala, 1970-1977;
assistant professor, Swedish U. Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, 1977-1984;
professor, 1984-1987;
emeritus professor, since 1987;
researcher on composting, since 1987. Founder Division Water Protection, Agricultural College, 1970. Researcher agro-hydrology, 1948-1954, purification of sewage water, 1954-1962, on selfpurification in soils and streams, studies on protozooan in sandfilters, 1962-1972, on water pollution from agriculture and forests, leaching of nutrients and pesticides, 1972-1987, composting, 1975-1982, 87-98.
Teacher hydrology, wat. prot. Institute Soil Science, Agricultural College, 1949-1987, teacher mathematics, 1963-1970. Teacher Institute Technology Stockholm, 1949-1956, department limnology Uppsala U., 1965-1969.
Consultant in ecohydrology, Uppsala, 1990. With Swedish Agriculture and Forest Research Council, National Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Swedish Academy Agriculture and Forestry, Nordic Agricultural Society, Scandinavian Council Applied Research, Swedish Society Conservation Nature. Lecturer in field.
Chairman Health Care, Uppsala, 1968-1972. Active Ekhaga Foundation Officer ofRes., Infantry, 1945-1970, Horticultural Experimental Station at Swedish U. Agricultural Sciences. Fellow The Masonic Order, Red Cross.
Married Greta Maria Broborg, April 5, 1947 (divorced August 31, 1994). Children: Karl Johan, Anna Karin.