Background
Leemans, Rik Son of Anton Leemans and Ida Seggers.
Leemans, Rik Son of Anton Leemans and Ida Seggers.
Master of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy, Uppsala University, Sweden, 1989.
Researcher IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria, 1987—1990. Senior scientist RIVM, Bilthoven, Netherlands, 1990—2003. Associate professor University Virginia, Charlottesville, 1990.
Professor in environmental system analysis Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands, since 2003. Director WIMEK Graduate School, 2005. President Earth Systems Science partnership, Paris, since 2007.
Chair Dutch Global Change Committee, Amsterdam, since 2004. Member science advisory board Greenfacts, Brussels, since 2006.
Active Dutch Taskforce Protect Biodiversity, The Hague, Netherlands, 2009, Leaders Nature, Amsterdam, 2006. Member of Ecological Society of America.
Married Carien Stapelbroek, June 14, 1990. Children: Eva, Joris.