Chris Brink, CBE, FRSSAf was born on 31 January 1951 and is a South African mathematician and academic.
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Chris Brink was the Vice-Chancellor of Newcastle University between 2007 and December 2016.
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Chris Brink became professor and head of mathematics and applied mathematics at the University of Cape Town in 1995, pro-vice-chancellor at the University of Wollongong in 1999 and rector and vice-chancellor of Stellenbosch University in 2002 before being appointed vice-chancellor of Newcastle University in 2007.
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In 1996 The Foundation for Research Development in South Africa rated Chris Brink in category A He is a fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa, a former President of the South African Mathematical Society, a Founder Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa and a former chair of the Advisory Board of the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
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Chris Brink chaired the Student Policy Network and the N8 Research Partnership, a group of eight research-intensive universities in the North of England.
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In November 2015, it was announced that Chris Brink would be retiring in December 2016.
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Chris Brink was succeeded by Professor Chris Day, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle, in January 2017.
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Since 2017 Chris Brink has served on the University Grants Committee, where he convened the 2020 Research Assessment Exercise Group and currently convenes the Research Group.
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Chris Brink developed the study of Boolean modules over relation algebras.
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Chris Brink focused on formal aspects of computer science with emphasis on program semantics and Popper's concept of verisimilitude and on the universal-algebraic concept of power structures.