Jonathan D. G. Jones

Jonathan Jones
Born
Jonathan Dallas George Jones

(1954-07-14) 14 July 1954
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Known forWork on R genes
Spouse
(m. 1991)
AwardsEMBO Membership (1998)
Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2015)
Wolf Prize in Agriculture (2025)
Scientific career
FieldsPlant disease
Immunity
InstitutionsHarvard University
Sainsbury Laboratory
University of East Anglia
ThesisRepeated DNA sequences in rye (Secale cereale), wheat (Triticum aestivum) and their relatives (1980)
Doctoral advisorRichard B. Flavell
Websitewww.tsl.ac.uk/about/people/jonathan-jones

Jonathan Dallas George Jones FRS (born 14 July 1954) is a senior scientist at the Sainsbury Laboratory and a professor at the University of East Anglia using molecular and genetic approaches to study disease resistance in plants.