Richard A. Jones (physicist) explained

Richard Jones
Birth Name:Richard Anthony Lewis Jones
Fields:Physics
Soft matter
Science policy
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)
Thesis Title:Mutual diffusion in miscible polymer blends
Thesis Url:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.233254
Thesis Year:1987
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Known For:Soft Condensed Matter[1]
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Education:Denstone College
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Richard Anthony Lewis Jones (born 1961) FInstP FLSW [2] is professor of Materials Physics and Innovation Policy at the University of Manchester having been professor of physics at the University of Sheffield until 2020.[3] [4]

Education

Jones was educated at Denstone College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he studied the Natural Sciences Tripos and was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics 1983. He continued his study at the University of Cambridge where his PhD investigated diffusion in polymer blends.[5]

Career and research

After postdoctoral research at Cornell University, he was appointed a lecturer at the University of Cambridge based at the Cavendish Laboratory and in 1998 was appointed a professor at the University of Sheffield.[6]

Jones' research investigates the physics of Polymers and Biopolymers at surfaces and interfaces, with implications for polymer blends.[1] He pioneered the use of ion beam methods to study the segregation of one component to the surface of a blend. This in turn led to experiments on capillary wave broadening of interfaces, using neutron reflectivity. His experiments on the thickness-dependence of Glass transitions[7] in thin films has stimulated a new research field.[8] He has extended his studies to the denaturation of proteins at interfaces, demonstrating how the surface hydrophilicity has a strong effect, with implications for problems ranging from fouling to disease.[9]

In 2018 he co-authored The Biomedical Bubble[10] with, which argued that United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) needs a greater diversity of priorities, politics, places and people.[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

In 2020, Jones moved to Manchester.[16]

Awards and honours

Jones was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2006 for "substantial contributions to the improvement of natural knowledge".

In 2008 he won the Institute of Physics David Tabor Medal and Prize.[17]

In 2021, Jones was elected a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jones, Richard A. L.. Soft Condensed Matter. Oxford University Press. 9780198505891. 2002.
  2. Web site: Professor Richard Jones FRS. Anon. 2012. royalsociety.org. Royal Society. London. https://web.archive.org/web/20170629024539/https://royalsociety.org/people/richard-jones-11705/. 29 June 2017. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
  3. Web site: Richard Jones – Contacts – Physics and Astronomy – The University of Sheffield. University of. Sheffield. University of Sheffield.
  4. Web site: Soft Machines – Some personal views on nanotechnology, science and science policy from Richard Jones. softmachines.org.
  5. Jones. Richard Anthony Lewis. Mutual diffusion in miscible polymer blends. 1987. PhD. University of Cambridge. . jisc.ac.uk. 499164519.
  6. Web site: About Richard Jones – Soft Machines. softmachines.org. 29 October 2011 .
  7. Keddie. J. L. Jones. R. A. L. Cory. R. A. Size-Dependent Depression of the Glass Transition Temperature in Polymer Films. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 27. 1. 1994. 59–64. 0295-5075. 10.1209/0295-5075/27/1/011. 1994EL.....27...59K . 250841160 .
  8. Jones. Richard A. L.. Norton. Laura J.. Kramer. Edward J.. Bates. Frank S.. Wiltzius. Pierre. Surface-directed spinodal decomposition. Physical Review Letters. 66. 10. 1991. 1326–1329. 0031-9007. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.1326. 10043177 . 1991PhRvL..66.1326J .
  9. Howse. Jonathan R.. Jones. Richard A. L.. Ryan. Anthony J.. Gough. Tim. Vafabakhsh. Reza. Golestanian. Ramin. Self-Motile Colloidal Particles: From Directed Propulsion to Random Walk. Physical Review Letters. 99. 4. 2007. 048102 . 0031-9007. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.048102. 17678409 . 0706.4406. 2007PhRvL..99d8102H . 16932092 .
  10. Web site: The Biomedical Bubble. nesta.org.uk. Nesta. 2018. Richard A. J.. Jones. James. Wilsdon.
  11. Anon. 2018. Editorial: UK life science research: time to burst the biomedical bubble. The Lancet. 392. 10143. 187. 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31609-X. 30043738. free.
  12. Web site: Britain must stop inflating the biomedical bubble. Financial Times. Ahuja. Anjana. Anjana Ahuja. 2018.
  13. Web site: It's time to burst the biomedical bubble in UK research. The Guardian. 2018. Richard A. J.. Jones. James. Wilsdon.
  14. Web site: Rethinking the life sciences strategy. wonkhe.com. 2018. Richard A. J.. Jones. James. Wilsdon.
  15. Web site: Fiona. Watt. 2018. Fiona Watt. Popping the bubble. insight.mrc.ac.uk. Medical Research Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20180910150804/https://www.insight.mrc.ac.uk/2018/08/09/popping-the-bubble/. 10 September 2018.
  16. Web site: New Chair in Materials Physics and Innovation Policy . University of Manchester . 14 April 2020.
  17. Web site: 2008 Tabor Medal and Prize . Institute of Physics . 23 December 2019.
  18. Web site: Wales . The Learned Society of . Richard A.L. Jones . 2023-08-30 . The Learned Society of Wales . en-US.

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