Jones, Alan John (1938 - )

Summary

Alan Jones is author/joint author of 223 published articles, comprising 100 papers in refereed journals, 6 books or chapters in books, 33 science and technology related monographs, and 90 discussion papers and articles on science, technology and innovation both in Australia and internationally. In his early work (1968) he was one of only a handful of researchers in the world pioneering the application of natural abundance (1%) 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) in chemistry and biochemistry, as demonstrated by some 90 published works by 1985. Technological advances in nmr techniques occurred both during, and subsequent to that time. By 1985 Alan's career path changed when he joined the Federal Government Departments associated with science, industry and innovation and he diversified into technological change in much broader areas of science and innovation policy, and later international diplomacy. He also practices fine-art with a focus on landscapes in oils and has won several prizes for his work.

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Chronology

1961

Education - BA (Hons), (Chemistry and Economics), University of Keele, United Kingdom

1961 - 1963

Award - Harrison Memorial Fellow, Keele University, United Kingdom, awarded by the City of Stoke-on-Trent

1963

Education - MSc, Birmingham University, United Kingdom

1964

Career event - Emmigrated to Australia to take up a position as a Senior Teaching Fellow at Monash University

1967

Education - PhD, in the Department of Chemistry, Monash University

1967 - 1969

Career position - National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, University of Utah, USA

1969 - 1970

Career position - Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University, USA: installed a new NMR laboratory and trained a technical officer.

1970 - 1975

Career position - Assistant Professor, and later Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Canada

1973

Career position - Visiting Fellow, University of New South Wales

December 1975

Event - Became a Citizen of Australia

1976 - 1985

Career position - Senior Research Fellow and Head of the National Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Centre, Australian National University

1976 - 1985

Career position - Examiner for higher degree theses (PhD, MSc and M.Comm) for University of Auckland, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and the Australian National University

1982

Career position - Alberta Heritage Foundation Visiting Professor, University of Calgary, Canada

1985

Career position - Joined the Commonwealth Government Australian Public Service primarily as an advisor on R&D in a team developing the 150% Tax Concession for R&D.

1985 - 1987

Career position - Divisional Committee Member - Colloid and Surface Science, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

1986 - 1991

Career event - Conducted a series in-depth reviews of Australian strategic and innovative science and technology developments in: lasers, communications technology, membranes, biomaterials, sensors, superconductivity, water and waste management technology, electrochemistry, and titanium.

1986 - 1991

Career event - Convenor of independent conferences (including an international one on "High Temperature Superconductivity") on each of the technology reviews, bringing together researchers, industrialists and investors to help generate some policy outcomes (eg., formation of appropriate industrial associations: the Environment Management Industries Association (EMIAA), or the Australian Society for Biomaterials (ASB); and/or improved mechanisms for additional Government support for appropriate project applications between academia and industry. 

1987 - 1990

Career position - Appointed to the Advisory Board of the ARC Centre for Membrane Science and Technology, University of New South Wales

1988 - 1990

Career position - Editorial Adviser, Waste Management and Environment, Rala Publications

1989

Award - Australia Day Award for Achievement Medal

1990 - 1995

Career position - Senior Diplomat to the Federal Republic of Germany as Counsellor Industry, Science and Technology, Australian Embassy, Bonn.

1991 - 1995

Career position - Member of the New York Academy of Sciences

1992

Award - Elected a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute for contributions to research chemistry

1995

Career position - Innovation Task Force - appointed by Minister as part of a senior officer team to develop and coordinate a major Labor Government statement on "Innovation".

1996

Career position - Executive Officer to the Review of the Regulatory Regime for Patent Attorneys, Patents Office, Department of Industry, Science and Technology (Published Review).

1996 - 2003

Career position - Innovation Analysis (earlier Innovation Systems Research and Evaluation, Policy Research and Evaluation), Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science and Technology 1996-1999; Department of Industry, Science and Resources 1999-?; then Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources at his retirement

1999 - 2003

Career position - • Annual Lecturer on Innovation Policy to Defence Industry Study Course

2000 - 2003

Career position - Invited Lecturer to students in the Graduate Diploma in Public Policy, Australian National University

2001 - 2003

Career position - Adjunct Reader, Technology and Innovation Management Centre, University of Queensland - part-supervision of honours student in 2003.

2002 - 2008

Career position - Visiting Fellow, National Graduate School of Management, Australian National University, working in ARC-funded Australian Systems of Innovation Study

2003 - 2010

Career position - Member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Learning and Change, Inderscience Enterprises

2003 - 2014

Career position - Member of the Management Committee of Chemistry in Australia, Royal Australian Chemical Institute

2004 - 2007

Career position - Adjunct Professor of Innovation, Management and Performance Management, in the Division of Business, Law and Information Sciences, University of Canberra

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Archival resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library

• Alan Jones (1938 - ) List of publications in subject groupings Part 1 Chemistry and NMR Spectroscopy, 1964 - 1987, BSAR03892; Digital records of Alan John Jones (1938- ); Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library. Details
• Alan Jones (1938 - ) List of publications in subject groupings Part 2 Innovation, 1985 - 2024, BSAR03893; Digital records of Alan John Jones (1938- ); Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library. Details
• Alan Jones (1938 - ) List of publications in subject groupings Part 3 Innovation and Science crossover, 2005 - 2022, BSAR03894; Digital records of Alan John Jones (1938- ); Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Jones, A.J.; Upstill, G.; Spurling, T.H.; and Simpson, G.W., 'Future Australian chemical industry - innovation strategies,', Chemistry in Australia, 73 (11) (2006), 3-4. Details
• Jones, Alan John, 'Reflecting on the impact of Professor Ronald Drayton Brown', Chemistry in Australia, 2005 (3) (2005), 17-19. Details
• Jones, Alan John, ' A chronology of Australian bioscience, chemical and chemical engineering achievements 1850 - 2005', Chemistry in Australia, 73 (7) (2006), 13-17. Details
• Jones, Alan John, 'Chronology of Australian bioscience, chemical and chemical engineering achievements: second edition Part II (1850 - 1975)', Chemistry in Australia, 74 (3) (2007), 5-11 & 33. Details
• Jones, Alan John, 'Chronology of Australian bioscience, chemical and chemical engineering achievements: second edition Part I (1976-2006)', Chemistry in Australia, 74 (2) (2007), 7-17. Details
• Upstill, Garrett; Jones, Alan J.; Spurling, T.H.; Simpson, Greg, 'Innovation strategies for the Australian chemical industry', Journal of business chemistry, 3 (3) (2006), 1-17, https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=934725. Details