Professor Jenny Jones
- Position: Professor
- Areas of expertise: biomass; bioenergy; combustion; ash; slagging; fouling; pyrolysis; lignocellulosic waste upgrading; fuel characterisation; torrefaction
- Email: J.M.Jones@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 2477
- Location: 308 Energy Building
Profile
Prof. Jones is a past EPSRC Advanced Research Fellow and a Professor in Sustainable Energy at the University of Leeds. She is Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Bioenergy. She was Financial Manager and Co-Director of the £6.4 million EPSRC SUPERGEN Bioenergy Consortium (2003-2011), and is an executive member of the current SUPERGEN Bioenergy Hub. Prof. Jones holds a Ph.D. in Applied Chemistry from the University of Calgary, Canada (1992), and a M.Sc. in Surface and Colloid Science from the University of Bristol. She joined the Department of Fuel & Energy, University of Leeds in 1995, and was promoted to Professor in March 2008. Prior to this, she pursued post-doctoral research at Northern Carbon Research Laboratories, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, in the area coal and carbon science. She is author or co-author of approximately 250 journal and conference papers.
Responsibilities
- Director, Centre for Doctoral Training in Bioenergy
Research interests
- Sustainable Energy from Biomass
- Torrefaction of Biomass and other pretreatment technologies
- Ash behaviour
- Biomass and Energy Crops Characterisation Methods
- Biomass, Coal Combustion Models and Validation
- Sustainable Energy with Low Carbon and Low Pollutant Emissions
Qualifications
- PhD Applied Chemistry
- MSc Surface and Colloid Science
- BSc (Hons.) Chemistry
Professional memberships
- FRSC (C.Chem)
- M.Inst.E
Student education
My current teaching duties include research-led teaching in biomass and bioenergy, as well as directing projects on the research modules in the school. I also lead skills and professional development training for post-graduate students as part of my role as Director for the CDT Bioenergy.
Research groups and institutes
- Clean Combustion
- Industrial Biotechnology and Bio-waste
- Sustainable Low Carbon Futures