Professor Huw Jones

Professor of Translational Genomics for Plant Breeding, Aberystwyth University

Professor Jones develops and uses novel in-vitro tissue culture methodologies to study gene function and reverse genetics in cereals to direct breeding. This work leads to understanding the genetic basis of quality traits in grasses. Professor Jones also works on the regulatory aspects of biotechnology and food safety. He has been a member of the European Food Safety Authority’s panel on genetically modified organisms for nine years (the last three as vice-chair), and is a current member of the UK Food Safety Authority’s advisory committee on novel foods and processes, and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs expert committees, including sub-groups that steered the writing of the UK Genetic Technologies Bill which received royal assent in March 2023.