Russell L. Jones
{{short description|Welsh botanist}}
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| education = University of Wales, Aberystwyth
| workplaces = University of California, Berkeley
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Russell Lewis Jones is a Welsh botanist who researches plant communication molecules, particularly those that regulate the activity of seeds. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972. From 1993–1994 he was the president of the American Society of Plant Physiologists. He was the editor of the Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology (later the Annual Review of Plant Biology) from 1994–2001.
Early life and education
Russell Lewis Jones was born in Dyserth in rural Wales.{{cite web|url=https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/ibers/news/archive/2013/02/title-126801-en.html| title=The Molecular Life of Plants| website=Aberystwyth University| date=13 February 2013| access-date=11 November 2020}} Unsatisfied with his high school, which did not offer courses in zoology or botany, he began attending college at the age of sixteen. He then attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth for his bachelor's degree and PhD. For his doctoral research under Irving David James Phillips, he researched gibberellins, which are plant hormones.{{cite web|url=https://aspb.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Legacy-Society-Founding-Members-Russell-Jones.pdf| title=ASPB Legacy Society Founding Member: Russel L. Jones| website=American Society of Plant Biologists| year=2020}}
Career
Upon finishing his PhD, he conducted postdoctoral research at Michigan State University's Plant Research Laboratory. At Michigan State he worked with Anton Lang and Joe Varner. He then joined the botany department at the University of California, Berkeley in 1966 as an assistant professor. From 1981 to 1986, Jones was the chair of the botany department.{{cite web|url=https://nature.berkeley.edu/news/2010/11/russell-jones-receives-berkeley-citation-award| title=Russell Jones receives the Berkeley Citation Award| date=23 November 2010| first=Karyn| last=Houston| website=Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources| access-date=11 November 2020}} Jones researched how plants process environmental cues, including via hormones and other signalling molecules. In particular, he focused on the regulation of dormancy and germination in seeds. He remained at Berkeley until his retirement in 2010. He was the editor of the Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology (later the Annual Review of Plant Biology) from 1994–2001{{Cite journal|last=Jones|first=Russell L.|date=1994|title=Preface by the Editor|url=http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.pp.45.101804.100001|journal=Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology|language=en| volume=45| issue=1| pages=annurev.pp.45.101804.100001| doi=10.1146/annurev.pp.45.101804.100001| issn=1040-2519}}{{Cite journal|last=Jones|first=Russell L.|date=2001|title=Preface by Russell L. Jones| url=http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev.pp.52.010101.100001| journal=Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology|language=en | volume=52|issue=1 | pages=annurev.pp.52.010101.100001| doi=10.1146/annurev.pp.52.010101.100001| issn=1040-2519}} and a managing editor of Planta from 1991–2001.{{Cite journal|last=Czeschlik|first=Dieter|date=2002|title=Goodbye Malcolm Wilkins and Russell Jones — Welcome Anastasios Melis!|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00425-001-0730-0|journal=Planta|language=en|volume=214|issue=3|pages=333|doi=10.1007/s00425-001-0730-0|s2cid=12895160|issn=0032-0935}} He also served on the advisory board of Aberystwyth.
Awards and honors
He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972 in the plant sciences category.{{cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/russell-lewis-jones/| website=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation| access-date=11 November 2020| title=RUSSELL LEWIS JONES}} From 1993–1994 he was the president of the American Society of Plant Physiologists (now the American Society of Plant Biologists). He was elected as a fellow of the American Society of Plant Biologists in 2007.{{cite web|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-09/asop-tas090607.php| title=The American Society of Plant Biologists announces 2007 awards| website=EurekAlert!| date=6 September 2007| access-date=11 November 2020}} In 2010 he won the Berkeley Citation Award for his service to the university.
Personal life
Jones met his wife, Frances Margaret Jones, in 1959 while attending the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.{{cite web|url=https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2009/october/title-77829-en.html| title=World-class Board| date=27 October 2009| access-date=11 November 2020}} He speaks English and Welsh.
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