Dr. Jones is New-Vision Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. His research interests are in the broad areas of materials design and synthesis, catalysis and adsorption. Specific emphases are placed on catalytic materials for energy applications, fine chemical and pharmaceutical applications, and on adsorbents for CO₂ capture. He supervises IPST Ph.D. student Xiaojuan Zhou in his investigation, “Renewable Nylon 6 fibers from Lignin fragments by catalytic hydrogenation.”