Dr Hugh Jones - Welsh Food Advisory Committee member
Wales specific
Outlines the professional history and qualifications of our Welsh Food Advisory Committee members.
Hugh is an Associate Professor in Genetics and Molecular Biology in the College of Medicine – Institute of Life Science at Swansea University. After going to school in Neath, he read for a Biochemistry degree at the University of Cambridge and followed this with a PhD and a research fellowship. He then moved to Imperial College, London, for further post-doctoral work in protein engineering before returning to South Wales to take up an academic position at Swansea University.
Dr Jones teaches protein structure/function, genetic manipulation and basic microbiology to students of genetics, biochemistry and biological sciences degrees. He is a member of the Society for General Microbiology, the Biochemical Society, and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
He has also been involved with promoting the public understanding of science in Wales, including helping to organise the Science and Technology exhibition for the visit of the National Eisteddfod to Swansea. As a former school governor and parent of three children at school and university, he is continually being reminded of the importance of food safety.