Jones

Mr Daniel Jones is a Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity PhD candidate enrolled at the Department of Botany, La Trobe University. Most recently he was a Biosecurity Risk Analyst at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand, assessing the biosecurity risk from import of Phaseolus spp. beans and table grapes.

Daniel has worked in many different areas at the University of Auckland including developing virus tests in ornamental plants, microbiology of wastewater, stream ecology, and apple flowering genetics. He gained a Masters in Science at the University of Auckland and Scion (Rotorua) working on genetic mapping in two species of Pinus.

Daniel enjoys using highly inefficient modes of transport like unicycling, stilt-walking, kayaking and skiing.