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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-05-07 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2026-03-16 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007679b.htm person Jones Alan John AACR2 November 1938 Place of Birth Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, United Kingdom Chemist Innovation researcher Diplomat Spectroscopist Alan Jones is author/joint author of 223 published articles, comprising 100 papers in refereed journals, 6 books or chapters in books, 33 science and technology related monographs, and 90 discussion papers and articles on science, technology and innovation both in Australia and internationally. In his early work (1968) he was one of only a handful of researchers in the world pioneering the application of natural abundance (1%) 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (nmr) in chemistry and biochemistry, as demonstrated by some 90 published works by 1985. Technological advances in nmr techniques occurred both during, and subsequent to that time. By 1985 Alan's career path changed when he joined the Federal Government Departments associated with science, industry and innovation and he diversified into technological change in much broader areas of science and innovation policy, and later international diplomacy. He also practices fine-art with a focus on landscapes in oils and has won several prizes for his work. 1961 1961 Education - BA (Hons), (Chemistry and Economics), University of Keele, United Kingdom 1961 1963 Award - Harrison Memorial Fellow, Keele University, United Kingdom, awarded by the City of Stoke-on-Trent 1963 1963 Education - MSc, Birmingham University, United Kingdom 1964 1964 Career event - Emmigrated to Australia to take up a position as a Senior Teaching Fellow at Monash University 1967 1967 Education - PhD, in the Department of Chemistry, Monash University 1967 1969 Career position - National Institute of Health Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer, University of Utah, USA 1969 1970 Career position - Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Colorado State University, USA: installed a new NMR laboratory and trained a technical officer. 1970 1975 Career position - Assistant Professor, and later Associate Professor of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Canada 1973 1973 Career position - Visiting Fellow, University of New South Wales December 1975 December 1975 Event - Became a Citizen of Australia 1976 1985 Career position - Senior Research Fellow and Head of the National Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Centre, Australian National University 1976 1985 Career position - Examiner for higher degree theses (PhD, MSc and M.Comm) for University of Auckland, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and the Australian National University 1982 1982 Career position - Alberta Heritage Foundation Visiting Professor, University of Calgary, Canada 1985 1985 Career position - Joined the Commonwealth Government Australian Public Service primarily as an advisor on R&D in a team developing the 150% Tax Concession for R&D. 1985 1987 Career position - Divisional Committee Member - Colloid and Surface Science, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 1986 1991 Career event - Conducted a series in-depth reviews of Australian strategic and innovative science and technology developments in: lasers, communications technology, membranes, biomaterials, sensors, superconductivity, water and waste management technology, electrochemistry, and titanium. 1986 1991 Career event - Convenor of independent conferences (including an international one on "High Temperature Superconductivity") on each of the technology reviews, bringing together researchers, industrialists and investors to help generate some policy outcomes (eg., formation of appropriate industrial associations: the Environment Management Industries Association (EMIAA), or the Australian Society for Biomaterials (ASB); and/or improved mechanisms for additional Government support for appropriate project applications between academia and industry.  1987 1990 Career position - Appointed to the Advisory Board of the ARC Centre for Membrane Science and Technology, University of New South Wales 1988 1990 Career position - Editorial Adviser, Waste Management and Environment, Rala Publications 1989 1989 Award - Australia Day Award for Achievement Medal 1990 1995 Career position - Senior Diplomat to the Federal Republic of Germany as Counsellor Industry, Science and Technology, Australian Embassy, Bonn. 1991 1995 Career position - Member of the New York Academy of Sciences 1992 1992 Award - Elected a Fellow of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute for contributions to research chemistry 1995 1995 Career position - Innovation Task Force - appointed by Minister as part of a senior officer team to develop and coordinate a major Labor Government statement on "Innovation". 1996 1996 Career position - Executive Officer to the Review of the Regulatory Regime for Patent Attorneys, Patents Office, Department of Industry, Science and Technology (Published Review). 1996 2003 Career position - Innovation Analysis (earlier Innovation Systems Research and Evaluation, Policy Research and Evaluation), Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science and Technology 1996-1999; Department of Industry, Science and Resources 1999-?; then Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources at his retirement 1999 2003 Career position - • Annual Lecturer on Innovation Policy to Defence Industry Study Course 2000 2003 Career position - Invited Lecturer to students in the Graduate Diploma in Public Policy, Australian National University 2001 2003 Career position - Adjunct Reader, Technology and Innovation Management Centre, University of Queensland - part-supervision of honours student in 2003. 2002 2008 Career position - Visiting Fellow, National Graduate School of Management, Australian National University, working in ARC-funded Australian Systems of Innovation Study 2003 2010 Career position - Member of the Editorial Board for the International Journal of Learning and Change, Inderscience Enterprises 2003 2014 Career position - Member of the Management Committee of Chemistry in Australia, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 2004 2007 Career position - Adjunct Professor of Innovation, Management and Performance Management, in the Division of Business, Law and Information Sciences, University of Canberra Cornell, Bruce Wallace, Gordon (1958 - ) Larkins, Francis Patrick (1942 - ) Upstill, Howard Garrett (Garrett) (1946 - ) Spurling, Thomas Harley (Tom) (1940 - ) RACI - Colloid and Surface Science Division, Royal Australian Chemical Institute (1979 - ?)

Divisional committee member 1985 - 1987

 Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (1953 - )

Fellow 1992 -

 Department of Chemistry, Monash University (? - c. 2001)

Senior Teaching Felllow 1964 - 1967, PhD 1967

 'Jones, Alan John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Jones, Alan John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Reflecting on the impact of Professor Ronald Drayton Brown Jones, Alan John Reflecting on the impact of Professor Ronald Drayton Brown Royal Australian Chemical Institute 2005 Chemistry in Australia 2005 3 17-19 Journal Article: Future Australian chemical industry - innovation strategies, Jones, A.J.; Upstill, G.; Spurling, T.H.; and Simpson, G.W. Future Australian chemical industry - innovation strategies, Royal Australian Chemical Institute 2006 Chemistry in Australia 73 11 3-4 Journal Article: Chronology of Australian bioscience, chemical and chemical engineering achievements: second edition Part II (1850 - 1975) Jones, Alan John Chronology of Australian bioscience, chemical and chemical engineering achievements: second edition Part II (1850 - 1975) Royal Australian Chemical Institute 2007 Chemistry in Australia 74 3 5-11 & 33 Journal Article: A chronology of Australian bioscience, chemical and chemical engineering achievements 1850 - 2005 Jones, Alan John A chronology of Australian bioscience, chemical and chemical engineering achievements 1850 - 2005 Royal Australian Chemical Institute 2006 Chemistry in Australia 73 7 13-17 Journal Article: Chronology of Australian bioscience, chemical and chemical engineering achievements: second edition Part I (1976-2006) Jones, Alan John Chronology of Australian bioscience, chemical and chemical engineering achievements: second edition Part I (1976-2006) Royal Australian Chemical Institute 2007 Chemistry in Australia 74 2 7-17 Journal Article: Innovation strategies for the Australian chemical industry Upstill, Garrett; Jones, Alan J.; Spurling, T.H.; Simpson, Greg Innovation strategies for the Australian chemical industry 2006 Journal of business chemistry 3 3 1-17 Alan Jones (1938 - ) List of publications in subject groupings Part 3 Innovation and Science crossover Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library Alan Jones (1938 - ) List of publications in subject groupings Part 3 Innovation and Science crossover BSAR03894 2005 - 2022 The focus of this document (pdf) is on contributions to the crossover between innovation and science through interviews with international scientists, book reviews and film reviews, carried out by A. J. Jones and published in various places . 1 pdf document Digital Alan Jones (1938 - ) List of publications in subject groupings Part 2 Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library Alan Jones (1938 - ) List of publications in subject groupings Part 2 Innovation BSAR03893 1985 - 2024 The focus of this document (pdf) is on research in innovation, carried out by A. J. Jones and published in various places . The particular focus on commercialisation and innovation of Australian science and technology, strategic technologies and lessons to be learned from other nations [most to about the year 2010]. 1 pdf document Digital Alan Jones (1938 - ) List of publications in subject groupings Part 1 Chemistry and NMR Spectroscopy Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Library Alan Jones (1938 - ) List of publications in subject groupings Part 1 Chemistry and NMR Spectroscopy BSAR03892 1964 - 1987 The focus of this document (pdf) is on specific areas of Chemistry Research, primarily using developments in NMR Spectroscopy, carried out by A. J. Jones and published in Peer Reviewed (Refereed) International Journals. 1 pdf document Digital