Dr Michael Jones

Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Biography
Michael Jones completed his PhD (2010 ) in nonlinear optics at QUT under the supervision of A/Prof Esa Jaatinen. He took an ARC Super Science Fellowship at La Trobe University with Professors Andrew Peele and Leann Tilley in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science. In this position he earned his stripes in Synchrotron Science, designing and undertaking dozens of experiments at synchrotron facilities around the world with a focus on developing novel imaging techniques for biological sciences. In 2014 Dr Jones was appointed to the Australian Synchrotron, working as an Australian Synchrotron Fellow on the X-ray Fluorescence Microscopy beamline, where he worked collaboratively with many researchers on a diverse range of problems from biology to electrochemistry. In 2018, he was appointed to the position of Research Infrastructure Specialist in Synchrotron Science and continues to answer a diverse range of research questions using synchrotron science.Personal details
Positions
- Senior Research Infrastructure Specialist (Synchrotron Science)
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics
Keywords
Synchrotron Science, X-ray Imaging, X-ray Ptychography, X-ray Fluorescence
Discipline
Other Physical Sciences, Other Chemical Sciences, Other Earth Sciences
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
Selected publications
- Jones M, Phillips N, Abbey B, Hare D, Van Riessen G, Vine D, de Jonge M, McColl G, (2019) Simultaneous nanostructure and chemical imaging of intact whole nematodes, Chemical Communications, 55 (8), pp. 1052-1055.
- Jones M, Phillips N, Van Riessen G, Abbey B, Vine D, Nashed Y, Mudie S, Afshar N, Kirkham R, Chen B, Balaur E, de Jonge M, (2016) Simultaneous X-ray fluorescence and scanning X-ray diffraction microscopy at the Australian Synchrotron XFM beamline, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 23 (5), pp. 1151-1157.
- Genoud S, Jones M, Trist B, Deng J, Chen S, Hare D, Double K, (2020) Simultaneous structural and elemental nano-imaging of human brain tissue, Chemical Science, 11 (33), pp. 8919-8927.
- Jones M, Kopittke P, Casey L, Reinhardt J, Blamey P, van der Ent A, (2020) Assessing radiation dose limits for X-ray fluorescence microscopy analysis of plant specimens, Annals of Botany, 125 (4), pp. 599-610.
- Akker I, Berger A, Schrank C, Jones M, Kewish C, Klavert J, Herwegh M, (2021) The evolution of slate microfabrics during progressive accretion of foreland basin sediments, Journal of Structural Geology, 150.
- Thanaweera Achchige D, Fernando J, Wang T, Firestein , Zhang C, Brand H, Jones M, Kewish C, Berntsen P, Jenkins T, Lewis C, von Treifeldt J, Dubal D, Golberg D, (2021) Probing the effect of Mg doping on triclinic Na2Mn3O7 transition metal oxide as cathode material for sodium-ion batteries, Electrochimica Acta, 394.
- Agoston R, Abu Sayeed M, Jones M, De Jonge M, O'Mullane A, (2019) Monitoring compositional changes in Ni(OH)2 electrocatalysts employed in the oxygen evolution reaction, Analyst, 144 (24), pp. 7318-7325.
- Wang X, Zhou R, Zhang C, Xi S, Jones M, Tesfamichael T, Du A, Gui K, Ostrikov K, Wang H, (2020) Plasma-induced on-surface sulfur vacancies in NiCo2S4 enhance the energy storage performance of supercapatteries, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 8 (18), pp. 9278-9291.
- Akker I, Berger A, Zwingmann H, Todd A, Schrank C, Jones M, Kewish C, Schmid T, Herwegh M, (2021) Structural and chemical resetting processes in white mica and their effect on K-Ar data during low temperature metamorphism, Tectonophysics, 800.
- Kourousias G, Bozzini B, Gianoncelli A, Jones M, Junker M, Van Riessen G, Kiskinova M, (2016) Shedding light on electrodeposition dynamics tracked in situ via soft X-ray coherent diffraction imaging, Nano Research, 9 (7), pp. 2046-2056.
QUT ePrints
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Supervision
Current supervisions
- Mapping Oxidation State and Crystallization Dynamics in Thin Film Catalysts
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Anthony O'Mullane - Petrology of the Havre 2012 Rhyolite Pumice Raft: Reassessing Evidence for Deep Sea Explosive Eruptions
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Scott Bryan, Dr David Gust, Dr Henrietta Cathey - Micro-XRF Analysis of Geobiological Samples with the Planetary Instrument for X-rayLithochemistry
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr David Flannery, Professor Balz Kamber