Russell L. Jones
Welsh botanist
Russell Lewis Jones is a Welsh botanist who researches plant communication molecules, particularly those that regulate the activity of seeds. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1972. From 1993 to 1994 he was the president of the American Society of Plant Physiologists. He was the editor of the Annual Review of Plant Physiology and Plant Molecular Biology (later the Annual Review of Plant Biology) from 1994–2001.
Early life and education
Russell Lewis Jones was born in Dyserth in rural Wales. Unsatisfied with his high school, which did not offer courses in zoology or botany, he began attending college at the age of sixteen. He then attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth for his bachelor's degree and PhD. For his doctoral research under Irving David James Phillips, he researched gibberellins, which are plant hormones.
Career
Upon finishing his PhD, he conducted postdoctoral research at Michigan State University's Plant Research Laboratory. At Michigan State he worked with Anton Lang and Joe Varner. He then joined the botany department at the University of California, Berkeley in 1966 as an assistant professor.
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