Chris Jones is a PhD student at the University of Western Australia, Perth. Originally from Warwick in Southern Queensland, he has followed a life of scientific endeavour particularly in plant biology and natural products chemistry.
He is currently researching a small but highly valuable tree species called Santalum album, or Indian Sandalwood. His main interest is how the essential oils in the wood are made, and what role they play in the species ecology. He is visiting the Michael Smith Laboratories for 6 months to gain molecular biology experience and hopefully isolate some of the genes responsible.
