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Nick Jones is a Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Imperial College London's Department of Mathematics within the Faculty of Natural Sciences. He holds affiliations with multiple research centers including the I-X Centre for AI in Science (a flagship Imperial AI initiative), the Biomathematics Group, the EPSRC Centre for Maths of Precision Healthcare, and the Cancer Technology Network. His research integrates tools from Bayesian inference, stochastic processes, and signal processing to address challenges in mitochondrial genetics, aging processes, public health, and network analysis.
His work on mitochondrial dynamics focuses on understanding genetic variability and clonal expansion mechanisms in aging cells. He has pioneered methods for analyzing time-series data, such as the catch22 framework and hctsa computational tool, which enable high-throughput phenotyping and feature-based classification. In ecology, he leads the SAFE Acoustics project, deploying open-source acoustic sensors for real-time ecosystem monitoring in tropical forests. Jones co-founded the EPSRC Centre for the Mathematics of Precision Healthcare and is actively involved in advancing AI applications in science through the I-X initiative.
His research group explores aging mechanisms, network science, and precision healthcare modeling. Notable contributions include stochastic models for mtDNA inheritance, community detection algorithms without edge data, and innovative approaches to quantify energetic constraints in biological systems. Jones has secured grants such as the 2013 Advanced Hackspace initiative at Imperial College, supporting interdisciplinary maker spaces for applied research. He advises students in the CDT in Chemical Biology program and leads teams investigating cellular energy homeostasis and mitochondrial quality control.
