Owen Jones

Owen Jones is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), affiliated with the Department of Biology and the Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop). His research focuses on understanding demographic diversity across species, particularly the evolution of aging and population responses to climate change. He co-leads the COMPADRE and COMADRE database projects, which compile global matrix population models for plants and animals.

Education:

• PhD in Biology, Imperial College London (2004)
• MSc in Ecology, University of Aberdeen (1998)
• BSc in Biology, University of York (1997)

Research Interests:

• Comparative demography and life history strategies
• Senescence and aging mechanisms
• Climate change impacts on populations
• Matrix population modeling

Recent work emphasizes high-resolution demographic data and the development of tools like the mpmsim R package for simulating population models. His projects include analyzing demographic responses to environmental changes and promoting open-access data for scientific collaboration.

Awards: Cozzarelli Prize (2016) for outstanding scientific achievement.

Teaching and Grants: Teaches courses on population dynamics and ecological data analysis. Involved in grants addressing climate-driven phenological shifts and invasive species management.

Labs/Teams: Core member of COMPADRE/COMADRE initiatives and SDU Climate Cluster, collaborating globally on biodiversity and demographic research.