PROFESSOR MARK JONES

Head, School of Engineering
Director,TURNA Bulk Solids
Deputy President, Researcher
Academic Senate

Professor Mark Jones immigrated to Newcastle with his family in 1999 from Scotland. “What attracted me to Newcastle was the research. I always knew the work of the Bulk Solids Handling Group and so when an opportunity arose it was very attractive to me.”

He has worked with many multi-national companies worldwide and has been active on several boards and councils; as a Member of the Council of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), London; Chairman of the UK National Bulk Material
Handling Committee; and Member of the Board of the CRC for Integrated Engineering Asset Management.