Anna Jones

Research Group

Environmental Plant Physiology

Biography

I am currently investigating the thermal and spectroscopic signatures of moss species from peatland ecosystems subjected to elevated temperatures. This research provides important ground-truthing experiments to support the remote sensing of the responses of peatland vegetation to global warming. I work as part of an interdisciplinary team spanning Plant Sciences, Architecture, and Astronomy, in collaboration with the project's industrial lead, Super Sharp Space Systems Ltd.

Previous Positions

2024 to 2024 – PhD internship student - Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew

2019 to 2020 – BBSRC Research experience student – Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford

Qualifications

2025 – DPhil – Department of Biology, University of Oxford

2020 – BA Natural Sciences (Part II Plant Science) - Queens’ College, University of Cambridge

Key Publications        

‘The effect of elevated CO2 on hyperspectral leaf reflectance in mature trees’ (2025), Trees: Structure and Function.

‘On mature reflection: Ozone damage can be detected in oak trees by hyperspectral reflectance’ (2025), Ecological Indicators.

‘Reflections of stress: Ozone damage in broadleaf saplings can be identified from hyperspectral leaf reflectance’ (2024), Environmental Pollution.

‘An evidence-based 3D reconstruction of Asteroxylon mackiei, the most complex plant preserved from the Rhynie chert’, (2021), eLife.