Elisabeth Eirian Jones is a New Zealand phytopathologist, and a full professor at Lincoln University, specialising in sustainable control strategies for cropping industries.

After a BSc(Hons) at the Manchester Metropolitan University, Jones completed a PhD titled Comparative behaviour of mycoparasitic Pythium species at the University of Edinburgh.

[2] Her main research focus is on plant pathogens, particularly woody trunk and root pathogens in horticultural crops such as grapevines.

She is part of the Bioprotection Aotearoa Centre of Research Excellence based at Lincoln University.

[3] Jones has been President of the New Zealand Plant Protection Society.