Jonathan Dallas George Jones FRS[4] (born 14 July 1954)[3] is a senior scientist at the Sainsbury Laboratory[1] and a professor at the University of East Anglia using molecular and genetic approaches to study disease resistance in plants.

[3][16] Along with collaborator Jeffery Dangl, he proposed the zigzag model for the co-evolution of plant resistance genes and pathogen effectors.

He is also a professor at University of East Anglia and has served as editor of The Plant Cell and Genome Biology.

Other positions he has held include: With George Coupland, Liam Dolan, Nicholas Harberd, Alison Mary Smith, Cathie Martin, Robert Sablowski and Abigail Amey he is a co-author of the textbook Plant Biology.

[21] In July 2010, Jones contributed an opinion piece to BBC News Online, outlining his stance on genetically modified (GM) food crops.