Rose is interested in the interplay between chemlithotrophic microbes and their environment, particularly in extreme conditions where the behavior of both can be different from more mesophilic conditions. She earned her Ph.D. at Bangor University under Prof. Barrie Johnson, working on bioremediation options for local acid mine drainage sites. This was followed by a postdoc at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Science with Dr. Beth Orcutt, developing bioelectrochemical methods to enrich for rock-hosted microbes in a cool, oxic deep marine environment.
She is currently working on characterization of hydrothermal vent chimneys as they transition from active to inactive, and the role that microbes might play in their alteration.
Website: http://rosemjones.com/
Twitter: @DrRoseJones
April 29, 2019 | Dr. Rose Jones at work on the 2019 'hot2cold' research expedition.
