Mike B. Jones is a plant ecophysiologist and an Emeritus Fellow in Trinity College Dublin. Professor Jones is also a Member of the Royal Irish Academy. His main research interest is in the study of climate-plant interactions and since the 1980's he has been studying the effects of changing climate, and the direct effects of rising CO2 on a range of ecosystems including agricultural and natural grasslands and tropical wetlands. He is joint editor of Irish Grasslands: Their Biology and Management (1995).