Jones is the Director of the KU Leuven Institute for Sustainable Metals and Minerals (SIM²), an interdisciplinary team of more than 400 researchers focusing on the exploration, extraction, processing, refining and recycling of the energy-transition metals that are essential for a sustainable society. Jones has been working in this field for over 20 years, since completing his PhD in Metallurgy at KU Leuven in 2001. Jones is also the co-founder of KU Leuven’s SOLVOMET Research & Innovation Centre, a platform that provides (circular) hydrometallurgy expertise to industrial partners. Through SIM² KU Leuven and SOLVOMET, Jones has been a coordinator or partner in more than 30 EU-funded projects on sustainable metallurgy and critical raw materials (CRMs), and he is often involved as panelist in EU CRM debates. Additionally, Jones is the author of several books on the transition to a climate-neutral, circular economy (e.g., Terra Incognita (2006), Klimaatcrisis (2009), Terra Reversa (2009 & 2016)…) and presenter of documentaries focusing on made-in-Europe mine-to-cleantech value chains (e.g., Responsible mining in Europe (2022), Made in Europe: from mine to Electric Vehicle (2023), The Sami Perspective (2024), Europe's Mining Renaissance (2024), Europe’s Lithium Paradox (forthcoming, 2025)). These documentaries are available on SIM²'s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUimXYaSr6H744caOFPEPSQ. "Made in Europe" is available on Journeyman Pictures' YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeAwIkvjERA