Jones emigrated to
Canada and joined Dalhousie's Faculty of Dentistry in 1975, serving as Head of the Biomaterials Science Division, Chairman of the Department of Applied Oral Sciences and Associate Dean of Research during his tenure. Jones conducted research into biomaterials and materials, including ceramics, hard and soft polymers, composites, dental cement, bone cement,
mercury pollution, biocompatibility of materials and synthesis of glass and polymer materials, as well as the release of drugs from biomaterials. He has authored and co-authored over 300 papers and abstracts and contributed chapters and sections on biomaterials in eight books, and his research has resulted in two patents. He has contributed to dental materials standardization, both in Canada and internationally, since 1971. Serving as Secretary of ISO/TC/106/SC1 for 19 years, Chair ISO/TC 106/SC1 for 8 years and as International Chair of the full ISO TC 106 committee for nine years. Serving as Chair of the
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)) Technical Committee 106 - Dentistry from 2005 to 2014. His area of expertise is
dental materials. He is a
Chartered Chemist (C. Chem) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemists (FRSC), the Institute of Ceramics (F.I.Ceram), Institute of Materials (FIM) and
Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE). Jones was a past president of the Canadian Association for Dental Research, the Dental Materials Group, of the International Association for Dental Research, and served as Chair of the
Canadian Dental Association Dental Materials and Devices Committee, the Canadian Dental Association Technical Committee on Dentistry and the Canadian Advisory Committee to the International Organization for Standardization. Jones was awarded the International Wilmer Souder Distinguished Scientist Award by the International Association for Dental Research in 1988. Jones's career at Dalhousie and his international honour from the FDI in 2016 were featured in a news article published by the university in 2017. Jones died in
Halifax, Nova Scotia on 15 February 2024, at the age of 90. ==Awards and honors==