Jolon leads the Food & Bio-based Products group at AgResearch. 
He also holds adjunct positions as a Senior Fellow at the University of Canterbury in their Biomolecular Interaction Centre, and is an Associate Professor at Lincoln University in their Wine and Food Molecular Biosciences Department.

His team at AgResearch have achieved significant national and international recognition including the AWI Award for Scientific Achievement and AWI-DWI Excellence in Wool Science Personal Award in 2005, the NZIAHS Significant Science Award in 2008, and the American Society of Photobiology New Investigator Award in 2010.

Jolon has a BSc (Hons) 1st Class, Chemistry and a PhD, Chemistry from the University of Canterbury.