Jon is Research Administrator for CSR and the School more generally. He provides administrative management for large collaborative research projects, sponsored by EU and EPSRC Currently he is involved with RODIN and DIRC and has, in the past dealt with projects such as MAFTIA, TAPAS and CaberNet. He also assists with proposal writing and costing, and is secretary to the School Research Committee.

He joined the School in 2000 from the University's central Research Service where he had been employed since 1997. Prior to this, Jon worked in a small, family run, business.