DPhil Student
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Elwyn Jones

Background

As a keen fly fisherman, exploring rivers, lakes and oceans has been my favourite pastime for as long as I can remember. It is through this hobby that I developed an appreciation for the natural world, as well as a desire to conserve it.

In the master’s component of my MBiol at the University of Oxford, I chose to focus on the sustainability of salmon aquaculture from a life cycle perspective, as part of the HESTIA team. After graduating, I spent a year as a research assistant for HESTIA, developing emission models for the most commonly used livestock feed ingredients.

Now, I am very happy to be continuing my passion for sustainable aquaculture research as a DPhil candidate. The core component of my doctoral work is to assess the relative sustainability of the top-produced aquaculture species globally using the HESTIA platform.

Research Interests

My research interests revolve around aquatic ecology, stemming from my fly-fishing hobby, and sustainable food production, as industrial agriculture and aquaculture are driving the decline of aquatic ecosystems and biodiversity more broadly.

Current Research

My master’s work analysed the sustainability of Atlantic salmon aquaculture at a global scale, by reviewing the available literature and reprocessing Life Cycle Inventory data with harmonised methods and models through the HESTIA platform.

 

One shortcoming that became obvious to me when attempting to remodel the environmental impacts of salmon feeds was the limited availability of open-access emissions models for a variety of feed ingredients.

 

It was therefore natural to continue working with the HESTIA team, where I am now helping to develop the new feed database within the HESTIA platform.

Brief CV

2019-2021: A-Levels in Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics

 

2021-2025: Integrated Master’s in Biology, University of Oxford