Martin Jones, BSc (Physics), PhD (Elec Eng)

Intellectual Property and Quality Manager

Martin has been involved in materials/composites research for ten years.  In 2008 Martin joined CRC-ACS as Intellectual Property & Membership Coordinator.  He is now the Intellectual Property and Quality Manager for ACS Australia.  This role involves the management of the Intellectual Property portfolio, including Patent applications and commercialisation agreements.

Martin gained his PhD in 1990 from University College, London in the field of microwave antenna arrays.  In parallel, his work career in the 1980s focussed on aircraft radar technology and electronic warfare, working for GEC Avionics and Thorn-EMI. 

In 1991, Martin left the UK and joined the Williamstown shipyard in Melbourne as a systems engineer. He was part of a team responsible for the delivery of the internal and external communication systems for the ANZAC Ship Project, considered to be the most successful major defence project in Australian history. Martin then became Research and Development Manager for Tenix, where he was responsibly for Intellectual Property management and product development (including materials research) that contributed to major defence and maritime tender successes.