Rate My Professor Ceridwyn Jones

Dr. Ceridwyn Jones serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Surgery and Critical Care at the University of Otago, Wellington, within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Division. She is affiliated with the Wellington Cardiovascular Research Group, where her research examines neutrophil-mediated inflammation, particularly neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in the context of acute myocardial infarction and cardiovascular diseases. Utilizing expertise in flow cytometry, innate immunity, cellular immunology, inflammation, cytokine biology, and magnetic cell sorting, Jones contributes to translational immunology and clinical research applications. Her doctoral thesis, 'Neutrophil-Mediated Inflammation in Response to Acute Myocardial Infarction,' posted in 2025 by Victoria University of Wellington, explores innate immune responses in acute coronary syndromes. She supervises undergraduate projects, including examinations of NETs in endometriosis, and facilitates patient recruitment for related studies.

In education, Jones is the convenor for MTEC701: Biomedical Science for Medical Technicians and MTEC702: Physiological Monitoring for Medical Technicians, supporting science graduates entering medical technology fields. Her scholarly output includes the first-author publication 'CPHEN-017: Comprehensive phenotyping of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) on peripheral human neutrophils' in Cytometry Part A (2024), which details advanced phenotyping protocols. Jones has secured notable funding, including the Heart Foundation New Zealand Postgraduate Scholarship for three years (2022) and multiple Research for Life awards: a $16,472 research grant (2024), travel grants up to $3,000 (2024) and $817 (2025) for international conferences such as the International Society for Advancement of Cytometry, and others in 2023. Her academic background encompasses a PhD in Biomedical Science focusing on clinical research (Victoria University of Wellington), a Master of Biomedical Science (2021-2022), and a Bachelor of Biomedical Science majoring in Molecular Pathology and Human Genetics (2015-2018), all from Victoria University of Wellington. Jones's work advances understanding of inflammatory processes in cardiovascular health through precise cellular analysis techniques.