Jona studied medicine and philosophy in Frankfurt am Main with visits abroad in Italy, Switzerland, the USA, and South Africa. He is currently in further training to become a specialist in psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatics at the Psychiatric University Hospital in Zurich.

As a research assistant in the SALUS project, he wrote his bachelor’s thesis on wellbeing in the context of serious mental illness as part of SALUS’ subproject on concepts of well-being in a psychiatric context. In addition to this topic area, he continues to be involved in ongoing research projects on intersectionality in psychiatry and ethics consultation in psychiatry.

Jonas' current research interests include concepts of well-being, feminist theories, and topics of intersectionality and participatory research.