Dr. Jay Jones
Professor of Biology & Biochemistry
Area of Research Interest
Effects of metals and gases on soil microbes and on plant fluorescence, remote sensing, biogeochemistry, diagenetic changes in biochemical components of plants (particularly cutin), plant physiology, paleobotany.
Courses Taught
- General Biology (Cell and Molecular)
- Biochemistry
- Cell Biology
- Immunology
- Microbiology
- Developmental Biology (pro parte)
- Life Science: The Human Environment (non-majors)
Educational Background
- Ph.D.,Plant Sciences (minor Geology), Indiana University
- M.A., Biol. Sci., Indiana University
- M.S., Botany, Southern Illinois University
- B.S., Biol. Sci. (Educ.), Southern Illinois University
- B.A., Microbiology and Botany (double major) (minor chem.), Southern Illinois University
Publications
- 1995 Detection of solar-excited chlorophyll a fluorescence and leaf photosynthetic capacity using a Faunhofer line radiometer. Remote Sensing of the Environment (In Press, Accepted August 1995) (with GA. Carter, R.J. Mitchell and C.H. Brewer)
- 1989 A Fossil Dicotyledonous Wood from the Miocene Comondu Formation of Baja California Sur. Proc. Baja Calif. Symp. XXVII. Suppl.:1-5, June 17-18, 1989
- 1987 A Study of the Dryophyllum Leaf Forms from the Paleogene of Southeastern North America. Palaenotographica Abt. 208:53-80.
- 1986 Evolution of the Fagaceae: The Implications of Foliar Features. Ann. Mo. Bot. card. 73:228-275.
- 1979 Analysis of Cell Wall Constituents of Aphanothece halophytica Fremy. Journal of Phycology 15:62-66.
- 1976 Ion Metabolism in a Halophilic Blue-Green Alga, Aphanothece halophytica. Arch. Microbiol. 11:145-169.
On sabbatical Spring 2024