Ronald D. Jones 's Curriculum Vitae

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Case No. 88-1886-CIV-HOEVELER

Ronald D. Jones 's Curriculum Vitae

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
MIAMI DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

vs .

SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT
DISTRICT; JOHN R. WODRASKA,
Executive Director, South Florida
Water Management District;
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL
REGULATION; and DALE TWACHTMANN,
Secretary, Florida Department Of
Environmental Regulation,

Defendants.

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Case No
88-1886-CIV-WMH

FILED by SEC D.C.

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Ronald Jones

Address:	Department of Biological Sciences and Drinking Water Research Center Florida International University Miami, Florida 33199 Phone: (305) 348-2201
Birthdate:	June 12,1956, Peoria, IL
Education:	Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 1974 B.S. University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, 1977 (Biology) M.S. University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, 1989 (Biology) Ph.D. Oregon state University, Corvallis OR, 1984 (Microbiology)
Experience:
1974-5	Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Zoology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
1976-77	Laboratory Assistant, Department of Biology, University; of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
1978	Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA.(Summer)
1979	Biological Technician, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Gulf Breeze, FL
1980-4	Biological Technician, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR
1980	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis OR
1980-83	Research Assistant, School of Ocean ography, and Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1984	Research Associate, Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
1985-89	Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Drinking Water Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL
1988-	Adjunct Professor, Division of marine and Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Miami, FL
1990-	Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and Drinking Water Research center, Florida International University, Miami, FL
Awards and Honors:
1976	DuPont Scholarship, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
1977	Participation in NSF-UR) Summer Program, Bacteria/Plant Relationships, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
1978	Graduate Fellowship, Department of Biology, university of West Florida, Pensacola, GL
1978	President’s Award for best paper presented by a graduate student at the American Society for Microbiology, Southeastern Branch, annual Mtg., Tallahassee, FL
1979	Graduate Honor Student, Department of Biology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
1982	President’s Award for best paper presented by a graduate student at the American Society for Microbiology, Northwest Branch, Annual Mtg., Seattle, WA
1984	N.L. Tartar Research Fellowship, Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

M.S. Thesis Title:

Isolation and characterization of nitrifiers and the effects of selected
parameters on the rate of nitrification.

Ph.D. Thesis Title:

Methane and carbon monoxide oxidation by nitrifying bacteria.

Membership in professional organizations:

American Society for Microbiology, Florida Branch,
Americana Society for Microbiology
Society of the Sigma Xi
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
American Geophysical Union
The Oceanography Society

Grants and contracts:

National Science Foundation, Marine Chemistry Program. OCE-8410145
Measurement of nitrification Rates in Coastal Waters and Sediments.
Aug 84 - Aug 86. $74,236.

National Science Foundation, Marine Chemistry program. OCE-815482
Interrelation Between nitrogen and Carbon Cycling in Marine Waters.
Dec 84 - Dec 86. 69,036.

National Park Service, Everglades National Park. The Relationship Between
Various Microbial Processes involved in the Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles in
sediments and Waters of Everglades National Park Sept 85 - Aug 86. 5,500.

Florida Institute of Oceanography. Mocrobiology of the Dry Tortugas Shiptime
Award, 23-30 June 987. $ 14,00 ( with W. Golderg and S. Quackenbush).

National Science Foundation, Marine Chemistry Program OCE-86202449
Interrelation between Nitrogen and Carbon cycling in Marine Waters.
Mar 87 - Feb 90. $130, 269.

Department of Education. Academic Facilities Program, Title VII. 1984 - 1988.
$234,000/$499,685 (with W. Cooper, J. Greenfield, G.B. Lage, M.F. Mehran,
M.Mehran, R. Narbaitz, F. Parsons, J. Villate).

Florida Institute of Oceanography. Microbiology of the Cay Sal Bank. Shiptime
Award, 20 June -1 July 1988. $22,490 (with W. Goldberg).

National Park Service, Everglades National Park. Examination of Phosphorus
Cycling in Shark river Slough. Oct. 88 - Dec. 89. $25,494.

National Park Service, Everglades National Park. Quantification of Long-Term
Nutrient Loading in Shark River Slough. Dec 88 - Aug. 90. $20,192.

Florida Institute of Oceanography. Microbiology of the Dry Tortugas. Shiptime
Award, 5 - 9 June, 1989. $8,500 (with S. Quackenbush).

Florida Institute of Oceanography. Microbiology of the Dry Tortugas. Shiptime
Award, TBA 1990 (with S. Quackenbush).

U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA. Participation in 1989 RITS Cruise.
$1,525 plus expenses.

National Park Service, Everglades National Park. Microbiological Conditions
        Associated with Seagrass Die-Off in Florida Bay. June 89 - Jan. 90.
        $10,040; Funding approved @ $34,222 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 for total of
        $149,928.

National Park Service, U.S. Department of Justice. Examination of Everglades
Nutrients. Oct. 89 - Jan. 90. $28,150.

National Science Foundation, Marine Chemistry Program. Interrelation between
Nitrogen and Carbon Cycling in Marine Waters. Funding approved @
$230,000 for 3 years.

National Park Service, U.S. Department of Justice. Examination of the Everglades
Nutrients. Funding approved @ $51,000 for 1 year.

Publications:

Jones, R.D., and M.A.. Hood. 1980. The effects of temperature, pH, salinity and
inorganic nitrogen on the rate of ammonium oxidation by nitrifiers isolated from
wetland environments. Mocrobial Ecol. 6:339-347.

Jones, R.D., and M.A. Hood. 1980. Interactions between an ammonium oxidizer,
Nitrosomonas sp., and two heterotrophic bacteria, Nocardia atlantica and
Pseudomonas sp. Microbial Ecol. 6:271-275.

Jones. R.D., and M.A. Hood. 1980. The effects of organophosphorus pesticides on
estuarine ammonium oxodizers. Can. J. Microbiol. 26:1296-1299.

Jones, R.D., and R. Y. Morita. 1983. Methane oxidation by Nitrosococcus oceanus
and Nitrosomonas europaea. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 45:401-410.

Jones. R.D., and R.Y. Morita. 1983. Carbon monoxide oxidation by
chemolithotropic ammoium oxidizers. Can. J. Microbiol. 30:894-889.

Jones, R.D., R.Y. Morita, and R.P. Griffiths. 1984. A method for estimating
chemolithotrophic ammonium oxidation using carbon monoxide oxidation. Mar.
Ecol. Prog. Ser. 17:259-269.

Jones R.D., and R.Y. Morita 1984. Effets of several nitrification inhibitors on
carbon monoxide and methane oxidation by ammonium oxidizers. Can. J. Microbiol.
30: 1276- 1279.

Jones, R.D., and R.Y. Morita 1985. Low temperature growth and whole cell
kinetics of a marine ammonium oxidizer. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 21:239-243.

Jones, R.D., and F.G. Prahl. 1985. Lipid composition of a marine ammonium
oxidizer grown at 5 and 25⁰C. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 26:157-159.

Jones, R.D., and R.Y. Morita. 1985. Survival of a marine ammonium oxidizer
under energy source deprivation. Mar. Ecoll Prog. Ser. 26:175-179.

Morita, T.Y., and R.D. Jones. 198. Metabolism of CO and CH₄ by nitrifiers and
the determination of the nitrification rate. Actes du 2eme Intern. Bacteriol. Marine
IFREMER-GEERBAM, Centr. Brest, France. P. 311-318.

Dodds, W.G., and R.D. Jones. 1987. Potential rates of nitrification and
denitrification in an oligotrophic sediment system. Microbial Ecol. 14:91-100.

Butler, J.H., R. D. Jones, J.H. Garber, and L.I. Gordon. 1987. Distribution and
fluxes of reduced trace gases and hydroxylamine in Yaquina Bay, Oregon. Geochim.
Cosmochim. Acta 51:697-706

Butler, J.H., J. E. Pequegnat, L. I. Gordon, and R.D. Jones. 1988 Cycling of
methane, carbon monoxide, and hydroxylamine in a meromictic, coastal lagoon. Est.
Coast. Shelf Sci. 27:181-203.

Jones R.D., R. Y. Morita, H.-P. Koops, and S.W. Watson. 1988. A new marine
ammonium-oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosomonas cryotolerans sp. nov. Can. J.
Microbiol. 34:1122-1128.

Johnstone, B.H., and R.D. Jones. 1988. Physiological effects of long-term energy
-source deprivation on the survival of a marine chemolithotrophic ammonium
oxidizing bacterium. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 49:295-303.

Johnstone, B.H., and R.D. Jones. 1988. The effects of light and CO on the survival
of a marine ammonium oxidizing bacterium during energy-source deprivation. Appl.
Environ. Microbiol. 54:2890-2893

Johnstone, B.H., and R.D. Jones. 1988. Recovery of a marine chemolithotrophic
ammonium oxidizding bacterium from long-term energy-source deprivation. Can J.
Microbiol. 34:1347-1350.

Johnstone, B.H., and R.D. Jones. 1989. A study on the lack of [Methy;-³H] thymidine
uptake and incorporation by chemolithotrophic bacteria. Microb. Ecol. 18:73-77.

Vanzella, A., M.A. Guerrero, and R.D. Jones. 1989. Effect of CO and light on
ammonium and nitrate oxidation by chemolithotropic bactria. Mar. Ecol. Prog.
Ser. 57:69-76.

Vanzella, A., M.A. Guerrero, and R.D. Jones. 1990. Recovery of nitrification in
marine bacteria following exposure to carbon monoxide or light. Mar. Ecol. Prog.
Ser. 60:91-95.

Manuscripts in Preparation:

Jones, R.D. Carbon monoxide and methane distribution and consumption in the
photic zone of the Sargasso Sea (for Deep-Sea Research - submitted March 1990).

Jones, R.D. An improved fluorescent method for the determination of nanomolar
concentrations of ammonium in sea water (Analytical Chemistry - June 90).

Jones, R.D. and J.H. Garber. Comparison of the carbon monoxide and the ¹⁵N tracer
methods for the estimation of in situ chemolithotrophic ammonium oxidation (Marine
Ecology Progress Series- June 90).

Abstracts:

Jones, R.D., and M.A. Hood. 1978. The effects of environmental factors and
selected pesticides on ammonium oxidizers isolated from coastal environments.
American Society for Microbiology, Southeastern Branch Mtg. (paper received the
President's Award)

Jones, R.D., and M.A. Hood. 1979. Mutualistic effects among chemolithotrophic
ammonium oxidizers and heterotrophs in mixed culture. American Society for
Microbiology, Southeastern Branch Mtg.

Jones, R.D., and M.A. Hood. 1980. The effects of temperature, pH, and salinity on
an estuarine ammonium oxidizer. Second International Symposium on Microbial
Ecology. University of Warwick, Coventry, England.

Jones, R.D., and R.Y. Morita. 1982. Methane oxidation by nitrifying bacteria.
American Society for Microbiology, Northwest Branch Mtg. (paper received the
President's Award)

Jones, R.D., and R.Y. Morita. 1984. Effects of nitrification inhibitors on CO and
CH₄ oxidation by three ammonium oxidizers. American Society for Microbiology,
Annual Mtg.

Morita, R.Y., and R.D. Jones. 1984. Metabolism of CO and CH₄ by nitrifiers and
determination of nitrification rates. Second Colloquium on Marine Microbiology.
H-5.

Jones, R.D., and R.Y. Morita. 1985. Survival of a marine nitrifying bacterium
under starvation conditions. American Society for Microbiology, Annual Mtg.
(invited symposium speaker)

Jones, R.D. 1985. Morphological and pysiological characteristics of a new marine
ammonium-oxidizing bacterium. American Society for Microbiolgy, Florida Branch
Mtg.

Morita, R.Y., and R. D. Jones. 1986. Methane Production. BioInventions 5:96.

Johnstone, B.H., and R.D. Jones 1986. Insensitivity of several aerobic bacteria to
carbon monoxide. American Society for Microbiology, Florida Branch Mtg.

Jones, R.D 1986. Carbon monoxide and methane consumption and distribution in
the surface waters of the Sargasso Sea. American Society for Microbiology, Florida
Branch Mtg.

Vanzella, A. and R.D. Jones 1986,. Carbon monoxide and methane distribution
and consumption in the photic zone of the Sargasso Sea. EOS 67:977.

Jones, R.D., J.H. Butler, J.E. Pequegnat, and L.I. Gordon. 1986 Cycling of
methane and carbon monoxide in a meromictic coastal lagoon EOS 67:1051.

Jones, R.D. 1987. Effects of carbon monoxide and hydrogen peroxide on the
oxidation of ammonium by Nitrosomonas sp. American Society for Microbiology,
Annual Mtg.

Johnstone, B.H., and R.D. Jones. 1987. Physiological changes in a marine
chemolithotrophic ammonium oxidizing bacterium during energy source deprivation.
American Society for Microbiology, Florida Branch Mtg.

Mopper, K. R. Sikorski, D. Kieber, J. McDaniel, and R. Jones. 1987. Photochemical
incorporation and fragmentation of DOM in relation to oceanic carbon cycling. EOS
68:1752.

Johnstone, B.H., and R.D. Jones. 1988. Novel responses by a marine
chemolithotrophic ammonium oxidizing bacterium to total nutrient deprivation.
American Society for Microbiology, Annual Mtg.

Jones, R.D. 1990. Photochemical production and microbial consumption of carbon
monoxide in the Caribbean Sea as influenced by the Orinoco River. EOS 71:172.

Bonilla, J., W. Senior, J. Bugden and R Jones. 1990. Nutrient distributions and
primary productivity data in the surface waters of the eastern Caribbean during
Columbus Iselin cruises 8805 and 8816 (1988). EOS 71:171.

Bidigare, R., N.V. Blough, J.W. Moffett, O.C. Zafiriou, R.D. Jones, K. Mopper, R.
Zika, W.S. Moore and T.D. Waite. 1990. Photochemistry of the eastern
Caribbean: An overview. EOS 71:151.

Patents:

Microbial methane production. January, 1986. Patent no. 4571384. (co-inventor).
Microbial acetate production. Disclosed August 25, 1983. (co-inventor).

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