Jace W. Jones
Office: 714-449-9937
Cell: 714-936-2371
EMAIL: jace@jonesenvironmentallab.com
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 5883
Fullerton, CA 92838
SUMMARY:
Dr. Jones is a qualified Analytical Chemist with experience in both the environmental and biochemical fields. In general, his chemistry background provides him with a strong foundation in bench chemistry and quantitative analysis. He is fluent in many wet chemistry extraction procedures and trained in both liquid and gas chromatography separation techniques. Specifically, his area of expertise involves the use of mass spectrometry for structure characterization of a wide variety of molecules ranging from small organic compounds to large biomolecules. He is well versed in numerous types of mass spectrometers including ion trap, quadrupole, time-of-flight, and ion cyclotron resonance technology.
Currently, Dr. Jones is the Technical Director of Jones Environmental, Inc. testing laboratories which provides analytical and consultation services for the environmental field. His primary responsibilities include method development, QA/QC, SOPs, management of personnel, and consulting. Additionally, Dr. Jones maintains an active collaboration with several academic research laboratories at the University of Washington and University of Maryland-Baltimore.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Jones Environmental, Inc., Fullerton, California Technical Director (August 2009 to Present)
University of Washington, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Seattle, Washington Consultant (August 2009 to Present)
University of Maryland-Baltimore, Microbial Pathogenesis, Baltimore, Maryland Consultant (August 2009 to Present)
Jones Environmental, Inc., Fullerton, California Analyst (September 2000 to September 2004)
CREDENTIALS:
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 2009.
Two years toward a Master’s degree in Chemistry, California State University at Long Beach, Long Beach, California, 2004.
Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology, Minor in Chemistry, Whitworth University, Spokane, Washington, 2000.
AFFILIATIONS:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Society of Mass Spectrometry (ASMS)
Association for Environmental Health and Science (AEHS)
International Society of Environmental Forensics (ISEF)
PUBLICATIONS:
Jones, J.W.; Cohen, I.E; Tureček, F.; Goodlett, D.R; Ernst, R.K. Comprehensive Structure Characterization of Lipid A Extracted from Yersinia pestis for Determination of its Phosphorylation Configuration. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom.2010, In press.
Coats, S.R.; Jones, J.W.; Do, C.T.; Braham, P.H.; Bainbridge, B.W.; To, T.T.; Goodlett, D.R.; Ernst, R.K.; Darveau, R.P. Human Toll-like receptor 4 responses to P. gingivalis are regulated by lipid A 1- and 4’- phosphatase activities. Cell Microbiol. 2009, 11, 1587-99.
Tureček, F.; Jones, J.W.; Holm, A.I.S.; Panja, S.; Brøndsted, S.N.; Hvelplund, P. Transition metals as electron traps. I. Structures, energetics, electron capture, and electron-transfer-induced dissociations of ternary copper-peptide complexes in the gas phase. J. Mass Spectrom. 2009, 44 (5), 707-724.
Tureček, F.; Jones, J.W; Towle, T.; Panja, S.; Nielsen, S.B.; Hvelplund, P.; Paizs, B. Hidden Histidine Radical Rearrangements upon Electron Transfer to Gas-Phase Peptide Ions. Experimental Evidence and Theoretical Analysis. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2008, 130 (44), 14584-14596.
Jones, J.W.; Shaffer, S.A.; Ernst, R.K.; Goodlett, D.R; Tureček, F. Determination of pyrophosphorylated forms of lipid A in Gram-negative bacteria using a multi-varied mass spectrometric approach. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2008, 105(35), 12742-12747.
Jones, J.W.; Sasaki T.; Goodlett, D.R; Tureček, F. Electron capture in spin-trap capped peptides. An experimental example of ergodic dissociation in peptide cation-radicals. J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom.2007, 18 (3), 432-444.
Mezyk, S.P.; Jones, J.W.; Cooper, W.J.; Tobien, T.; Nickelsen, M.G.; Adams, J.W.; O’Shea, K.E.; Bartels, D.M.; Wishart, J.F.; Tornatore, P.M.; Newman, K.S.; Gregoire, K.; Weidman, D.J. Radiation Chemistry of Methyl-tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) in Aqueous Solution. Environmental Science and Technology. 2004, 38, 3994-4001.
