Steve Jones Ph.D.
Office: 714-449-9937
Cell: 714-936-2365
Email: steve@jonesenvironmentallab.com
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 5387
Fullerton, CA 92838
Curriculum Vitae:
Summary:
Dr. Jones is a qualified Analytical Chemist with over 39 years experience. Since 1984, he has been active in environmental chemistry. Over the past 39 years he has testified several hundred times in court and for dispositions as an Expert in various states. Because of his forensic background, his expertise is widely used by environmental consulting firms, attorneys and engineering firms. Throughout his career, Dr. Jones has been active both in the laboratory and in laboratory management. He spent 2-1/2 years as the technical director of IT Corporation's environmental testing laboratory in Cerritos, California, obtaining approvals for that lab for Contract Laboratory Program (CLP-Superfund), and for two additional labs for OEHL (Air Force) and NACIP (Navy) work. He has spent more than 25 years as a bench chemist and is well versed in GC/MS, GC, IR, AA, ICP, wet chemistry methods, as well as extraction techniques.
Currently, Dr. Jones manages his own analytical testing firm which provides consultation, lectures, fuel fingerprinting, simulated distillation, fuel aging and many other chemistry-related services. He has also headed the building, setup, and operation of four analytical testing laboratories. For the past 25 years he has served as a reference for lab personnel and customers who have questions about testing procedures related to environmental and analytical chemistry areas. Aside from managing his analytical testing firm, Dr. Jones teaches "Characterization of Hazardous Waste" and "Organic Chemistry of Hazardous Waste" at the University of California's Extension Service in Irvine, California. Dr. Jones has given numerous presentations related to the environmental testing field and has expertise with most EPA methods.
Professional Experience:
Jones Environmental Testing Labs, Inc., Fullerton, California, Owner/Manager (October 1991 to Present)
Fullerton Environmental Labs, Inc., Fullerton, California, Laboratory Director/Consultant (July 1992 to June 1995)
Garrett Engineers, Inc., Los Angeles, California, Expert in Forensic Consulting Analytical Chemistry (January 1986 to Present)
Terra Tech Labs, Santa Ana, California, Laboratory Director (May 1990 to October 1991)
BCL Analytical Labs, Huntington Beach, California, Laboratory Manager/Owner (June 1987 to May 1990)
IT Corporation, Cerritos, California, Technical Director (December 1984 to June 1987)
Beckman Instruments, Brea, California, Senior Development Chemist (May 1982 to December 1984)
Kansas Bureau of Investigation, Topeka, Kansas, Forensic Chemist (November 1971 to August 1977)
Credentials:
Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California, 1982.
Master of Science Degree in Analytical Chemistry, California States University, Long Beach, California, 1979.
One year toward a Master's degree in Medical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1976.
Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas, 1971.
Affiliations:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Member, Executive Council, Orange County Chapter of ACS from 1984 to 1989.
Chairman, Environmental Committee, 1988.
Chairman, Employment Committee, 1984 to 1987.
Representative, Western Region Steering Committee, 1989.
Executive Council, 1987 and 1989 Pacific Conference.
Published Articles:
"Tracking MTBE with Chemical Remediation", J.L Wolf, S. Jones, D.M. Laurence, S.D. Mutch, Soil & Groundwater Cleanup, May 1997, p. 26.
"Organic Solvent Vapor Recovery Systems for Environmental Testing Laboratories", S. Jones and J. Jaworski, Environmental Laboratory, Vol. 4, No. 2 page 15.
"Test Analyzes a Wide Range of Hydrocarbons", S. Jones, Soils, Oct. 1992, page 20.
"Variation in Detection Limits for Environmental Samples", S. Jones, Waste Stream Journal, April 1987.
"Proper Sampling Techniques for Environmental Samples", S. Jones, Waste Stream Journal, Aug. 1986.
"Redox Chemistry of Iron Tetraphenylporphyrin, Imidazolate - Chelated Protoheme, and Thiolate - Chelated Protohem and of their Iron(II) - Superoxide Adducts in Dimethyl Sulfoxide", S. Jones, S. Srivatsa, D. Sawyer, T. Traylor, T. Mincey, Inorganic Chemistry, 1983, 22, 3903.
"Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Studies of 3, 5-Di-tert-Butylcatecholato and 3,5-Di-Tert-Butylcatecholato and o-Semiquinonato Complexes of Copper (11)", S. Harmalker, S. Jones, D. Sawyer, Inorganic Chemistry, 1982, 21, 3692.
"Redox Chemistry of Metal-Catechol Complexes in Aprotic Media 3. 3,5-Di-Tert-Butylcatecholato and o-Semiquinonato Coplexes of Iron (11)", S. Jones, L. Leon, D. Sawyer, Inorganic Chemistry, 1982, 21, 3692.
"Redox Chemistry of the 3, 5-Di-Tert-Butylcatecholato and o-Semiquinonato Complexes of Transition Metal Ions in Aprotic Media", D-H Chin, S. Jones, L. Leon, P. Bosserman, M. Stallings, D. Sawyer, Advances in Chemistry Series, NO. 201, Elestronical and Spectrochemical Studies of Biological Redox Components, 1982, 28.
"Redox Chemistry of Metal-Catechol Complexes in Aprotic Media 2. 3,5-Di-Tert-Butylcatecholato Complexes of Managanese (IV) and Manganese (III), S. Jones, D-H Chin, D. Sawyer, Inorganic Chemistry, 1980, 20, 4257.
"Heterogeneous Electron Transfer Rate Constants of Substituted Tera-Phenyl-Porphinato-Silver(11) Complexes", H. Po, S. Jones, Inorganic Chimica Acta, 48 (1981), 37.
"The Effect of Substituents on the Oxidation Potentials of Substituted Tera-Phenyl-Porphinato-Silver(11) Complexes", S. Jones, H. Po, Inorganica Chemica Acta, 42 (1980), 95.
