Jay Jones

Dr. Jay Jones has broad academic training with concentrations ranging from Microbiology and Botany to Geology and Chemistry. He has held appointments with Argonne National Laboratory, The National Park Service, Ripon College in Wisconsin, IU-PU at Indianapolis, ARCO Oil and Gas Exploration Research, and as a remote sensing consultant to NASA. For 35 years he served as Professor of Biology and Biochemistry at the University of La Verne, now emeritus, where he taught a diverse array of courses, including a course called, Toward a Sustainable Planet. Although emeritus he continues to teach. Travels associated with teaching and research, have allowed direct observation of environmental changes at home and abroad. (e.g. Amazon, Australia, Borneo, Central America, China, Europe, Galapagos, the Middle East, Malawi, Nepal, Rwanda, Vietnam) In past years, Jay represented the University on the National Council for Science and the Environment, (now GCSE). His professional efforts are currently focused on sharing information regarding various aspects of environmental sustainability through presentations and workshops with the goal of fostering change.