FACULTY RESEARCH EXPERTISE
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA Vanderbilt University
Research Focus: Freshwater Ecology
Web Site: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rcjones
Office(s): DK 3043D and 4260 Chainbridge Rd., Rm. 203
Lab: Rob B 471
Phone: 703-993-1127 and 703-993-1036 (lab)
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Dr. R. Chris Jones is the Director of the Potomac Environmental Research and Education Center (PEREC) as well as the Mason Center for Conservation Studies (MCCS). He is a freshwater ecologist whose research foci include tidal freshwater ecosystems (emphasizing plankton and macrophytes), stream ecology (emphasizing benthic macroinvertebrates), and watershed management. Dr. Jones teaches courses in waterscape ecology, freshwater ecology, and multivariate analysis. He has been a faculty member at Mason since 1980.