Gretchen D. Jones, Research Biologist, (Palynology)

 Phone: 979-260-9509

Fax: 979-260-9386

  g-jones@tamu.edu

Current Research

• Development of a Lepidopteran model for the risk-assessment of genetically modified plants.

• Evaluate pollen as an indicator of nursery habitats of secondary pests

• Effect of non-cotton feeding on adult boll weevil longevity.

• Determination of sterol composition of pollen from cotton and other plant species.

Biographical Information

Education:

• Austin College, Sherman, TX B.A. 1968
• Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX, Biology B.S. 1984
• Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, Biology M.S. 1987
• Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Botany Ph.D. 1993

Employment:

• 1982-1984 Teaching assistant and director of botany labs, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX
• 1984-1987 Teaching assistant, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
• 1986 (summer) Wildlife biologist, U.S. Forest Service, Nacogdoches, TX
• 1987-1992 Teaching assistant, Texas A&M University 1992-1993
• Research associate, Estimation of the Northern Limitations of the Africanized Honey Project, Texas A&M University
• 1991-1993 Assistant director, Palynology Laboratory, Texas A&M University
• 1993-1995 Research biologist, Post-doctoral position, USDA, ARS, APMRU, College Station, TX
• 1995-Present Research biologist, USDA, ARS, APMRU, College Station, TX

Professional Society Memberships, Offices and Appointments:

• American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
• Electron Microscopy Society of America
• Sigma XI Texas Society of Electron Microscopy
• Texas Organization for Endangered Species

Honors and Awards:

• 1981 Chihuahuan Desert Research award, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX
• 1982 Biology Department Scholarship, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, TX
• 1989 Winner, First Annual Texas A&M Electron Microscopy Photographic Contest
• 1993 United Oil Co. of California, UNOCAL, award for the best application paper, awarded by American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists
• 1994 Wilson Award for best paper, awarded by American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists

Advisory and Consulting Appointments:

• 1989-1991 Consultant for Pollen of Ecuador project.
• 1992 Identification of pollen on four species of Noctuid moths captured in Texas using scanning electron microscopy.
• 1992 Co-principal investigator, National Honey Board Grant
• 1992 Consultant for Pollen differentiation of Nicotiana spp. project.
• 1993 Consultant for Migration and Foraging Resources of the Long Eared Bat in Big Bend National Park.
• 1993 Consultant for the Comparison of diet of the Late Paleoindian and Early Archaic populations from North America by dental wear.
• 1993 Consultant for The Human Brain and Mind. Tetsuya Muroyama director and unit Manager (to air on PBS spring 1994).
• 1994-1995 Consultant for various organizations (government agencies, private industry, and institutes) in the technical and practical applications of Entomopalynology
• 1995 Member of the USDA, ARS visioning committee