FACULTY RESEARCH EXPERTISE
ESP Department Chair
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ecology
MA Vanderbilt University
Research Focus: Freshwater Ecology
Web Site: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rcjones
Office/Building: DK 3045, R B471 (lab)
Phone: 703-993-1127, 703-993-1036 (lab)
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Dr. R. Chris Jones, Chair of the Environmental Science and Policy Department 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.