C. EUGENE JONES
CURRICULUM VITAE
PRESENT POSITION
Professor of Botany, Emeritus
Department of Biological Science
California State University,
Fullerton, California 92834-6850
DEGREES
B.S. (Double major – Biological Science and
History-Government) - Ohio University, 1964
Ph.D. in Botany - Indiana University, 1969
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE - CSUF
Chair, Department of Biological Science,
California State University, Fullerton, California, 1989- 2004.
Member: Fullerton Arboretum Commission, 2005 – Present.
Vice President: Fullerton Arboretum Commission, 2006 - Present
Founding Director: Fullerton Arboretum, California State
University, Fullerton, 1970-1980.
Director: Faye MacFadden Herbarium, California State University,
Fullerton, 1969- Present.
President of Board: Arboretum Board of Directors, Arboretum
Society, Inc., California State University, Fullerton, California, 1972-1978.
Chair, Fullerton Arboretum Advisory Board, 1993-1996.
Interim Director, Fullerton Arboretum, Spring 1993.
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE - OTHER
Advisor: The
Forgotten Pollinators Campaign, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona,
1995.
Member: Animal Care and Use Committee, Southern California College of
Optometry, Fullerton, California, 1991-1995.
Member: Board of Directors , Southern California Botanists.
1980-1987.
First Vice-President: Board of Directors, Southern California
Botanists, 1983-1985.
Editor: Crossosoma (bimonthly publication of Southern California
Botanists), 1982-1986.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE –
Department of Biological Science, CSUF
Professor of Botany, Emeritus, California
State University, Fullerton, 2005 -
Professor of Botany: California State University, Fullerton,
1977- 2005
Associate Professor of Botany: California State University, Fullerton,
California, 1973-1977.
Assistant Professor of Botany: California
State University, Fullerton, California, 1969-1973.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE - OTHER
Visiting Colleague: Botany Department, University of Hawaii
at Manoa, Spring, 1979.
Visiting Assistant Professor of
Botany: Botany Department,
University of Michigan, Summer, 1972.
Part-time Faculty: Organization for Tropical Studies,
1970, 1972.
Lecturer: Botany Department, Indiana University, Summer, 1968 and
1969.
Teaching staff:
Botany Department, Indiana University, Summer, 1967.
Graduate
Teaching Assistant: Botany
Department, Indiana University, 1964-1966.
PUBLICATIONS – BOOKS
Jones, C. Eugene and R. John Little
(eds). 1983. Handbook of Experimental Pollination
Biology. Scientific and Academic
Editions, Division of Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York.
Little,
R. John and C. Eugene Jones.
1980. A Dictionary of
Botany. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.,
New York.
PUBLICATIONS –
JOURNAL ARTICLES
Jones, C. Eugene. 2007. Do antennae play a prominent role in the
communication of information from
the dancer to potential recruit bees attending the honey bee dance? A proposed experimental test. Manuscript in preparation.
Jones,
C. Eugene, Frances M. Shropshire, Laura
L. Taylor-Taft, Sean E. Walker, Leo C. Song, Jr., Youssef C. Atallah, Robert L. Allen, Darren
Sandquist, Jim Luttrell, and Jack H. Burk. 2007.
Reproductive biology of the San Fernando Valley Spineflower, Chorizanthe
parryi var.
fernandina
(Polygonaceae). Manuscript
in preparation.
Jones,
C. Eugene, Frances M. Shropshire, Jim Luttrell, Sean E. Walker, Darren R.
Sandquist, Youssef C. Atallah, Robert L. Allen, Jack H. Burk, and Leo C. Song,
Jr. 2007. Do native ants play a significant
role in the reproductive success of the San Fernando Valley Spineflower, Chorizanthe
parryi var.
fernandina
(Polygonaceae)? Manuscript
in preparation.
Thomey,
Michell L., Jack H. Burk, Darren R. Sandquist, Youssef C. Atallah, and C.
Eugene Jones. 2007. Effects of topsoil disturbance on
germination and establishment of Eriastrum densifolium subsp. sanctorum (Polemoniaceae), an early successional
species in Southern California. Manuscript
in preparation.
Burk,
Jack H., C. Eugene Jones, William A. Ryan, and John A. Wheeler. 2007. Floodplain vegetation and soils along the upper Santa Ana
River, San Bernardino County, California.
Madrono, In press.
Atallah,
Youssef C. and C. Eugene Jones.
2003. Assessing the reproductive
biology of Eriastrum densifolium
ssp. sanctorum (Milliken) Mason (Santa Ana River
Woolly Star, Polemoniaceae).
Madrono. 50(2): 101-109.
Dorsett, Deborah K., C. Eugene Jones, and Jack H. Burk. 2001. The pollination biology of the Santa Ana River Woolly Star, an endangered plant. Madrono 48(4): 265-271.
Jones, C. Eugene, Faith Roelofs, Deborah K. Dorsett and Chirag Shah. 1999. Ultraviolet floral patterns in the native Hawaiian flora: What do they mean for island biogeography? Pacific Science 53(1): 82-87.
Jones, C. Eugene, Larry J. Colin, Trudy
R. Ericson and Deborah K. Dorsett.
1999. Hybridization between Cercidium floridum and C. microphyllum in California. Madrono 45(2): 110-118.
Jones, C. Eugene and Mitchell
Cruzan. 1999. Floral morphological changes and
reproductive success in Deer Weed.
American Journal of Botany
86(2): 273-277.
Jones, C. Eugene, D. Dorsett, Chirag Shah, and Jack H. Burk. 1998. Liquid latex for determining nest architecture of ground-nesting bees. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 71 (1): 87-88.
Allen-Wardell,
Gordon, Peter Bernhardt, Ron Bitner, Alberto Burquez, Stephen Buchmann, James
Cane, Paul A. Cox, Virginia Dalton, Peter Feinsinger, Mrill Ingram, David
Inouye, C. Eugene Jones, Kathryn Kennedy, Peter Kevan, Harold Koopowitz,
Rodrigo Medellin, Sergio Medellin-Morales, and Gary P. Nabhan. 1998. The potential consequences of pollinator declines on the conservation
of biodiversity and stability of food crop yields. Conservation Biology 12(1): 8-17.
Steinberg, Margaret, Deborah Dorsett,
Chirag Shah, C. Eugene Jones, and Jack H. Burk. 1998. Pupal
case of Rhaphiomidas acton Coquillett
(Diptera: Mydidae) and behavior of
newly-emerged adult. Pan-Pacific
Entomologist 74(3): 178-180.
Jones, C. Eugene and Denis M. Kearns.
1994. New species in the genus Cyclanthera (Cucurbitaceae) from Mexico and Central
America. Novon 4 (4): 373-380.
Kearns, Denis M. and C. Eugene
Jones. 1992. A Re-evaluation of the genus Cremastopus (Cucurbitaceae). Madrono 39(4): 301-303.
Burk, Jack H., C. Eugene Jones and John
Wheeler. 1989. New information on the rare Santa Ana
River Woolly-Star. Fremontia
17(3): 20-21.
Jones, C. Eugene and Mitch Cruzan.
1988. Adaptive significance of
pollination related and time dependent floral changes in a California
xerophyte. Chap. 9, pp. 124-139. In:
Robert G. Zahary, (ed.), Desert Ecology 1986: A Research Symposium. Southern California Academy of
Sciences and the Desert Studies Consortium Special Publication.
Jones, C. Eugene, Cheryl L. Scannell,
Karla J. Kramer and Wayne E. Sawyer.
1986. Honeybee constancy to ultraviolet floral reflectance. Journal of Apicultural Research. 25(4): 220-226.
Powell, Elizabeth A. and C. Eugene
Jones. 1983. Floral mutualism in Lupinus
benthamii (Fabaceae) and
Delphinium parryi
(Ranunculaceae). Chap. 15, pp. 310-320. In: C. E. Jones and R. J. Little, (eds.),
Handbook of Experimental Pollination Biology. Scientific and Academic Editions, Division of Van Nostrand
Reinhold Co., New York.
Jones, C. Eugene. 1983. Nectar Production. Book review of "The Biology of
Nectaries." 1983. Barbara Bentley and Thomas Elias,
Editors. Columbia University
Press, N.Y. Science. 221:1172.
Jones, C. Eugene and Mitch Cruzan. 1982. Floral color changes in deerweed (Lotus scoparius):
Possible function.
Crossosoma 8: 1-6.
Jones, C. Eugene. 1981. Plant-insect interactions in the California Deserts. pp.
421-430. In: June Latting and Peter Rowlands (eds.),
The California Desert: An Introduction
to Natural Resources and Man's Impact.
University of California Press, Riverside Press, Riverside, California.
Colin, Larry J. and C. Eugene Jones. 1980. Pollen energetics and pollination modes. American Journal Botany 67: 210-215.
Buchmann,
Stephen L. and C. Eugene Jones.
1980. Observations on the
nesting biology of Melissodes persimilis Ckll. (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 56:
200-206.
Jones, C. Eugene. 1980. The biological significance of post-pollination mechanisms. Crossosoma 6: 5-6.
Jones, C. Eugene, Larry J. Colin, Trudy
R. Ericson, R. John Little and Andrew Sanders. 1979.
Physalis lobata
Torr. (Solanaceae). Madrono 26: 101.
Jones, C. Eugene. 1978. Pollinator constancy as a pre-pollination isolation
mechanism between sympatric species of Cercidium.
Evolution 32: 189-198.
Alcock, John, C. Eugene Jones and Stephen
L. Buchmann. 1977. The nesting behavior of three species
of Centris
(Anthophoridae: Hymenoptera).
Journal Kansas Entomological Society 49: 469-474.
Alcock, John, C. Eugene Jones and Stephen
L. Buchmann. 1977. Male mating strategies in the bee, Centris
pallida Fox
(Anthophoridae: Hymenoptera).
American Naturalist 111: 145-155.
Scogin, Ron, David A. Young and C. Eugene
Jones. 1977. Anthochlor pigments and pollination
biology II. The ultraviolet floral
pattern of Coreopsis gigantea (Asteraceae).
Bulletin Torrey Botanical Club 104: 155-159.
Buchmann, Stephen L., C. Eugene Jones and
Larry J. Colin. 1977. Vibratile pollination of Solanum
douglasii and S.
xanti (Solanaceae) in
southern California. Wasmann
Journal of Biology 35: 1-25.
Alcock, John, C. Eugene Jones and Stephen
L. Buchmann. 1976. Location before emergence of the female
bee, Centris pallida,
by its male (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae).
Journal Zoology London 179: 189-199.
Jones, C. Eugene and Stephen L. Buchmann.
1974. Ultraviolet floral patterns as functional orientation cues in
hymenopterous pollination systems.
Animal Behaviour 22: 481-485.
Jones, C. Eugene and Pat Vickers
Rich. 1972. Ornithophily and extrafloral color
patterns in Columnea florida
Morton (Gesneriaceae). Southern
California Academy of Sciences Bulletin 71: 113-116.
Whitehead,
Donald R. and C. Eugene Jones.
1969. Small islands and the
equilibrium theory in insular biogeography. Evolution 23(1): 171-179.
Jones,
C. Eugene. 1967. Some evolutionary aspects of a water
stress on flowering in the tropics, Turrialba 17(2): 188-190.
PUBLICATIONS
– TECHNICAL REPORTS
Jones,
C. Eugene, Darren R. Sandquist, Youssef C. Atallah, and Amybeth Cohen. 2007. Santa Ana River Woolly Star: Report of the Biological Studies for the Preserve Management
Program, Years 1 through 10. Prepared for the San Bernardino County Flood
Control District through
subcontract with Psomas, Costa Mesa, California. 20 pages and six appendices.
Jones,
C. Eugene in association with Psomas, Costa Mesa, California. 2006. Santa Ana River Woolly Star Monitoring and Mitigation
Program: Index of 2006 Aerial
Photography for Eds Population Field Surveys. Completed in conjunction with the demographic survey
completed in 2006 for 2005.
Jones, C. Eugene, Darren R. Sandquist,
Frances M. Shropshire, Robert L. Allen, and Sean E. Walker. 2006. Weed’s Intermediate Mariposal Lily, Calochortus weedii A. W. Wood var. intermedius F. M. Ownbey: Year Two Report. Prepared for the Irvine Corporation through
a subcontract with LSA Associates, Inc., Irvine, California. 61 pages.
Jones,
C. Eugene, Frances M. Shropshire, and Robert L. Allen. 2005. The Pollination Biology of the Many-stemmed Dudleya, Dudleya
multicaulis (Rose) Moran
(Crassulaceae). Prepared for the
Irvine Corporation through a subcontract with LSA Associates, Inc., Irvine,
California. 27 pages.
Jones,
C. Eugene, Sean E. Walker, Frances M. Shropshire, Robert L. Allen, Darren R.
Sandquist, and James C. Luttrell.
2004. Newhall Ranch
Investigation of the San Fernando Valley Spineflower Chorizanthe parryi S. Watson var. fernandina (S. Watson) Jepson. Prepared for the Newhall Ranch and
Farming Company, Valencia, California through subcontract with Dudek and
Associates, Inc. Encinitas, California.
37 pages and one appendix.
Jones, C. Eugene, Darren R. Sandquist,
Frances M. Shropshire, Leo C. Song, Jr., Robert L. Allen, and Sean E. Walker. 2004. Weed’s Intermediate Mariposal Lily, Calochortus weedii A. W. Wood var. intermedius F. M. Ownbey: Part I. Effect
of Bulb Planting Orientation on Growth, Part II. Investigation of Seed
Germination Conditions and Possible Cues.
Prepared for the Irvine Corporation through a subcontract with LSA
Associates, Inc., Irvine, California.
34 pages and one appendix.
Jones,
C. Eugene, David Moskovitz, Michell L. Thomey, Jack H. Burk, and Darren
Sandquist. 2004. Santa Ana River Woolly Star. Report of Biological Studies for the
Preserve Management Program, Years 4 through 9. Prepared for the San Bernardino
County Flood Control District through
subcontract with Psomas, Costa Mesa, California. 40 pages and five appendices.
Jones,
C. Eugene, David Moskovitz, Jack H. Burk, and Darren Sandquist. 2003. Demography Studies of Eriastrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum
(Milliken) Mason (Santa Ana River Woolly Star Polemoniaceae) – 1996-2003
Report. Prepared for the San Bernardino County Flood Control District through
subcontract with Psomas, Costa Mesa, California. 18 pages.
Jones,
C. Eugene, Jack H. Burk, Darren Sandquist, Edith Read, David Moskovitz, Michell Thomey, and Heather Wendel. 2003. Santa Ana Woolly Star: Report of Biological Studies for the Preserve Management
Program, Years 4 through 8.
Prepared for the San Bernardino County Flood Control District through
subcontract with Psomas, Costa Mesa, California. 33 pages.
Jones,
C. Eugene, Robert L. Allen, Leo C. Song, Jr., Christopher M. Barnhill, Frances
M. Shropshire. 2002. Ortega Highway Corridor: Vascular Plant Inventory and Sensitive
Plant Species Survey. Final
Report, 25 June 2002.
Prepared for the State of California, Department of Transportation,
District 12, Irvine, California. 29 pages with four appendices.
Jones,
C. Eugene, Jack Burk, Frances Shropshire, Laura Taft, Youssef Atallah, Robert
Allen, and Leo Song. 2002. The Pollination Biology of the
San Fernando Valley Spineflower, Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina (S. Watson) Jepson. Final Report, 24 May 2002. Prepared for the Ahmanson Land
Company, Calabasas, California under contract with Sapphos Environmental, Inc.,
Pasadena, California. 25 pages.
Burk, Jack H., C. Eugene Jones, David
Moskovitz, Michell Thomey, and Heather Wendel. 2001.
Experimental Restoration Plots, Demography Studies, and Seed
Germination/Storage Trials: 1999-2000
Progress Report. Prepared for
Psomas. Costa Mesa, California. 13
pages.
Burk, Jack H., C. Eugene Jones, David
Moskovitz, and Michell Thomey.
1999. Experimental
Restoration Plots, Demography Studies, and Seed Germination/Storage
Trials: 1998-1999 Progress
Report. Prepared for Psomas,
Costa Mesa, California. 19 pages.
Jones, C. Eugene and Jack H. Burk. 1998. Erisatrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum : Report on 1997 Field Studies. Prepared for Psomas, Costa Mesa,
California. 14 pages.
Jones, C. Eugene and Jack H. Burk. 1997. Erisatrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum : Report on 1996 Field Studies. Prepared for Psomas, Costa Mesa,
California. 22 pages with 2
Appendices.
Jones, C. Eugene and Jack H. Burk. 1996. Eriastrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum : Report on 1995 Field Studies. Prepared for Psomas, Costa Mesa,
California. 16 pages with 5
Appendices.
Jones, C. Eugene and Jack H. Burk. 1993. Results of the Sensitive Plant Survey on The Reserve
at Hidden Valley and Adjacent BLM Land.
Prepared for Lowe Reserve Corporation, Rancho Mirage, California. 11 pages.
Burk, Jack H. and C. Eugene Jones. 1993. Final Management Plan for the Santa Ana River Woolly Star, Eriastrum
densifolium ssp. sanctorum. Prepared for The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District.
through subcontract with Prepared by the Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine,
California. 77 pages in 6 Sections
with 7 Appendices.
Burk, Jack H. and C. Eugene Jones. 1991. Botanical and Plant Ecological Resources. Additions to Final Report. In: G. Scherba,
(ed). Oasis Springs Ecological
Reserve, Final Report, Prepared
for the Inland Fisheries Division, California Department of Fish and Game, under contract to the Desert Studies
Consortium, Department of
Biological Science, California State University, Fullerton, California. 5 pages.
Burk, Jack H. and C. Eugene Jones. 1990. Botanical and Plant Ecological Resources. Final Report. In: G. Scherba, (ed). Oasis Springs
Ecological Reserve, Final Report, Prepared for the Inland Fisheries Division,
California Department of Fish and Game, under contract to the Desert Studies
Consortium, Department of Biological Science, California State University,
Fullerton, California. 15 pages.
Burk, Jack H. and C. Eugene Jones. 1990. Management Plan for the Santa Ana River Woolly Star Eriastrum
densifolium ssp. sanctorum:
Draft Report prepared for The Army Corp of Engineers under contract with
Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, California.
130 pages.
Burk, Jack H. and C. Eugene Jones. 1989. Botanical and Plant Ecological Resources. Preliminary Observations. In: G. Scherba,
ed. Oasis Springs Ecological Reserve, Interim Report, Prepared for the Inland
Fisheries Division, California Department of Fish and Game under contract with
the Desert Studies Consortium, Department of Biological Science, California
State University, Fullerton, California.
12 pages.
Burk, Jack H., C. Eugene Jones, John
Wheeler and Sandy DeSimone.
1988. The Ecology of Eriastrum
densifolium sanctorum
(Milliken) Mason: Final Report. Prepared for the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Los Angeles District, under contract with Environmental Audit, Inc., Placentia,
California. 152 pages.
Burk, Jack H. and C. Eugene Jones. 1988. Botanical Studies for Hidden Palms Ecological Reserve: Operations and Maintenance
Schedules. Developed for
California Department of Fish and Game, Dr. William C. Unkel, Coordinator,
Lands and Natural Areas Project, Non-Game Heritage Programs by California
Desert Studies Consortium, G. Scherba, editor and project manager. 6 pages.
Burk, Jack H., C. Eugene Jones, John
Wheeler and Sandy DeSimone.
1987. The ecology of Eriastrum
densifolium sanctorum
(Milliken) Mason: A preliminary
report. Prepared for U. S. Army
Corp of Engineers, Los Angeles District under contract with Bright and
Associates, Placentia, California. 119 pages.
PUBLICATIONS
- ABSTRACTS
Burk, Jack H., C. Eugene Jones, David Moskovitz and Michell Thomey. 2000. Population viability analysis and experimental habitat restoration of the Santa Ana Woolly Star. Third Rare and Endangered Plant Conference September 25-28, 2000. Flagstaff, Arizona. Abstract.
Jones,
C. Eugene and Jack H. Burk.
2000. Pollination Biology
of the Santa Ana River Woolly Star. Third Rare and Endangered Plant Conference
in September 25-28, 2000.
Flagstaff, Arizona.
Abstract.
Burk, Jack H., C. Eugene Jones, David Moskovitz
and Michell Thomey. 1999. Habitat Restoration and Demography of
the Endangered Alluvial Scrub Endemic Santa Ana Woolly Star (Eriastrum
densifolium ssp. sanctorum).
26th Annual National Areas Association Conference, October
13-16, 1999. University of
Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Abstract.
Gardiner, Gregory and C. Eugene
Jones. 1998. Southern Tarplant, Hemizonia parryi ssp. australis.
Annual Meeting of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Abstract.
Burk, Jack H. and C. Eugene Jones. 1991. The Ecology of the Santa Ana River Woolly Star: An
Endangered Component of the Alluvial Scrub Community.
Environment of Coastal Southern California Symposium, Annual Meeting of
the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 10-11 May 1991. Abstract.
Jones, C. Eugene and Mitch Cruzan. 1988. Evolution of sequential floral morphological changes in
resource limited environments. American Journal Botany 75(6) Part 2: 182. Abstract 492.
Jones, C. Eugene. 1986. Adaptive significance of post-pollination floral changes in
California deserts. Annual Meeting
of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Abstract No. 19.
Jones, C. Eugene. 1985. Ultraviolet reflectance and honeybee pollinating
behavior. A.I.B.S. Abstract.
Jones, C. Eugene. 1982. The biological function of post-pollination floral color
changes in deerweed (Lotus scoparius). Ecological
Society of America, Pacific Branch.
Abstract.
Jones, C. Eugene. 1970. A revision of the genus Cyclanthera (Cucurbitaceae) Dissertation Abstracts International
30(2).
Jones, C. Eugene. 1968. The genus Cyclanthera (Cucurbitaceae).
Indiana Academy of Science 77: 349. Abstract.
DISSERTATION
Jones,
C. Eugene. 1969. A revision of the
genus Cyclanthera
(Cucurbitaceae). Indiana
University, Ph.D. Thesis.
TELECOURSES
Burk, Jack H. and C. Eugene Jones. 1998. “Cycles of Life”
Program No. 124 Populations
and Communities. Coast
Telecourses, Fountain Valley, California.
OTHER MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION
Variation in pollinator guilds over time
in the Santa Ana River Woolly Star, Eriastrum densifolium ssp.
sanctorum (Pollemoniaceae).
A
revision of the genus Cyclanthera. Senior author.
Natural
hybridization between Cercidium microphyllum and Parkinsonia aculeata with taxonomic implications. Senior author.
Identification
of the major UV absorptive flavonoid compounds in C. floridum and C. microphyllum and their putative hybrids. Co-author.
HONORS – CSUF
Professor Emeritus of Biology, 2005
Faculty Marshal, College of Natural
Science and Mathematics, 2000
Distinguished Faculty Member, College of
Natural Science and Mathematics, 1999
Outstanding
Faculty Recognition in Scholarly and Creative Activity, 2001
Outstanding Service to Students Recognition
Award, 2000, 2002
Outstanding Service Recognition Award for
“Enhancing Learning Beyond the Classroom,” 1997 Lynne K. McVeigh Award for
Exceptional Service to Students, 1991
Faculty Achievement Award, Faculty
Academic Advisor Recognition Program,
1991 and 1993
Faculty Research and Meritorious and
Professional Promise Award (1984)
Meritorious
Performance and Professional Promise Award (1985 and 1987
HONORS - OTHER
Honored
Member – Strathmore’s Who’s Who, Edition 2001-2002
Golden
Key National Honor Society, Honorary Member, 1999
Ecology
Training Grant Fellow (Public Health Service) 1966-1969
Sigma
Xi, Kappa Delta Pi, Chi Psi Omega, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Beta Delta (International
Scholars Honorary)
Varsity
“O” (Varsity Letter for Football at Ohio University, 1964)
Who's
Who in Science and Engineering (1st, 2nd, and 3rd
Editions)
Who's
Who in Orange County (1st Edition)
Who's
Who in the West (18th, 19th, 20th, 21st,
22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th,
27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd , and 34th Editions)
Who's
Who in California (14th, 15th, 16th, 17th
and 18th Editions)
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Who in America (43rd, 44th, 45th, 46th,
47th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st,
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57th, and 58th Editions)
Who's
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American
Men and Women of Science 1995-96 and 1996-97.
SOCIETIES
American Institute of Biological Science,
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Botanical Society of
America, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, International Association for
Plant Taxonomy, Orange County Beekeepers Association, Society for the Study of
Evolution, American Society of Naturalists, Southern California Botanists,
Southern California Academy of Sciences, The Systematics Association, Society
for Economic Botany, Ecological Society of America, California Botanical
Society, Sigma Xi, Western
Apicultural Society, Kansas Entomological Society, Pacific Coast
Entomological Society.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Pollination ecology, especially in rare
and endangered species; the reproductive biology of insular plants, especially
in Hawaii; and the distribution of ultraviolet floral patterns and insular
biogeography.
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH GRANTS
Undergraduate
Mentoring in Environmental Biology (UMEB): Environmental Biology in Changing Southern California
Ecosystems. 2001-2005. ($400,000). National Science Foundation. IBN-0102614. Principal Investigator.
Transformation of the Biology Major Core Sequence at Cal State Fullerton: Active Learning in Investigative, Problem-Solving Modules. 1999-2002. ($200,000). National Science Foundation, Course, Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement Adaptation and Implementation (CCLI-A&I) Program, Proposal Number 99-50835. One of the Co-Principal Investigators. Joyce Ono, Principal Investigator.
RESEARCH GRANTS – EXTRAMURAL
The
Biological Significance of Ultraviolet Floral Patterns. N.S.F., Systematics Section
– GB-40082, 1973.
($30,000). Principal Investigator.
RESEARCH GRANTS - CSUF
Sigma Xi
Grant in Aid of Research, 1970; Four University Grants-in-Aid of Research;
Faculty Research Awards in 1985 ($3,000), 1986 ($1,500), 1987 ($2,500), 1995
($2,000); Senior Faculty Research Award in 1990 ($3,500), 1996 ($3,500), 2003
($4,000); Hughes Faculty Research Award in 1986 ($600); Undergraduate Research
Initiative Awards in 1996 ($1,000),1998 ($1,000), 1999 ($1,000); and University
Minigrant Award in 1999 ($5,000).
RESEARCH CONTRACTS
Implementation of the Santa Ana River
Woolly Star Management Plan.
For the San Bernardino County Flood Control District through subcontract
with Psomas, Costa Mesa, California. New contract for 2005-2009 ($399,998). Co-Principal Investigator with
Darren Sandquist (Principal
Investigator).
Reproductive Biology of Dudleya
multicaulis. Subcontract with LSA Associates, Inc.,
Irvine, California. 2005. ($8,000). Principal Investigator.
San Fernando Valley Spineflower, Chorizanthe
parryi var. fernandina (S. Watson) Jepson (Polygonaceae). Contract with Newhall Land and Farming
Corp., Newhall, California.
2004. ($76,583). Principal Investigator with Sean Walker
and Darren Sandquist (Co-Principal Investigators).
Calochortus Project: Bulb Orientation and Seed Germination. Subcontract with LSA Associates, Inc.,
Irvine, California.
2003-2008.
($77,512.50). Principal
Investigator with Darren Sandquist (Co-Principal Investigator).
Seed and Seedling Ecology of the San
Fernando Valley Spineflower (Chorizanthe parryi var. fernandina). Subcontract with Sapphos Environmental
Inc., Pasadena, California.
2002. ($41,501.00). Co-Principal Investigator with Darren
Sandquist (Principal Investigator) and Jack Burk (Co-Principal Investigator).
Germination Studies – Bear Poppy. Department of the Interior –
National park Service – Lake Mead Recreational Area, Las Vegas, Nevada. Cooperative Agreement No.
1443CA836001004. 2001-2006.
($2,500.00). Principal
Investigator with Leo Song (Co-Principal Investigator).
Botanical Surveys on State Route 74. Subcontract with CalTrans via a
Memorandum of Understanding (No.
16) with The California State University, Sacramento Foundation, Sacramento,
California. 2001. ($59,520.00). Principal Investigator with Jack
Burk (Co-Principal Investigator).
San Fernando Valley Spineflower, Chorizanthe
parryi var. fernandina (S. Watson) Jepson (Polygonaceae). Subcontract with Sapphos
Environmental Inc., Pasadena, California.
2001. ($64,577.10). Principal Investigator with Jack Burk
(Co-Principal Investigator).
Seven Oaks Dam Biological Study of the
Woolly Star Preservation Area. For
the San Bernardino County Flood Control District through subcontract with
Psomas, Inc., Costa Mesa, California. Fifth Year Funding – 1999-2001 ($153,817.85). Principal Investigator
with Jack Burk (Co-Principal Investigator).
Seven Oaks Dam Biological Study of the
Woolly Star Preservation Area. For
the San Bernardino County Flood Control District through subcontract with
Psomas, Inc. Forth Year Funding –
1998-99. ($18,265). Co-Principal Investigator with Jack Burk
(Principal Investigator).
Seven Oaks Dam Biological Study of the
Woolly Star Preservation Area. For
the San Bernardino County Flood Control District through subcontract with Psomas, Inc., Costa
Mesa, California. Third Year
Funding - 1997-98. ($42,975). Co-Principal Investigator with Jack
Burk (Principal Investigator).
Seven Oaks Dam Biological Study of the
Woolly Star Preservation Area. For
the San Bernardino County Flood Control District through subcontract with
Psomas, Inc., Costa Mesa, California.
Second Year Funding - 1996-97. ($48,435).
Co-Principal Investigator with Jack Burk (Principal Investigator).
Seven Oaks Dam Biological Study of the
Woolly Star Preservation Area. For
the San Bernardino County Flood Control District through subcontract with
Psomas, Inc., Costa Mesa, California.
First Year Funding - 1995-96. ($86,000).
Co-Principal Investigator with Jack Burk (Principal Investigator).
Coastal Sage Scrub Restoration
Project. For the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service through subcontract with P. & D. Consultants, Orange,
California. 1995. ($6,288). Co-Principal Investigator with Jack Burk (Principal
Investigator).
Survey of the Lowe Reserve Corporation
Property for Sensitive Plants. For
the Lowe Reserve Corporation, Rancho Mirage, California. 1993. ($12,527.76). Principal Investigator with Jack Burk
(Co-Principal Investigator).
Eriastrum densifolium
ssp. sanctorum. Preparation of a Management Plan for the Army Corp of Engineers through
subcontract with the Chambers Group, Inc., Irvine, California. 1990. ($21,668.00).
Co-Principal Investigator with Jack Burk (Principal Investigator).
Eriastrum densifolium ssp. sanctorum.
A Study of the Biology of this Rare and Endangered Species. For the Army Corp of Engineers through
subcontract with Environmental Audit, Inc., Placentia, California. 1987-1988. ($32,449.78).
Co-Principal Investigator with Jack Burk (Principal Investigator).
Botanical Survey of Hidden Palms
Ecological Reserve. For the
California Department of Fish and Game through subcontract with the California
Desert Studies Consortium, Department of Biological Science, California State
University, Fullerton, California.
1987-88. ($7,000). Co-Principal Investigator with
Jack Burk (Principal Investigator).
COURSES TAUGHT
Plant Taxonomy, Pollination Biology,
Plants and Life (Economic Botany), Survey of the Land Plants, Biosystematics,
Coevolution, General Botany, Crisis Biology, and General Biology.
REVIEWER FOR
National Science Foundation, Evolution, American
Journal of Botany, New Phytologist, Madrono, Southern California Academy of
Sciences, Crossosoma.
PERSONAL DATA
Married
(Teresa Diane) with three children, Douglas, Philip and Elizabeth, and two
grand children.
Born: December 15, 1942, Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio.
Phone: (714) 278-3548. FAX: (714) 278-3426
Email: cejones@fullerton.edu
Web
Page:
http://biology.fullerton.edu/
(click on “Faculty and Staff,” then click on web page for C. Eugene
Jones).