William M. Jones III

Laboratory and Research Practitioner IV

Email: [[wmjones]]
Phone: (804) 684-7845 or 684-7873
Office: Byrd Hall, 314 or Genetics Lab CBH, 119
Department: Environmental & Aquatic Animal Health

Education

• B.S. in Biology, College of William & Mary
• M.S. in Marine Biology, College of William & Mary/VIMS

Duties/Specialties

Biotoxicity assays with Pfiesteria sp. using mice, fishes, and other organisms; culturing the dinospores, concentrating the cysts, screening cultures and environmental samples with genetic protocols, i.e. PCR, light cycler, cloning and sequencing the DNA isolates, and many other aspects of the Pfiesteria project.

Masters thesis

"Physical Parameters Affecting Incubating Temperatures in Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Caretta caretta, in Virginia"

Hobbies/Interests

Reptile and Amphibians, threatened and endangered species from unique environments around the world, especially the islands of the Indian Ocean.

Supervisors