Brian Jones has been teaching at Kenyon since 1995, but in 2000 he became a part-time evening instructor to accommodate being a daytime dad to his two daughters. His research interests are applied probability, random graphs, mathematical modeling, combinatorial probability, and generating functions. Jones has worked in industry as a process development engineer, a mathematical modeler, and a statistical analyst of plastic foam processing. He endeavors to work examples from his industrial experiences into the classroom. In his spare time, Jones enjoys music, reading, baseball and softball, roller-blading, canoeing, and juggling.

Education

Ph.D. Ohio State University
M.S. Ohio State University
B.S. Ohio State University

Selected Publications

Wilks, J. C., Cleeton, S. H., Lee, G. E., Kitko, R. D., Jones, B. D., BonDurant, S. S., Slonczewski, J. L. Acid and Base Stress and Transcriptomic Response in Bacillus subtilis. Submitted to Journal of Applied and Environmental Microbiology, August 2008.

Kannan, G., Wilks, J. C., Fitzgerald, D. M., Jones, B. D., BonDurant, S. S., Slonczewski, J. L. Rapid Acid Treatment of Escherichia coli: Transcriptomic Response and Recovery. BMC Microbiology 8:37, 2008.

Hayes, E. T., Wilks, J. C., Sanfilippo, P., Yohannes, E., Tate, D. P., Jones, B. D., Radmacher, M. D., BonDurant, S. S., Slonczewski, J. L. Oxygen Limitation Modulates pH Regulation of Catabolism and Hydrogenases, Multidrug Transporters, and Envelope Composition in Escherichia coli K-12. BMC Microbiology 6:89, 2006. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/6/89

Hartlaub, B. A., Jones, B. D. (2001). Counting Eights: A First Activity in the Study and Interpretation of Probability. Statistics Teaching and Resource Library.

Jones, B. D., Pittel, B. G. and Verducci, J. S. (1999). Tree and Forest Weights and Their Application to Nonuniform Random Graphs. Annals of Applied Probability 9, No. 1, 197-215.