Curriculum vitae
Education
2019 – Master of Science, Biology (specialization in Ecology)
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
2013 – Bachelor of Arts, Sociology-Anthropology
Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
Research & Teaching Experience
Present – Research Assistant at IBBL, University of Hong Kong
2019 – Full-time Lecturer/Lab Instructor, University of Dayton
2017 – 2019 – Research/Teaching Assistant, Insect Ecology Lab, UD
2015 – 2017 – Research Technician (Insects), USDA-ARS
2014 – 2015 – Botany Intern, USDA-ARS (AmeriCorps/SCA)
Grants & Awards
2019 – Graduate Student Summer Fellowship, UD
2018 – STEM Catalyst Grant Award (co-PI), UD
2018 – Graduate Student Summer Fellowship, UD
2018 – Community Engagement Award, UD
2015 – Segal AmeriCorps Education Award
Skills
R version 3.5.1
ArcGIS 10.5.1
ERDAS Imagine 2016
Adobe Photoshop CC 2018
Adobe Illustrator CC 2019
Terrestrial insect collection, rearing, & taxonomy
Terrestrial insect preservation & display
Plant identification, propagation, & maintenance
Citizen Science
2014–15 – Everglades Invasive Reptile & Amphibian Monitoring Program
2009 – Hawai’i Island Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project
Publications
E. Jones, D. Williams, & G. S. Wheeler. Life history and host range determination Paectes n. sp. – a potential classical biological control agent of Brazilian peppertree in the United States. Biocontrol Science & Technology, 121, 119-128.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2019.1679717
Wheeler, G. S., E. Jones, K. Dyer, N. Silverton, & S. A. Wright (2018). Quarantine host range and natural history of Gadirtha fusca, a potential biological control agent of Chinese tallowtree (Triadica sebifera) in North America. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 166, 894-906. https://doi.org/10.1111/eea.12737
Wheeler, G.S., E. Jones, E. Broggi, & D. Halbritter (2018). The impact and production of the Brazilian peppertree biological control agent Pseudophilothrips ichini (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) is affected by the level of host-plant fertilization. Biological Control, 121, 119-128.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.02.014
E. Jones & G. S. Wheeler. Life history and host range of Prochoerodes onustaria, an unsuitable classical biological control agent of Brazilian peppertree (2017). Biocontrol Science & Technology, 27: 4, 565–580.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2017.1325837
E.B. Safran, J.E. O'Connor, L.L. Ely, P.K. House, G. Grant, K. Harrity, K. Croall, and E. Jones (2015). Plugs or flood-makers? The unstable landslide dams of eastern Oregon. Geomorphology, 248, 237–251.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.06.040
Professional Certifications
2019 – Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Systems (UD)