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Catherine Jones

Lecturer - Chemistry
School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences
Rockhampton North
Central Queensland Innovation and Research Precinct (CQIRP) - 1.20
About Me

I am Lecturer in Chemistry within the College of Science and Sustainability in the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences and a researcher within the Coastal Marine Ecosystem Research Centre. I commenced employment at CQUniversity in 2011 as a Research Officer on water chemistry and aquatic-ecosystem management projects. Since 2014, I have conducted various teaching roles across the first-year Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry and Analytical Science Units; I have been in a continuing role since 2020. My research interests include multi-variate data analysis; metal speciation and potential bioavailability; water and sediment quality of Great Barrier Reef catchments; and more broadly, the application of analytical chemistry techniques during environmental monitoring and management. Recent and currently funded projects include: 'Analysis of 10 years of Fitzroy Basin Water Monitoring Data', 'South Trees Inlet: Fish Health and Mud Crab Assessment Options' and 'Science coordination, data investigation and technical support for waterway health reporting with Fitzroy Partnership for River Health'.


General
Previous teaching

  • Analytical Science
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Fundamentals of Chemistry
  • Chemistry for Life Sciences
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemical Investigation and Theory

Professional Experience

Feb 2020 - Present: Lecturer - Chemistry, College of Science and Sustainability, School of Health Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, Rockhampton

2019 - 2020: Senior Research Officer, Coastal Marine Ecosystem Research Centre, School of Health Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, Rockhampton

2018 (Fixed Term): Lecturer, Chemical Sciences, School of Health Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, Rockhampton

2014 - 2017, 2019: Casual Academic, Chemical Sciences, School of Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, Rockhampton

2013 - 2016, 2017-2021: Part-time PhD Candidate, Chemical Sciences, School of Medical and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, Rockhampton

2013- 2014: Contractor, Water Quality, Department of Natural Resources and Mines, Rockhampton

2011 - 2013: Research Officer, Water Quality, Centre of Environmental Management,Central Queensland University, Rockhampton

2007 - 2010: Research Assistant, High Performance Liquid Chromatography, International Health Division, Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin

2006 - 2007: Instrument Chemist, Flow Injection Analysis, MGT Environmental, Melbourne

Professional Memberships

  • Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Royal Australian Chemical Institute
  • Central Queensland Mining Rehabilitation Group

Professional Interests

Research Interests:

  • Instrumental Analysis
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Metal Speciation and Potential Bioavailability
  • Water and Sediment Quality Monitoring and Analysis
  • Mining Impacts and Remediation
  • Water Management
  • Multivariate Data Analysis

Key Achievements

Journal Articles:

  • Jones CE, Vicente-Beckett V, Chapman J and Cozzolino D (2022, accepted) Partial Least Squares Regression models to predict contaminant concentrations during high or low flow of coal mine-affected rivers. River Research Applications
  • Tupiti W, Jones CE, Chandra SS (2021) Guilty by association: Assessment of environmental loadings on arsenic distribution in two Pacific Island rivers. Science of the Total Environment 796: 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148969
  • Jones CE, Vicente-Beckett V and Chapman J (2019) Coal mine-affected water releases, turbidity and metal concentrations in the Fitzroy River Basin, Queensland, Australia. Environmental Earth Sciences 78(24): 706. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12665-019-8734-x
  • Flint N, Rolfe J, Jones CE, Sellens C, Johnston ND, Ukkola, L (2017) An Ecosystem Health Index for a large and variable river basin: Methodology, challenges and continuous improvement in Queensland’s Fitzroy Basin. Ecological Indicators 73: 626-636. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.10.007
  • Davis JS, Darcy CJ, Yeo TW, Jones C, McNeil YR, et al. (2011) Asymmetric Dimethylarginine, Endothelial Nitric Oxide Bioavailability and Mortality in Sepsis. PLoS ONE 6(2): e17260. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017260
  • Yeo TW, Lampah DA, Tjitra E, Gitawati R, Darcy CJ, Jones C, Kenangalem E, McNeil YR, Granger DL, Lopansri BK, Weinberg JB, Price RN, Duffull SB, Celermajer DS, Anstey NM (2010) Increased Asymmetric Dimethylarginine in Severe Falciparum Malaria: Association with Impaired Nitric Oxide Bioavailability and Fatal Outcome. PLoS Pathog 6(4): e1000868. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000868
  • Jones CE, Darcy CJ, Woodberry T, Anstey NM, McNeil YR (2010) HPLC analysis of asymmetric dimethylarginine, symmetric dimethylarginine, homoarginine and arginine in small plasma volumes using a Gemini-NX column at high pH. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 878(1):8-12. doi:10.1016/j.jchromb.2009.10.035

Conference Presentations:

  • Johnson JB, Mani JS, Benveniste TC, Jones CE, Naiker M (2021) Attitude and achievement in first-year students studying chemistry at Central Queensland University. Australia Scholarship of Tertiary Teaching Online Conference, 12-13 Octover 2021, online presentation https://lts.cqu.edu.au/conf/proceedings
  • Jones, CE, Vicente‐Beckett, V, Cozzolino D, Chapman J (2018) Exploring coal mine‐affected water chemistry data of the Fitzroy River Basin, Queensland Australia. RACI R&D Topics Conference in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry, Canberra, 2‐5 Dec 2018, Canberra, Oral Paper, Handbook p14, R&D Topics, Canberra, ACT
  • Jones, CE and Vicente-Beckett, V (2017) Particle size distribution and metal content of suspended particulate matter in river and coal mine-affected water from the Fitzroy River Basin, Central QLD, Australia. SETAC Australasia Conference, 4-6 September 2017, Gold Coast, Oral Paper, Handbook, p71, SETAC-AU, Gold Coast.
  • Jones, CE, Vicente-Beckett, V, Chapman J, Bennett, W, (2016). Copper distribution in a river system that receives coal mine-affected water releases in the Fitzroy River Basin, Central QLD. SETAC Australasia Conference, 4-7 October 2016, Hobart, Tasmania. Poster Paper 18, Handbook, p147, SETAC-AU, Hobart.
  • Jones, CE and Vicente-Beckett, V (2016). A laboratory simulation of the mixing of coal mine-affected water with Fitzroy Basin river water. SETAC Australasia Conference, 4-7 October 2016, Hobart, Tasmania. Poster Paper 17, Handbook, p156, SETAC-AU, Hobart.
  • Jones, C, Vicente-Beckett, V, Chapman, J (2014) Heavy metal composition of turbid river waters associated with coal mine-affected water releases in the Fitzroy River Basin (Central Queensland). 9th SETAC Asia/Pacific Conference, 14-17 September 2014, Adelaide, South Australia. Oral Paper, Handbook, p15, SETAC- Asia/Pacific, Adelaide.
  • Jones, C and Jones M-A (2013) Architecture [of the first Fitzroy Partnership for River Health report card]. 16th International River Symposium, 23-26 September 2013. Oral Presentation. Brisbane, QLD

Research Reports:

  • Flint N, Jones CE, Anastasi A, Capper A, Jackson E (2021) Metal and metalloid concentrations in tissues of portunid crabs from the Port of Gladstone. Coastal Marine Ecosystems Research Centre, CQUniversity Australia, Rockhampton, 121 pages.
  • Jones C, Flint N, Irving A, Anastasi A, Jackson E (2021) Metal bioaccumulation in tissues of fish from the Port of Gladstone. Coastal Marine Ecosystems Research Centre, CQUniversity Australia, Rockhampton, 97 pages.
  • Trotter, T, Thomson, M, Jones, CE, & Kennedy, T (2020) Pacific Hydro Haughton Solar Farm Land Management Proposal. CQUniversity, Rockhampton.
  • Flint N, Jones C, Rolfe, J (2020) Program Design for a Lower Fitzroy Water Quality Monitoring Program, prepared by CQUniversity and the Fitzroy Basin Association for SunWater. CQUniversity, Rockhampton.
  • Jones, C, Flint, N, Rolfe, J, Sellens, C and Fabbro, L (2013) Technical review for the development of an Ecosystem Health Index and Report Card for the Fitzroy Partnership for River Health Part B: Methodology and data analysis to support an ecosystem health index and report card for the Fitzroy basin freshwater (catchment). Centre for Environmental Management, CQUniversity, Rockhampton.
  • Flint, N, Rolfe, J, Jones, C, Sellens, C, Rose A and Fabbro, L (2012) Technical review for the development of an Ecosystem Health Index and Report Card for the Fitzroy Partnership for River Health Part A: Review of ecosystem health indicators for the Fitzroy Basin, Centre for Environmental Management. CQUniversity, Rockhampton.

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