Positions

Overview

  • My main focuses of research are: 1) ribotyping Escherichia coli to identify sources of fecal contamination in surface waters; 2) microbial cycling of mercury in estuarine and marine environments; 3) monitoring for toxic chemicals in the marine environment; 4) stormwater-related pollution of estuarine waters. I have many different projects that make up my research program, the majority of which are related to these 4 topic areas.
  • Principal Investigator On

  • NERACOOS: A responsive ocean observing system for the changing Northeast region  awarded by NERACOOS 2021 - 2026
  • Optimizing Aquaponic Production Using and Integrated Systems Approach  awarded by US DA, Department of Agriculture 2018 - 2023
  • Tracking Bacterial Contamination in the Lamprey River Watershed 2022  awarded by Lamprey River Advisory Committees 2022
  • Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Defining a Strategic Role for Sea Grant  awarded by University of Connecticut 2021 - 2022
  • Tracking Bacterial Contamination in the Lamprey River Watershed  awarded by Lamprey River Advisory Committees 2021
  • Assessing Ocean Acidification as a Driver for Enhanced Metals uptake by Mussels (Mytilus edulis): Im  awarded by NERACOOS 2021
  • Lamprey River Water Quality Monitoring Program for the Town of Newmarket  awarded by Town of Newmarket 2019 - 2021
  • 2018 - 19 DES Shellfish Vibrio Analysis  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2018 - 2019
  • Oyster Culture and Harvest Practices to Reduce Pathogenic Vibrio Parahaemolyticus Concentrations in the Northeast US  awarded by Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference 2018 - 2019
  • Pease Wastewater Treatment Facility Antidegradation Study  awarded by Underwood Engineers Inc 2018 - 2019
  • Cocheco River Water Quality Monitoring  awarded by Rochester, NH (City of) 2018 - 2019
  • Bellamy River Sonde Deployment-2017  awarded by City of Dover 2017 - 2019
  • Microbial Source Tracking in Maine Beaches  awarded by Maine Department of Environmental Protection 2018 - 2019
  • Cocheco River Sonde Deployment-2017  awarded by Rochester, NH (City of) 2017 - 2018
  • 2017 NH Shellfish Vibrio Analysis  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2017
  • 2016 Annual Datasonde Deployment in the Cocheco River  awarded by City of Dover 2016 - 2017
  • 2016 NHDES Shellfish Vibrio Studies  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2016
  • 2015 UNH Monitoring to Support the NCCA in 2015  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2015 - 2016
  • Impact of the Dover NH Wastwater Treatment Facility on Water Quality in the Great Bay Estuary and Sonde Deployment in the Cocheco River  awarded by City of Dover 2015
  • 2015 NHDES Shellfish Program Vibrio Analysis  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2015
  • Bacteria and Weather Based Beach Modeling for York Maine  awarded by Town of York ME 2014 - 2015
  • Dissolved Oxygen Study in NH Tidal Rivers  awarded by City of Dover 2014 - 2015
  • Vibrio Parahaemolyticus Testing of Little Bay Oysters  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2014
  • Piscataqua River-Portsmouth Harbor Water Transparency Field Study  awarded by City of Dover 2013
  • Piloting Citizen Volunteer Participation in Monitoring Stormwater Discharges in NH Seacoast Municipalities  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2011 - 2012
  • Ecoli Ribotyping and Water Quality Monitoring for the Colchester VT IWRMP  awarded by Forcier Aldrich & Assoc 2009 - 2012
  • Coordination of 2011-2012 Gulfwatch Project  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 2011 - 2012
  • Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients in the Squamscott River  awarded by Portsmouth, NH (City of) 2011
  • UNH Monitoring Activities that Support the National Coastal Condition Assessment in 2010  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2010 - 2011
  • Gulfwatch Program  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 2010 - 2011
  • Monitoring to Support the NH National Coastal Assessment Program  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2009 - 2010
  • Management of the Gulfwatch Mussel Monitoring Program  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 2009 - 2010
  • 2008 NH National Coastal Assessment Monitoring Program - NHEP  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2008 - 2009
  • Management of the Gulfwatch Toxic Contaminant Monitoring Program  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 2007 - 2009
  • Management of the 2008 GOMC Gulfwatch Program  awarded by Canadian Delegates to Gulf of ME 2008 - 2009
  • New Hampshire National Coastal Assessment 2006  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2006 - 2007
  • Management of the Gulf of Maine Gulfwatch Program  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 2006 - 2007
  • Beach Program Total Maximum Daily Load Microbial Source Tracking Project  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2006 - 2007
  • Pollution Source Identification Study of Berry's Brook  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2006
  • 2005 New Hampshire National Coastal Assessment  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2005 - 2006
  • New Hampshire National Coastal Assessment (2004), Estuarine Survey of Coastal NH  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2004 - 2006
  • Pollution Tracking in Bellamy River  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2006
  • Gulfwatch Mussel Monitoring Project  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 2005 - 2006
  • Beach Program Total Maximum Daily Load Microbial Source Tracking Project  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2005 - 2006
  • Management Non Human Sources Bacteria Hampton Harbor  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2004 - 2005
  • Gulfwatch Mussel Monitoring  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 2004 - 2005
  • E Coli Ribotyping in Cains Brook, NH  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2004 - 2005
  • Characterization & Recommended Monitoring Hodgson Brook  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2002 - 2004
  • Ribotyping E Coli NH Shellfish Program  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 2003 - 2004
  • Gulfwatch Monitoring Program  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 2003 - 2004
  • 2003 National Coastal Assessment Estuarine Survey  awarded by State of New Hampshire Miscellaneous Sponsor 2002 - 2004
  • Stormwater Technology Verification  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2001 - 2004
  • Identify Bacterial Sources Public Beaches Microbial Source  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2003 - 2004
  • 2001-2002 Gulfwatch Project  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 2002 - 2003
  • Ribotyping Capacity Building For Microbial Source Tracking  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2002 - 2003
  • Ribotyping of E. Coli to ID Fecal Contamination in Maine  awarded by Maine Department of Environmental Protection 2002 - 2003
  • 2002 NH National Coastal Assessment  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2001 - 2003
  • Microbial Source Tracking in Little Harbor & Atlantic Coast  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2001 - 2003
  • Coastal 2001 Estuarine Survey of NH  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2000 - 2002
  • Ribotyping for Tracking Sources of Bacteria in NH Waters  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 2000 - 2002
  • Coastal 2000 Estuarine Survey of NH  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 1999 - 2001
  • Gulfwatch Monitoring Program  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 1999 - 2001
  • Microbial Source Tracking in Vermont Using Ribotyping  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1999 - 2001
  • NH Estuaries Project  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1998 - 2001
  • Ribotyping E Coli Isolates from Estuarine Waters  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 1998 - 2001
  • Great Bay NERR Monitoring Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 1999 - 2000
  • Urban Rivers: Storm Contaminat Ion  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1999 - 2000
  • Little Harbor/Back Channel Sanitary Survey Analyses  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 1998 - 2000
  • Strategy for Identifying Urban Contamination Sources  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1998 - 2000
  • Mercury Cycling in New England Estuaries  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 1996 - 2000
  • Bacterial Phase Partitioning in Stormwater  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1998 - 1999
  • Great Bay NERR Monitoring Program  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 1998 - 1999
  • NH Estuaries Project  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1998 - 1999
  • Urban Stormwater Contamination of New Hampshire Tidal Rivers  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1997 - 1999
  • A Monitoring Program for the Great Bay NERR  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 1997 - 1998
  • Continue Gulfwatch Monitoring Program  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 1997 - 1998
  • Public Health Significance of Stormwater Microorganisms  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 1996 - 1998
  • Stormwater Contamination of Coastal Surface Waters  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1996 - 1998
  • Dryweather Bacterial Levels in Stormwater Systems  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1996 - 1997
  • Fieldwork Support for Gulfwatch  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 1996 - 1997
  • Five-Year Analysis of Gulfwatch  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 1996 - 1997
  • Continuation of Gomene Gulfwater Monitoring Program  awarded by Gulf of Maine Council 1995 - 1997
  • Septic Tank Disconnection Impacts on Coastal Water Quality  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1995 - 1997
  • Monitoring Plan for Great Bay Estuarine Research Reserve  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 1993 - 1997
  • Assessment of Nonpoint Source Pollution in GBE Tributaries  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1995 - 1996
  • IRC Company Match  awarded by Great Bay Aquafarms, Inc. 1995 - 1996
  • Assessment of Clam Resources & Sanitary Quality of Waters  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1994 - 1996
  • Effectiveness of Storm Water Control Measures  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1994 - 1996
  • Septic System Design & Effects on Coastal Habitat & Water  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1994 - 1996
  • Assessing Pollution Impacts on Coastal Watersheds  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1993 - 1995
  • Assessment of Nonpoint Source Pollution in Great Bay Estuary  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1993 - 1995
  • Bacteria and Nutrients from Subsurface Disposal Systems  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1993 - 1995
  • Pollution Sources & Environment Factors Affecting Water  awarded by NH Department of Health & Human Services 1993 - 1995
  • Mitigation of Contaminated Water Using Constructed Wetlands  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1993 - 1994
  • Contaminated Sediment Database for Gulf of Maine  awarded by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1992 - 1994
  • Influence of Nonpoint Source Pollution on Estuarine Bacteria  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 1992 - 1994
  • Land Use and Nonpoint Source Pollution in Coastal Watersheds  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1992 - 1994
  • Monitoring Plan for the Great Bay Estuary  awarded by NH Department of Fish & Game 1991 - 1994
  • Agricultural Contamination of Estuarine Water  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1992 - 1993
  • Nonpoint Source Pollution in Oyster River Watershed  awarded by NH Office of the Governor, Office of Energy & Pla 1992 - 1993
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  • Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Defining a Strategic Role for Sea Grant  awarded by University of Connecticut 2021 - 2022
  • Assessing Microbial Safety Issues Associated with Emerging Shellfish Aquaculture Practices to Increase Productivity in the Northeast US  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2018 - 2022
  • 2020-2021 Data Collection in the Great Bay Estuary  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2020 - 2021
  • 2014-2017 NH Sea Grant Omnibus  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2014 - 2019
  • Vibrio Detection With Phage  awarded by Cornell University 2017 - 2019
  • Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership - Year 20 Workplan (2015)  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2015 - 2017
  • PREP Year 19  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2014 - 2017
  • Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership's  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2012 - 2016
  • Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership Year 15 Workplan to Implement the Management Plan for the Region's Estuaries in 2011  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2010 - 2016
  • Sustaining Coastal Systems: Linking Science and Decision-Making to Reduce Pollution-Related Impairment  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2013 - 2016
  • PREP Year 18  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2013 - 2015
  • Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership Year 16 Workplan to Implement the Management Plan for the Region's Estuaries in 2012  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2011 - 2014
  • Piscataqua Region Estuaries Partnership Year 14 Work Plan to Implement the Management Plan for the Region's Estuaries in 2010  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2009 - 2012
  • 2006-08 Sea Grant Program  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2006 - 2012
  • New Hampshire Estuaries Project Year 13 Work Plan to Implement the Management Plan for NH's Estuaries in 2009  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2008 - 2011
  • New Hampshire Estuaries Project Year 12 Work Plan to Implement the Management Plan for NH's Estuaries in 2008  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2007 - 2011
  • Work Plan of New Hampshire Estuaries Project  awarded by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 2005 - 2008
  • UNH Monitoring Activities that Support the National Coastal Assessment in 2007  awarded by NH Department of Environmental Services 2007 - 2008
  • CICEET 2001-2003  awarded by US DOC, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2001 - 2004
  • Teaching Activities

  • Senior Honors Thesis Taught course 2022
  • Senior Honors Thesis Taught course 2021
  • Doctoral Thesis Taught course 2019
  • Doctoral Thesis Taught course 2019
  • Doctoral Thesis Taught course 2018
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2018
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2017
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2017
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2017
  • Environmental Eng Microbiology Taught course 2017
  • Environmental Eng Microbiology Taught course 2017
  • Environmental Eng Microbiology Taught course 2017
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2016
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2016
  • Environmental Eng Microbiology Taught course 2016
  • Environmental Eng Microbiology Taught course 2016
  • Environmental Eng Microbiology Taught course 2016
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2015
  • Investigations Taught course 2015
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2015
  • Environmental Eng Microbiology Taught course 2015
  • Environmental Eng Microbiology Taught course 2015
  • Environmental Eng Microbiology Taught course 2015
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2014
  • Investigations Taught course 2014
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.S. Soil Science, University of Maine
  • M.S. Soil Science, University of Wisconsin
  • Ph.D. Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin
  • Full Name

  • Stephen Jones