Dr David Jones

Environmental geochemist with more than 35 years of experience
Assessment and management of water quality issues across the energy (coal and coal seam gas) and gold and base metal mining sectors
Held senior positions in research, industry, and government
Broad perspective on controversial environmental issues

1976: Bachelor of Science Honours (Class 1) James Cook University, 1976 - Subject Area: Inorganic Chemistry
1982: PhD Chemistry - James Cook University Subject Area: Bio-inorganic Chemistry

DR Jones Environmental Excellence (January 2013 - present)
Director of Environmental Research Institute of the Supervising Scientist (June 2005 - November 2012)
Earth Water Life Sciences Pty Ltd (October 1997 - June 2005) – Manager Earth and Water Group
CSIRO (March 1981 - October 1997) - Senior Principal Research Scientist and Manager Water Management Group in Division of Coal and Energy Technology

Over 180 publications in books, consultancy reports, refereed scientific literature

NTG - Rum Jungle Technical working group
International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP) Technical Steering Committee for GARD guide
Organising committees for the 2nd, 4th, and 6th to 9th (2017) Australian Workshops on Acid Mine Drainage
Technical committees for 2009, 2012 and 2017 International Mine Water Association Conferences
2011 RACI/SETAC Ecotoxicology Conference
International Technical committee for the 10th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Santiago April 2015
Kakadu Research Advisory Committee (2009 - 2012)
Independent Scientist (2013 - 2016) on the Australian Government Department of Environment steering committee for the national risk assessment of chemicals used in extraction of coal seam gas