B.S. in Physics, Mathematics minor, magna cum laude with honors, from Brigham Young University in 1973, retaining the Presidential (David O. McKay) Scholarship; Ph.D. in Physics, Mathematics/Electronics minors from Vanderbilt University in 1978, retaining full Tuition Scholarship and Research Fellowship (1973-1978); Ph.D. research conducted at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (1974-1977); course work completed at Stanford University; Post-doctoral research conducted at Cornell University (CESR) and the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility; Conducted research at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 1979-1985 (Senior Engineering Specialist); Principal Investigator for experimental muon-catalyzed fusion 1982-1991 for the U.S. Department of Energy, Division of Advanced Energy Projects; Spokesman for LAMPF Experiment #727 and co-spokesman for LAMPF Experiments #963 and #1151 (1982 - 1993); Collaborator in several other experiments, including experiments at TRIUMF (Vancouver, Canada), The National High Energy Laboratory, KEK (Tsukuba, Japan), Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory (Oxford, U.K.), and Kamioka, Japan; Associate Director, Brigham Young University Center for Fusion Studies, 1989-1994 Professor of Physics (retired 2007).
Dr. Jones' peer-reviewed publications (from a list of over fifty), includes:
"Why Indeed Did the WTC Buildings Collapse?" The American Empire: Intellectuals Speak Out, David Ray Griffin and Peter Dale Scott, editors, Northhampton, MA: Interlink Publishing, 2006.