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Akhenaton-Andrew Dhafir Jones

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Box 90287, Durham, NC 27708-0287
534 Research Dr., Wilkinson 215, Durham, NC 27708

Selected Presentations & Appearances


Defending the Colony: Mathematical and Experimental Tools for Studying Pseudomonas aeruginosa · April 29, 2024 Invited Talk Dartmouth University, Hanover, NH
Defending the Colony: Mathematical and Experimental Tools for Studying Pseudomonas aeruginosa · March 14, 2024 Invited Talk Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA
Defending the Colony: Mathematical and Experimental Tools for Studying Pseudomonas aeruginosa · November 2, 2023 Invited Talk Montana State University, Virtual
Defending the Colony: Mathematical and Experimental Tools for Studying Pseudomonas aeruginosa · October 10, 2023 Invited Talk Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Surface Energy and Viscoelastic Characteristics of Staphylococcus epidermidis and Cutibacterium acnes Biofilm on Commercial Skin Constructs versus agar - Physics Seminar · March 20, 2023 Invited Talk University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
Bacteria Transport: Biofilm structure and metabolic response to stress · October 3, 2022 Invited Talk North Carolina A&T State University,
Old hat, new hat: novel and not so novel reactions of bacteria to nanomaterials · April 8, 2022 Invited Talk George Mason University, Virtual
Old hat, new hat: novel and not so novel reactions of bacteria to nanomaterials · March 17, 2022 Invited Talk Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Old hat, new hat: novel and not so novel reactions of bacteria to nanomaterials - Integrated Toxicology and Environmental Health Seminar · March 3, 2022 Invited Talk Duke University, Durham, NC
Systems for Engaging the Environment Lab - 2021 Summit Disaster Research Response and Public Health Emergencies: Creating an Environment for Resilience in North Carolina · November 3, 2021 Invited Talk
Bacteria Transport: Biofilm structure and metabolic response to stress - WEST Talks/IC-IMACTS virtual Seminar Series · September 23, 2021 Invited Talk University of British Columbia and McGill University , Virtual
Bacteria Transport: Biofilm structure and metabolic response to stress · December 21, 2020 Invited Talk Duke University, Durham, NC
We Stress Bacteria Out: Dynamic Responses of Bacteria under Fluid, Nanoparticle, and Antibiotic Stress - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department Seminar · March 2019 Invited Talk The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
We Stress Bacteria Out: Dynamic Responses of Bacteria under Fluid, Nanoparticle, and Antibiotic Stress - Samuel Ginn College of Engineering Auburn University Promoting Emerging Engineering Research Scholars (PEERS) Seminar · March 2019 Invited Talk Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
We Stress Bacteria Out: Dynamic Responses of Bacteria under Fluid, Nanoparticle, and Antibiotic Stress - Chemical Engineering Department Seminar · February 2019 Invited Talk Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Shear stress mediates metabolism and growth in electroactive biofilms - Montana Biofilm Meeting · July 2018 Invited Talk Montana State University Center for Biofilm Engineering, Bozeman, MT
Metabolism and growth enhancement in electroactive biofilms using shear stress - Chemical Engineering Department Seminar · April 2018 Invited Talk Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Can A Water Smart Grid Help Society Achieve The Sustainable Development Goal Of Water As A Human Right? - Bouvé College of Health Sciences · February 2018 Invited Talk Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Metabolism and growth enhancement in electroactive biofilms using shear stress - Engineering Department · February 2018 Invited Talk University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
Metabolism and growth enhancement in electroactive biofilms using shear stress - Electrical and Computer Engineering Department · January 2018 Invited Talk Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA

Service to the Profession


Scientific Judge - Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Student · November 15, 2024 Event/Organization Administration Pittsburgh, PA
Poster Session Co-Chair - AEESP 2025 · October 2024 - May 2025 Committee Service Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, Durham, NC
Editorial Board Member · August 2024 Editorial Activities Biofilm,
Participant - Faculty Success Program · 2021 Professional Development National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD),
Panelist · September 2019 Committee Service National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Editorial Board Member · September 2019 Editorial Activities Scientific Reports,
Scientific Judge - Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Student · November 13, 2015 Event/Organization Administration Seattle, WA

Service to Duke


Task Force for Undergraduate Advising (School) · September 2024 - December 2024 Committee Service
REIB Faculty Search Committee (Department) · 2022 - 2023 Committee Service Civil & Environmental Engineering,
DST Launch SEED Grant Program (University) · 2022 Committee Service Office of Research & Innovation,
Nominating Committee Member, Dean’s Graduate Fellowship (School) · 2022 - 2023 Committee Service The Graduate School ,