Maitland Jones Jr.

Maitland Jones Jr.
Born	(1937-11-23) November 23, 1937
Other names	Prof. Jones, Jonesie, MJ
Occupation(s)	Chemist, Professor, Mentor
Website	Maitland Jones' Website

Maitland Jones Jr. (born November 23, 1937) is an American experimental chemist, based primarily at New York University. He received tenure in 1973.

Jones' field of expertise is reactive intermediates, with particular emphasis on carbenes. He has published extensively in the field of quantum organic chemistry, particularly focusing on the mechanism of quantum molecular reactions. His interest areas include carbenes, carboranes, and heterocycles. Over the course of almost forty years, he and his research group have published 225 papers, averaging some five papers per year or one paper per active group member per year. Jones is also the author of Organic Chemistry texts. He is credited with the naming of bullvalene, which is named after William "Bull" Doering, whom Jones was studying under during his time as a graduate student at Yale University.

As of fall 2007, Jones teaches Organic Chemistry at New York University.

Textbooks

• Organic Chemistry, Jones, M. Jr., W. W. Norton, New York, 1997
• Instructor's Manual and Supplementary Problems Set for Organic Chemistry, Jones, M. Jr., Ovaska, T. W. W. Norton, New York, 1997.
• Study Guide for Organic Chemistry, Jones, M. Jr.; Gingrich, H. L. W. W. Norton, New York, 1997
• Study Guide for Organic Chemistry, Third Edition, Jones, M. Jr.; Gingrich, H. L. W. W. Norton, New York, 2004
• How to Survive and Thrive in Organic Chemistry for Dummies". Second Edition, Jones, M. Jr.; Gingrich, H. L. W. W. Norton, New York, 2004

Research articles

• Maitland Jones Jr., et al.

Academic experience

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University (1963)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1963–1964)
• Instructor in Chemistry, Princeton University (1964–1966)
• Assistant Professor, Princeton University (1966–1970)
• Visiting Assistant Professor, Columbia University (1969–1970)
• Associate Professor, Princeton University (1970–1973)
• Professor, Princeton University (1973–2007)
• Visiting Professor, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (1973–1974, 1978)
• David B. Jones Professor of Chemistry, Princeton University (1983–2007)
• Visiting Professor, Harvard University (1986)
• Visiting Professor, Kiev Polytechnic Institute (1990)
• Visiting Professor, Fudan University (1994)
• Professor, New York University (2007–present)

Education

• B.S., Yale College, New Haven, Connecticut, 1959
• M.S., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1960
• Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1963

Awards and honors

• David B. Jones Professor of Chemistry (Princeton University)

External links

• "Jones Alley"