Education

BA Psychology and Mathematics, Washington University in St Louis, 2001

Thesis- A Computational Model of Anterior Cingulate Function in Speeded Response

Tasks: Effects of Frequency Sequence and Conflict

MS / PhD Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley, Currently enrolled since 2004

Masters Thesis- Biofuel Boundaries: Estimating the Medium Term Supply Potential of

Fuel Ethanol

Research Interests

My current research is related to the environmental and social aspects of biofuels, particularly market-mediated or “indirect” effects on land use and food security that result from growing crop-based biofuels. I am interested in methodological issues for understanding these effects as well as practical policies for minimizing undesired outcomes and promoting cleaner, more sustainable biofuels. I use a variety of tools and methods including economic modeling, life-cycle assessment, and stochastic analysis.

Awards

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2001

Member Phi Beta Kappa honorary society, 2001

Environmental Protection Agency STAR Graduate Research Fellowship, 2006

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Farrell AE, Plevin RJ, Turner BT, Jones AD, O'Hare M, Kammen DM. 2006. Biofuels Can Contribute to Energy and Environmental Goals. Science 311. link

Daniel M. Kammen, Alexander E. Farrell, Richard J. Plevin, Andrew D. Jones, Gregory F.

Nemet, and Mark A. Delucchi. Energy and Greenhouse Impacts of Biofuels: A

Framework for Analysis. OECD Research Roundtable – Energy & Greenhouse Gas

Impacts of Biofuels, Sep 2007. link

Jones AD, Cho RY, Nystrom LE, Cohen JD, Braver TS. 2002. A computational model of anterior cingulate function in speeded response tasks: Effects of frequency, sequence, and conflict. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience 2: 300-17

Cho RY, Nystrom LE, Brown ET, Jones AD, Braver TS, et al. 2002. Mechanisms underlying dependencies of performance on stimulus history in a two-alternative forced-choice task. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience 2: 283-9

Other Publications

Jones AD, O’Hare M, Farrell AD. Biofuel Boundaries: Estimating the Near-Term Supply

Potential of Domestic Biofuels. UC Berkeley Transportation Sustainability Research

Center. Paper UCB-ITS-TSRC-RR-2007-4. link

Farrell AE, Sperling D, et al. A Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for California, Part 1: Technical

Analysis. Regents of the University of California, May 29, 2007. link

Farrell AE, Sperling D, et al. A Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for California, Part 2: Policy

Analysis. Regents of the University of California, August 1, 2007. link

Plevin, R. J. and Jones, A. D. Organic Ethanol. Renewable and Appropriate Energy

Lab Working Paper, 2005. link

Teaching Experience

Tutored calculus, linear algebra, and statistics with individuals and groups, 1998-2003

Graduate Student Instructor for ER102/202 – “Quantitative Aspects of Global Environmental

Problems”, Instructor: John Harte, Spring 2008