Jesse Jones

PharmD, PhD

Assistant Professor

BMS

Office: 254 • Leonard Hall • Pocatello Campus

(208) 282-1427

jessejones@isu.edu

Biological Chemistry • Biomedical Engineering • Pharmaceutical Sciences • Protein Biochemistry • Synthetic Biology

Dr. Jones earned a B.S. degree from Boise State University (Boise, ID), a Pharm.D. from Idaho State University (Meridian, ID), and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis, TN). He completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at University of Michigan School of Medicine (Ann Arbor, MI) in Biomedical Engineering and Biological Chemistry.

Dr. Jones’ research program focuses on the development of targeted therapeutics and includes an interdisciplinary approach spanning biological chemistry, drug discovery, molecular pharmaceutics, and synthetic biology. Dr. Jones employs a multi-faceted approach, using classical drug discovery methods to characterize and validate specific enzymes, such as bacterial topoisomerase I, as well as structural proteins, such as herpes virus capsid proteins, to develop targeted, narrow-spectrum antimicrobial therapeutics. Dr. Jones also employs advanced synthetic biology methods including the discovery, characterization, and advanced engineering of protein nanocompartments, such as bacterial encapsulins and viral capsids, to develop targeted drug, nanoreactor, and living therapeutic delivery platforms.