Rice University, 1966, B.A., Chemistry, Houston, Texas
University of Houston, 1992, Ph.D., (Analytical Chemistry), Houston, Texas,

Experience:

• 1966-1971, Houston Independent School District, Houston, TX. Teacher, High School Mathematics.
• 1971-1981, Community of Celebration and Post Green Community (U.K.). Musician, Teacher, Administrator.
• 1981-1986, Spring Branch Independent School District, Houston, TX. Secondary Mathematics and Chemistry Teacher.
• 1986- 1993, Vestec Corporation, Houston, TX. Analytical Chemist (1986 - 1990), Research Chemist (1991 - 1993), Quality Control Manager (1992 -1993),.Customer Service Manager (1992-1993).
• 1993- Present, USFDA/National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR. (GS-13) Research Chemist.

Honors:

• National Merit Scholar, Rice University, 1962-1966.
• FDA Award of Merit, "Fumonisin B1 Purification and Analytical Characterization Group," May 8, 1995. Signed by Dr. David Kessler, M.D., FDA Commissioner.
• Sigma Xi Honorary Science Society, invited membership. Inducted May 3, 1996.
• FDA Commendable Service Award, 1997.
• FLC Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, April 21, 1999.
• FDA Award of Merit, June 11, 1999. Signed by Dr. Jane E. Henney, FDA Commissioner

Current Primary Research Interests: Analytical instrument and system development

• Chromatographic/mass spectrometric interfaces.
• Pending US and International Patent: a food quality colorimetric indicator, FreshTagÔ
• Pending US and International Patent: a method, SDAR (Spectral Data Activity Relationships), in which patterns in analytical spectra are used to predict the biological, chemical, and physical properties of chemicals.
• Disclosure of a patentable method for standardizing bacterial pyrolysis MS spectra with respect to instrumental drift and sample processing variables so that assembly and consultation of a spectral data base for rapid taxonomy at the strain level is possible and practical.

Most Recent Publications (from a total of 43):

• J. G. Wilkes and J. B. Sutherland, "Sample Preparation and High Resolution Separation of Mycotoxins Possessing Carboxyl Groups" Invited Review in Journal of Chromatography B, 1998, 717, 135-156.

• Jon G. Wilkes, Manuel Holcomb, Fatemeh Rafii, Simon Letarte, Michel J. Bertrand, and Steven Colby "Probe Introduction/MAB/MS for Rapid Bacterial Chemotaxonomy" Proceedings of the 46th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Orlando, FL, May 30- June 4, 1998, 1119.

• Jon G. Wilkes, Yongkyoung Kim, Dwight W. Miller, Manuel Holcomb, and Claire V. Nelson "Contamination of Food from Microwaving in Plastic Wrap Assessed by: (1) Distillation Purge-and-Trap GC/MS or (2) Probe/MS with Pattern Recognition" Proceedings of the 46th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Orlando, FL, May 30- June 4, 1998, 1486.

• Jon G. Wilkes, Steven M. Colby, Fred P. Abramson, and James P. Freeman "Developing a Commercial HPLC/CRIMS System" Proceedings of the 46th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Orlando, FL, May 30- June 4, 1998, 903.

• D. A. Volmer, D. L. Vollmer, and J. G. Wilkes, "Multiresidue Analysis of Pesticides by Electrospray LC-MS and LC-MS/MS" LC· GC: Asia Pacific, invited contribution, June, 1998, 2, 44-48.

• Jon G. Wilkes, Simon Letarte, Katherine L. Glover, Manuel Holcomb, Fatemeh Rafii, and Michel J. Bertrand "In-Beam Pyrolysis with a MAB/Tof Instrument for Rapid Bacterial Chemotaxonomy" Proceedings of the 47th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Dallas, TX, June 13-17, 1999, 859-860.

• Stanley M. Billedeau, Manuel Holcomb, and Jon G. Wilkes "Comparison of MAB vs. EI Ionization for MS Analysis of N-Nitrosamines and Similar Compounds" Proceedings of the 47th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Dallas, TX, June 13-17, 1999, 887-888.

• Jon G. Wilkes and Jackson O. Lay, Jr. Invited Review in "Electrospray Mass Spectrometry for Mycotoxin Detection and Purity Analysis" Methods in Molecular Biology, in press.

• Jon G. Wilkes, Ricky Holland, Manuel Holcomb, Jackson O. Lay, Jr., and Susan McCarthy. "Comparison of Py-MS, MALDI-TOF/MS, and Molecular Methods for Rapid Classification of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Outbreak Strains" Proceedings of the 48th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Long Beach, CA, June 11-15, 2000, in press.

• Jon G. Wilkes, Eric D. Conte, Yongkyoung Kim, Manuel Holcomb, John B. Sutherland, and Dwight W. Miller “Sample Preparation for the analysis of off-flavors and flavors in foods” Invited Review in Journal of Chromatography A, 2000, 880, 3-33.
   
• Richard D. Beger, Dan A. Buzatu, Jon G. Wilkes, and Jackson. O Lay, Jr. "¹³C NMR Quantitative Spectrometric Data-Activity Relationship (QSDAR) Models of Steroid Binding to the Aromatase Enzyme", J. Chem. Inf. Comp. Sci., accepted June 23, 2001.
   
• Richard D. Beger, and Jon G. Wilkes "Models of Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins, Dibenzofurans, and Biphenyls Binding Affinity to the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Developed using ¹³C NMR Data", J. Chem. Inf. Comp. Sci., web released at http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ci000312L, May 12, 2001; full publication pending.