Publications & Awards

Advisee contributions and corresponding authorship: a indicates an author is/was a postdoctoral, graduate, or undergraduate researcher under my advising; b indicates corresponding authorship

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles from Work Performed Since Initial Appointment at North Carolina State University

2025

1.   J Pina, DS Jonesb, D Hartley, P Burli, M Langholtz, C Hellwinckel, D Thompson. (2025). Optimizing a nationwide supply chain for winter oilseeds in sustainable aviation fuel production: Pennycress, camelina, and carinata. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (IF: 16.3), 215, 115555. link.

2.   B Lamb, D Hively, J Jennewein, A Thieme, A. Soroka, LB Santosa, DS Jones, S Mirsky. (2025). Multiyear crop residue cover mapping using narrow-band and broad-band satellite imagery. Soil and Tillage Research, 251, 106524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2025.106524. link.

3.   DL Roberts, A Gorny, MW Kudenov, DS Jones, L Pratt, N Malcolm, C Williams. (2025). Knowledge and Opportunities for Managing Plant-parasitic Nematodes using Decision Intelligence. PhytoFrontiers. (In Press). First-look link.

4.   B Lamb, D Hively, J Jennewein, A Thieme, LB Santosa, DS Jones. (2025). Crop Residue Mapping with Worldview-3 Imagery. 2025 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Conference. (In Press).

2024

5.       RS Hunta*, H Liu*, C Yencho, K Pecotta, R Mierop, C Williams, DS Jonesb. (2024). Predicting Sweetpotato Traits Using Machine Learning: Impact of Environmental and Agronomic Factors on Shape and Size. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (IF =7.7). Volume 225,109215. link. (*co-first authors).

6.       E Pena Martinez, M Kudenov, H Nguyen, DS Jones, C Williams. (2024). Evaluating two high-throughput phenotyping platforms at different stages of the post-harvest pipeline of sweetpotatoes. Smart Agricultural Technology, 100469. link.

7.   T Hossaina, DS Jonesb, E Godfrey, D Saloni, M Sharara, D Hartley. (2024). Characterizing value-added miscanthus pellet blends with corn stover and switchgrass. Renewable Energy, 120494. link.

8.   T Hossaina, DS Jonesb, E Godfrey, D Saloni, M Sharara, D Hartley. (2024). Nth-plant scenario for blended pellets of Miscanthus, Switchgrass, and Corn Stover using Multi-Modal Transportation: Biorefineries and depots in the contiguous US. Biomass and Bioenergy, 183, 107162. link.

9.       MT Ahmed, NK Wijewardane, Y Lu, DS Jones, M Kudenov, C Williams, A Villordon, M Kamruzzaman. (2024). Advancing Sweetpotato Quality Assessment with Hyperspectral Imaging and Explainable Artificial Intelligence. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (IF =7.7). Volume 220, 108855. link.

10. L Huezo, DS Jones, E Edwards, M Sharara. (2024). Manure Nutrient Cycling in U.S. Animal Agriculture Basins – North Carolina Case Study. Journal of Environmental Quality. link.

2022

11. T Hossaina, DS Jonesb, D Hartley, M Langholtz, M Davis, D Thompson. (2022). Nth-plant scenario for forest resources and short rotation woody crops: biorefineries and depots in the contiguous US. Applied Energy (IF: 10.1). Volume 325, 119881. link.

12. K Grieger, S Zarate, K Barnhill-Dilling, SR Hunta, DS Jones, J Kuzma. (2022). Fostering Responsible Innovation through Stakeholder Engagement: Case Study of North Carolina Sweetpotato Stakeholders. Sustainability. 2022, 14(4), 2274. link.

13. DS Jones, DD Gilette, PE Cooper, RY Salinas, JL Hill, SJ Black, DJ Lew, DA Canelas. (2022). Cultivating PhD aspirations during College. CBE-Life Sciences Education. link.

14. M Langholtz, M Davis, L Eaton, M Hilliard, C Brandt, E Webb, C Hellwinckel, N Samu, D Hartley, DS Jones. (2022). Nth-plant supply: corn stover supplies and costs in a fleet of biorefineries. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. link.

2021

15. CW Forsberg, BE Dale, DS Jones, T Hossaina, ARC Morais, LM Wendt. (2021). Replacing liquid fossil fuels and hydrocarbon chemical feedstocks with liquid biofuels from large-scale nuclear biorefineries. Applied Energy (IF: 10.1), 298, 117225. link.

16. T Hossaina, DS Jonesb, D Hartley, M Griffel, Y Lin, P Burli, D Thompson, M Langholtz, M Davis, C Brandt. (2021). The nth-plant scenario for blended feedstock conversion and preprocessing nationwide: Biorefineries and Depots. Applied Energy (IF: 10.1), 294, 116946. link.

17. C Forsberg, BE Dale, DS Jones, LM Wendt. (2021). Replacing All Liquid Fossil Fuels and Hydrocarbon Chemical Feedstocks With Liquid Biofuels Produced from Cellulosic Biomass Using Nuclear Heat and Hydrogen. Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Volume 124. link.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles from Work Performed Prior to Initial Appointment at NC State University

1.   DS Jones, SW Searcy, LM Eaton. (2018). Assessment of perennial grass inventories predicted in the Billion-Ton Studies. ASABE Transactions, 61(2): 331-340. link.

2.       DS Gonzales, SW Searcy. (2017). GIS-based allocation of herbaceous biomass in biorefineries and depots. Biomass and Bioenergy Journal, 97, 1-10. link.

3.   AM Acharya, DS Gonzales, SD Eksioglu, S Arora. (2014). An Excel-based decision support system for supply chain design and management of biofuels. International Journal of Operations Research and Information Systems (IJORIS), 5(4), 26-43. link.

4.   DS Gonzales, EM Searcy, SD Ekşioğlu. (2013). Cost analysis for high-volume and long-haul transportation of densified biomass feedstock. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Vol. 49, pages 48-61. link.

5.       AM Acharya, DS Gonzales, SD Eksioglu. (2013). A decision support system (DSS) for biomass-to-biofuel supply chain. Epoka Conference Systems, 1st International Symposium on Computing in Informatics & Mathematics. link.

Manuscripts Submitted and Under Review

1.   J Pina, DS Jonesb, D Hartley, P Burli, M Langholtz, C Hellwinckel. (2025). Gate-to-Gate Transportation Cost Analysis: Equations, Sample Parameters, User-Friendly Tool, and a Case Study. MethodsX. (In Press). Preprint link.

2.   Z Bloom, J Larsen, EE Pena Martinez, CM Williams, DS Jones, MW Kudenov. (2025). High-Throughput Classification and Quantification of Skinning Phenotype in Sweetpotatoes. The Plant Phenome Journal. (In Press)

3.   M Carbajal, DS Jones, C Williams, N Nelson. (2025). In-season Sweetpotato Yield Forecasting using Multitemporal Remote Sensing Environmental Observations and Machine Learning. Submitted to European Journal of Agronomy, Special Issue on Machine Learning and Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture on Jul 26, 2024. Preprint link.

4.   S McDowella, DS Jonesb, S Carpentera, RS Hunta, M Kudenov, C Williams. (2025). Machine Learning for Predicting Sweetpotato Grodwth and Quality: Integrating In-Season Root Imaging with Environmental and Agronomic Insights. Submitted to Computers and Electronics in Agriculture (IF =7.7) on Jan 11, 2025. Preprint link.

5.   E Hunsaker, PE Cooper, DS Jones, K Franz, CT Cox Jr., D Canelas. (2025). Mentoring Undergraduate Research Projects: Impacts on Graduate Students. Submitted to Science.

6.   R Butler, R Rejesus, DS Jones, R, NG Nelson. (2025). A Comparative Analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service and Risk Management Agency Crop Loss and Yield Data. Submitted to Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment.