Dr. Brian Jones has won numerous teaching awards at Colorado State University throughout his 30 years teaching in the Department of Physics. In 2011, Dr. Jones was awarded the Robert A. Millikan Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers for his work as director of the Little Shop of Physics.

Brian is actively exploring the effectiveness of methods of informal science education and how to extend these lessons to the classroom. He has been invited to give workshops on techniques of science instruction throughout the United States and in Chile, Belize, Azerbaijan, Mexico, Ethiopia, Norway, Namibia, and Slovenia.