Jennifer Jacobs is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New Hampshire. Dr. Jacobs received her Sc.B. in Electrical Engineering from Brown University in 1987, an M.S. from Tufts University in 1993, and her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1997. Dr. Jacobs is a Water Resources Professor with over 25 years of experience, more than 100 published journal articles, and host to 11 Ph.D. and 30 master's students, eight post-doctoral scientists, and numerous undergraduate researchers. Jennifer’s career trajectory includes expert systems/AI (the 1980s!!), atmospheric boundary layer evapotranspiration, and soil moisture (the 1990s), and instream flows (2000s). Since 2010, she has had two research passions – climate change influences on infrastructure and cold regions/snow hydrology. A common research thread through the years is a strong experimental focus (let’s get outside!!), the use of NASA’s big data (30 years and counting), tractable approaches to physical processes, and research informed by my colleagues in the practice. When Dr. Jacobs is not working, she can be found biking along the New England coast or playing agility with her German wirehaired pointers Beacon and Reign.
