Robert Jacobson, PhD

Professional Experience

• 2009 - Present - Supervisory Research Hydrologist, Branch Chief, Project Chief. Supervises a team of approximately 30 ecologists, fish biologists, geomorphologists, and hydrologists engaged in interdisciplinary research in river ecosystems. My research efforts are directed toward decision-relevant information needs for management and restoration of large rivers, with an emphasis on the M

• 1997 – 2009 - Research Hydrologist and Principal Investigator, River Corridor Habitat Dynamics.  Supervised a team of hydrologists and geomorphologists and collaborated with fish biologists, ecologists, hydrologists, and geographers engaged in interdisciplinary river research.  Focus was on gravel-bed streams of the Ozark Plateaus and the highly engineered Lower Missouri River. 

• 1989 – 1997 - Research Hydrologist, Project Chief, USGS, Rolla, Missouri.  Research in surficial processes, emphasis on sediment routing through watersheds, formation and maintenance of aquatic habitat

• 1983 – 1989 - Research Geologist, USGS, Reston, Virginia.  Research in surficial processes, emphasis on neotectonics, paleoseismology, Quaternary climate change, landslide and flood hazards, Coastal Plain, Piedmont, and Appalachian mountains.