Alan M. Jacobs, PhD, PG

Professor, Department of Physics, Astronomy, Geology, & Environmental Science (PAGES)

Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH 44555

Telephone: (330) 941-2933; email: amjacobs@ysu.edu

Website: http://amjacobs.people.ysu.edu

Education

Institutions                                             Major/Degree/Year

Indiana University, Bloomington	Geology and Ecology PhD 1967
Indiana University, Bloomington	Geology MA 1965
The City College, City University of New York	Geology BS (Honors) 1963

Appointments/ Departments/ Institutions/ Years

Geological & Environ. Sciences, Youngstown State University, 1996-present

Professor, 2003-present; Chair, 2005-2008; Associate Prof. 1996-2003. Director, Environmental Studies Programs, 1996-2005.

Director, Environmental Assessment, Paul C. Rizzo Assoc., 1993-1995

President Consultant, GEOPROBE, 1979-1996

Part-time Instructor, Dept. Civil/Env. Engr., Carnegie Mellon University, 1987-2019

Project Manager, Geoscience, International Technology. Corp., 1988-1993

Sr. Project Geologist, D’Appolonia Consulting Engrs., 1974-1981

Asst. Prof. Scientist, Areal Geology Section, Illinois State Geological Survey, 1967-1974

Publications

(Jacobs published over 50 publications (12 since joining YSU in 1996), presented over 10 oral/poster presentations at conferences, and is author or co-author of 4 textbooks, 2 instructional novels, and one book of science poems.)

Most recent publications (21^st Century):  

• Amin, I.E. and Jacobs, A.M., 2020. Record length needed to predict suspended sediment load from stream discharge data using linear regression. International Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics. Vol. 41, Issue No. 4. 
• Acheampong, Nana Y., Amin, Isam E. and Jacobs, A.M. 2019. Correlation between the rates and mortality of ischemic heart disease and magnesium concentrations in Ohio drinking water. Journal of Ecological Economics and Statistics, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 1-16.
• Jacobs, A.M. 2014 Identifying metallic dust particles suspended in the breathing zone of various university rooms using x-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF), Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 19-22, 2014.
• Jacobs, A.M. 2014.Concentrations of manganese particulates in ambient air near warehoused crushed metals in northeastern Ohio, USA. Atmospheric Dust International Conference, Taranto (Puglia), Italy, June 1-6, 2014.
• Jacobs, A.M. 2014. Pathways to Learning Environmental Science- A Study Guide for Success. 138 pp. San Diego, CA: Cognella Publishers.
• Jacobs, A.M., and Porter, D.O., 2014, Environmental Science: Sustainability for the 21st Century, 200 pp. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishers
• Jacobs, A.M., 2014, Geology, An Introduction, 130 pp. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishers
• Jacobs, A.M. 2014. Identifying metallic contaminants of concern in the breathing zone using x-ray fluorescent spectroscopy (XRF), Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 27-30, 2013.
• Amin, I.E., Jacobs, A.M., and Horodyski, A. 2013. Correlation between heart disease and the hardness of drinking water, in the 2013 Conference of the International Medical Geology Association (MEDGEO 2013), Arlington, Virginia, August 25-29, 2013
• Jacobs, A.M., 2013, Heavy Metal Particulates East Liverpool, Ohio, 2013 Conference of the International Medical Geology Association (MEDGEO 2013), Arlington, Virginia, August 25-29, 2013
• Amin, I.E. and Jacobs, A.M. 2013. A study of the contaminated banks of the Mahoning River, northeastern Ohio, USA: characterization of the contaminated bank sediments and river water-groundwater interactions. Environmental Earth Sciences, vol. 70, pp. 3237-3244.
• Jacobs, A.M. and Porter, D.O., 2012. Environmental Science- Health Impacts. 134 pp. Dubuque, IA: Kendall-Hunt Publishers.
• Heavy metals are not a concern in the remediation of bank sediments from the Mahoning River in northeastern Ohio, USA. Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, November 4-7, 2012.
• Jacobs, Alan M. and Sarah Waldinger, 2011, “Vinyl Chloride Contamination in Aquifers at U.S. NPL Sites Correlated with Incidence of Liver Cancer,” Oral Presentation, 4^th International Conference on Medical Geology, Bari, Italy, September 20-25, 2011
• Jacobs, Alan M., 2011, “Liver Cancer Linked to Vinyl Chloride Contamination at NPL Sites in Maryland and Delaware,” Oral Presentation, Geological Soc. Am. Joint Meeting (Northeast and Northcentral Sections), Pittsburgh, PA, March 2011
• Jacobs, Alan M., Isam E. Amin, Jennifer E. Jacobs and ,Steven A. Buffone, 2009, Contaminant Transport from Banks to River Channel Is Significant, Mahoning River, Ohio (Poster), Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education, Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, October 2009.
• Amin, Isam E. and Alan M. Jacobs, 2008, Contaminant Transport Between River Bank Sediments and the Water in the Channel of the Mahoning River, Ohio (Poster), Ohio River Basin Consortium for Research and Education, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, October 2008.
• Jacobs, Alan M., and DuWayne Porter, 2009, “Environmental Health Sciences in Public Health” in Scutchfield and Keck, eds., Principles of Public Health Practice, 3^rd  ed., Thomson Publ. pp. 571-589.
• Jacobs, Alan M. and Michael Bolan, 2008, Recycling:  Comparing Practices from Pordenone Province, Italy with Mahoning County, Ohio, USA. Poster, NSF Presentation, YSU.
• Jacobs, Alan M., Amin, I.E., and Fisher, O.N., 2007, Persistence of Vinyl Chloride in Ground Water at the Woodlawn Landfill Superfund Site, Northeastern Maryland, USA., Environmental Geology , vol. 52, pp. 1253-1260.
• Amin, Isam E. and Jacobs, Alan M., 2007, Accounting for Sediment Sources and Sinks in the Linear Regression Analysis of the Suspended Sediment Load of Streams: The Rio Puerco, New Mexico as an Example, Environmental Geosciences, vol. 14, pp.1-14.
• Jacobs, A.M., 2001, “The Significance of Cyclic Vinyl Chloride Fluctuations in a Ground-Water Cleanup Strategy, Maryland, USA,” Water Rock Interaction 2001, R. Cidu, ed., Swets and Zeitlinger, publ., pp. 1103-1106.

Cooperative Activities:

1. Sabbatical Leave:  Genoa, Italy, 2003-04, lecturing and research, University of Genoa and D’Appolonia S.p.A.  (Collaborators: Mr. Marco Cremonini, Engineer-Manager, D'Appolonia; Professor F. Siccardi, Univ. Genova (Savona); Professor M. DelBorghi, Univ. Genova)

2. Summer Abroad Program to Italy.  Environmental Science. Florence, Rome, and Vico Equense.  May 22-June 20, 2007. (Collaborators: Dr. Iole Checconi (Ret.), Professor of Italian Language, Dr. M. Pallante, Professor of History, Dr. D. DeBlasio, Professor of History, YSU)

3. Ohio EPA- Funded Project: Environmental Education for Adult Audiences Using Theatrical Presentation: May 1, 1997 - October 31, 1998. (Collaborator: Dr. Dennis Henneman, Professor (Ret.) of Theater, YSU)

4. Masters of Public Health: Course Director, Synchronous Distance Learning, Environmental Health Sciences. (2001-present). (Collaborator: Mr. DuWayne Porter, Health Commissioner, Portage Co. Ohio)

5. Taught Engineering Geology Module and Physical Geology: Part-time Instructor, Carnegie Mellon University, 1987-2019. (Collaborators: Drs. Enrique Bazan and James Kilburg, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, CMU).  

Funded YSU Foundation Scholarship Awards from Textbook Royalties (2012-2020 ~$20,000)

Graduate Advisees:

1.      Oliver Fisher, M.S. 2006. Environmental Studies, 2005-2006, “Measuring future liability of Ohio brownfields as a function of site cleanup levels.”

2. Michael Bolan, M.S. 2009, Environmental Studies, 2008-2009, “Recycling:  Comparing practices and regulations between European Union and the US.”

3. Dalton Campana, M.S. 2019, Environmental Studies, 2018-2019, "Spatial and temporal trends of trace elements in tree cores along the industrial Mahoning River, Northeast Ohio"

Undergraduate Mentoring

· Geology & Environmental Science, 2009-2010 (Heavy Metals Analysis of Devonian Rocks)

· Choose Ohio First Scholarship Program (COFSP): 2010-2011 (Vinyl Chloride and Liver Cancer);

2011-2012 (Heavy Metals Analysis of Mahoning River Bank Sediments); 2013-2014 (Heavy Metal Particulates in the Breathing Zone of YSU Classrooms).

Has Taught Undergraduate Courses in Geology and Environmental Science: Introductory, Stratigraphy and Sedimentation, Geology for Engineers, Environmental Regulations, Environmental Safety, Sampling, Risk Assessment, Environmental Chemistry.

Has Taught Graduate and Graduate/Upper Level (Swing) Courses

ENST 5830 -  Toxicology and Risk Assessment

ENST 5800 - Environmental Impact Assessment

ENST 6990 - Industrial and Institutional Management for the Environmental Professional

MPH 6900 - Environmental Health Sciences

ENST 6900 - Advanced Environmental Studies

ENST 6901 - Sources of Contamination

Achievements Prior to Joining Faculty at YSU

1. Consulting projects throughout the United States and in Italy, Spain, Sweden, Venezuela, the Caspian Sea Coast, Pakistan, and Korea;

2. Developed specialized techniques and hardware for underground and underwater television probes used in boreholes, monitoring wells, and mines;

3. Developed a cooperative program with West Virginia University to offer graduate level courses in environmental sciences at the office (IT Corporation) after hours;

4. New York State Regents Scholarship in Science and Engineering (1959-63), NASA Traineeship (1964-67); Teaching Assistantships and Associateships at Indiana University (1963-67), the Certificate of Merit from the American Institute of Professional Geologists (1984).