Nicolas Jacobsen
Honors College Faculty
Director, Energy and Sustainabilty
Email: nfjacob2@central.uh.edu
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Nick Jacobsen joined the Honors College in fall 2023 as the associate director of
the Energy and Sustainability minor. Before joining UH, Jacobsen spent many years
teaching courses for Miami University in Ohio and Texas A&M, and more recently, coordinating
the ecology and evolutionary biology doctoral program at Texas A&M University.
Jacobsen completed his bachelor's degrees in ecology and evolutionary biology from
Rice University and received his doctorate at Texas A&M University from the applied
biodiversity science program. His dissertation research investigated human-lion conflict
in the Okavango Delta region of Botswana, and was more specifically centered on how
national and international policies shaped the interactions and attitudes of the locals
toward large predators.