Nicole Jacobs
Graduate Student
Email: nrjacobs@alaska.edu
Time with ACEP
2023-present
Expertise
- Climate and Environment
- Data Collection and Management
- Energy Economics
- Nuclear
- Policy and Global Applications
- Technical Assistance
BIO
Nicole Jacobs is a research assistant, working with Erin Trochim. Jacobs works on the Alaska Energy Atlas, exploring transmission grid connectivity to determine the cost of connecting off-grid communities to regional and continental grids. One area she will investigate is grid connectivity and critical mineral mining, and how they influence region security.
Jacobs is currently pursuing a doctorate degree at UAF, combining natural resources and sustainability with security. Prior to ACEP, she worked for the Alaska Department of Family and Community Services, specializing in end-of-life care and dementia. She also worked for the Arctic Energy Office as an intern. She is in her second year of interning for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for the Global Security Directive as a system analyst.
Outside of work, she enjoys ballroom dancing, women’s self-defense, ju-jitsu, gaming, reading, planning for world domination as well as spending time with her two dogs. She is a big advocate for neurodiversity and dysautonomia.