Dr. Klaus H. Jacob
Special Research Scientist
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Seismology Geology and Tectonophysics
Adjunct Professor
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
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225 Seismology
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8440
Fields of interest: 
seismology, engineering seismology, climate change adaptation, disaster risk management, loss modeling, quantitative hazard assessment and mapping

1) Climate Change & NYC, http://metroeast_climate.ciesin.columbia.edu/infrastructure.html , http://metroeast_climate.ciesin.columbia.edu/reports/infrastructure.pdf , http://www.nyas.org/ebriefreps/splash.asp?intEbriefID=415, http://www.nyas.org/ebriefreps/main.asp?intSectionID=1012 , http://ccsr.columbia.edu/cig/mec/index.html , http://ccsr.columbia.edu/cig/mec/04_Infrastructure.pdf , http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/hudson/hvcc.html , http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/hudson/hvcc1145kj.pdf, 2) NYC, Earthquakes, and Seismic Building Code:, http://www.nycem.org/ , http://www.nycem.org/techdocs.asp , http://www.nycem.org/techdocs/EstEQlossNYC/EstEQlossNYC.pdf , http://www.nycem.org/techdocs/EconCons/default.asp (a bit outdated), http://www.nycem.org/ractivities.asp , http://www.nycem.org/techdocs/siteCondsYr1/default.asp , http://mceer.buffalo.edu/publications/Codes/99-SP06/ , http://mceer.buffalo.edu/publications/Codes/99-SP06/NYCgeotech.pdf, http://www.urban.uiuc.edu/faculty/olshansky/Advocacy%20paper%20Spectra%2... , ( see pp. 4-9 of this FEMA report)
3) Urban Planning Studios of Disaster-resilient Cities:, http://www.arch.columbia.edu/Studio/Spring2003/UP/Accra/ , http://www.arch.columbia.edu/Studio/Spring2002/UP/Istanbul/ , http://www.arch.columbia.edu/Studio/Spring2001/Caracas/index.html , http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTDISMGMT/Resources/0821363328.pdf?r... pages 137-164, or , http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/admin/publication_files/resource-2020-... , (Note: written by 2 students, not KHJ’s writing, but reflects finding of the studio course), 4) Katrina and New Orleans:, http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/08/katrina_at_issue/jacob.html , http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/05/AR200509... , http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/10/24/rebuilding/index1.html , (day two, see other contributors on other days)
5) UN/UNITAR/UNU Lecture April 2006, http://www.unitarny.org/en/unudisastermanagementdocs.html , http://www.unitarny.org/mm/File/K%20Jacob%20presentation.pdf , http://www.unitarny.org/mm/File/H%20Assessments%20of%20Nature%20Disaster... , http://www.unitarny.org/mm/File/I%20The%20Role%20of%20Academic%20Institu... , http://www.ony.unu.edu/seminars/2006/disastermanagment/index.shtml , http://www.ony.unu.edu/seminars/2006/disastermanagment/DrKlausHJacob.JPG , 6) Other Sites (Affiliations, Committees), http://www.trb.org/directory/comm_detail.asp?c=B0093 , http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/projectview.aspx?key=186 , http://www8.nationalacademies.org/cp/CommitteeView.aspx?key=186 , http://www.nibs.org/MMC/mmchome.html , http://www.nibs.org/MMC/mmcleads.html

Education
BS in Physics and Mathematics.
Technical University Darmstadt
1960
MS in Geophysics
Gutenberg University Mainz
1963
Ph.D. in Geophysics
Goethe University, Frankfurt
1968