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Jerome E. Dobson
Specialty: Geography, GIS, Population Geography. Jerry Dobson is a Research Professor at the University of Kansas. He currently serves as Councilor, Fellow, and Director of Exploration of the American Geographical Society and Contributing Editor of GeoWorld. He holds a Ph.D. in geography from the University of Tennessee (1975), M.S. and B.A. in geography from the University of Georgia (1972, 1967), and A.A. from Reinhardt College (1965). He previously served as a member of the Distinguished Research & Development Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, President of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), U. S. Delegate and Expert to the International Standards Organization, member of the Editorial Advisory Board of GISWorld, Scientific Editor of the GIS World Sourcebook, Chair of the Geographic Information Systems Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, member of the Steering Committee of the National Committee for Digital Cartographic Data Standards, Leader of the Resource Analysis Group in ORNL's Energy Division, Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of Geography of Arizona State University, member of the Editorial Board of The Professional Geographer, member of the Steering Committee of The Applied Geography Conferences, and co-founder and first Chair of the Energy Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers. His principal contributions are the paradigm of automated geography and his instrumental roles in originating the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis and in establishing the Department of Defense's LandScan Global Population Project and NOAA's Costal Change Analysis Program (C-CAP). Employing geographic information systems and automated geographic methods, he has proposed new evidence and theory regarding the mechanisms responsible for lake acidification and new evidence and theory regarding continental drift and plate tectonics. Dr. Dobson is the author of more than 80 publications. He and ORNL colleagues produced the LandScan Global Population Database which has become the world standard for estimating populations at risk during natural disasters, wars, and terrorist acts. His Geographical Review article, which explores the role of iodine in health and evolution, was reported by the New York Times, Washington Post, International Herald Tribune, Sonntags Zeitung, Der Spiegel, Discovery Channel Online, and other news media. Contact Information: Tel: 785-864-7700, office: 251 Nichols Hall |
