Dr. Lewis Jacobson
Vice President
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Dr. Lewis Jacobson |
Dr. Jacobson holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Illinois and has been on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh for over 30 years, during which time he has taught (at graduate and/or undergraduate levels) courses in General Biology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Virology and Molecular Evolution. At the same time, he has maintained an active research laboratory that has received funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and several private foundations. He is author or co-author of many research papers and review articles in scientific journals and books. He has served on peer-review panels for the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the National Research Council.
He has served on the Citizen's Committee for Excellence in Education (Science & Math) for the Pittsburgh Board of Public Education and was involved in the conception of the Pittsburgh Science Institute, which provides curriculum development and teacher training for the Pittsburgh Public Schools.
In 1990, he formed Tutorials Group Ltd. (one of several precursors of Tutorials Group Inc.) to produce interactive educational software. He is the author, designer and programmer of "Micro-Coach" to accompany Brock & Madigan, Biology of Microorganisms , and the designer and programmer of "AP Micro-Coach" to accompany Martini, Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology.
He has chaired the Executive Committee for Academic Computing, which does strategic planning and allocates capital budget for computing in the 5-campus University of Pittsburgh system. He has chaired the Instructional Technology Working Group and is in overall charge of instructional computing facilities for the Department of Biological Sciences. During 1992, he was a principal author of a proposal for new initiatives in undergraduate education (including use of computers and videos in instruction) that resulted in the award of a $1.7 million grant to the University of Pittsburgh.