Bonnie Jacob

Professor

Department of Science and Mathematics

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Program Faculty, School of Mathematics and Statistics

bcjntm@rit.edu

585-475-2275

Office Location

LBJ-2275

Bonnie Jacob

Professor

Department of Science and Mathematics

National Technical Institute for the Deaf

Program Faculty, School of Mathematics and Statistics

Education

BA, Smith College; MS, Ph.D., Clemson University

Bio

Dr. Bonnie Jacob is a mathematician specializing in graph theory and combinatorial matrix theory. She is passionate about promoting undergraduate research in mathematics as well as STEM in general, particularly among deaf and hard-of-hearing students.

Dr. Jacob founded and ran the NSF-funded NTID Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates program from 2017 to 2021. She is currently the RIT MPI of Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate and an active member of the American Institute for Mathematics Inverse Eigenvalue Problems for Graphs research community.

bcjntm@rit.edu

585-475-2275

Personal Links

Personal Website

Select Scholarship

Journal Paper

Grood, Cheryl, et al. "Well-forced graphs." Graphs and Combinatorics 40. 129 (2024): 129- 129. Web.

Jacob, Bonnie. "A Mother-Mathematician Meets the COVID-19 Era." Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 12. 1 (2022): 130-138. Web.

Jacob, Bonnie C. and Jobby Jacob. "Graphs whose $l_p$-optimal rankings are $l_{\infty}$ optimal." Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing 117. paper 4 (2022): 1-17. Web.

Show 12 More

Published Conference Proceedings

Jacob, Bonnie. "The Zero Forcing Span of a Graph." Proceedings of the Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing. Ed. Ferederick Hoffman, et al. Boca Raton, FL: Springer Nature, 2024. Web.

Book Chapter

Jacob, Bonnie and Mohammad Obiedat. "The Future of Mentoring Undergraduate Research in Mathematics with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students." Expanding Undergraduate Research in Mathematics: Making Undergraduate Research More Inclusive. Ed. Michael Dorff, Jan Rychtàř, and Dewey Taylor. Washington, DC: MAA Press, 2023. 1-9. Web.

Grants

Jacob, Bonnie and Steven Barnett (2023-2028). Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students. Grant received/funded by Bridges to the Doctorate (T32), NIH/NIGMS.

Jacob, Bonnie (2017-2021). REU Site: Summer Undergraduate Research for Students who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing in Applying Mathematical and Statistical Methods to Problems from the Sciences (REU at NTID). Grant received/funded by National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences, National Science Foundation.

Jacob, Bonnie (2013-2014). Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics Mini-grant. Grant received/funded by Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics Mini-grant, Center for Undergraduate Research in Mathematics and National Science Foundation.

Invited Keynote/Presentation

Jacob, Bonnie. "Power domination on graphs: failure and reconfiguration." Hobart William Smith Mathematics and Computer Science Colloquium. Hobart William Smith Colleges. Geneva, NY. 1 Feb. 2022. Guest Lecture.

Jacob, Bonnie. "A summer research program supporting students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing." Joint Mathematics Meetings Special Session on Programs that Support Student Research. American Mathematical Society. (virtual), (virtual). 6 Apr. 2022. Conference Presentation.

Jacob, Bonnie. "Toward a universal approach for the zero forcing span of a graph." Joint Mathematics Meetings Special Session on The Inverse Eigenvalue Problem for a Graph, Zero Forcing, Throttling, and Related Topics II. American Mathematical Society. (virtual), (virtual). 8 Apr. 2022. Conference Presentation.

Show 7 More

Published Game, Application or Software

McGraw, Victoria, Alexandra Eguiluz, and Bonnie Jacob. Modeling Daycare HFMD Spread. Software. Northwestern University Center for Connected Learning and Computer Based Modeling. 2020.

Uninvited Presentations

Jacob, Bonnie. "Failed Power Domination: Complexity and Other Select Results." Joint Mathematics Meetings. American Mathematical Society and Mathematics Association of America. Baltimore, MD. 18 Jan. 2019. Conference Presentation.

Glasser, Abraham and Bonnie Jacob (advisor). "Failed Power Domination on Knoedel Graphs." 50th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory & Computing. Florida Atlantic University. Boca Raton, FL. 5 May 2019. Conference Presentation.

Jacob, Bonnie and Alyssa Adams. "Minimum Critical Sets and Maximum Failed Zero Forcing Sets in Directed Graphs." 33rdMidwest Conference on Combinatorics, Cryptography, and Computing. Rochester Institute of Technology. Rochester, NY. 12 Oct. 2019. Conference Presentation.

Show 6 More

Peer Reviewed/Juried Poster Presentation or Conference Paper

Adams, Alyssa and Bonnie Jacob (advisor). "Failed Zero Forcing on Oriented Graphs: Paths, Cycles and Other Results." Proceedings of the Joint Mathematics Meetings. Ed. Mathematics Association of America. Baltimore, MD: n.p..

Eguiluz, Alexandra and Bonnie Jacob (advisor). "Agent-Based Modeling of Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease." Proceedings of the CUR REU Symposium. Ed. Council for Undergraduate Research. Washington, DC: n.p..

Manuscripts Submitted for Publication

Adams, Alyssa and Bonnie Jacob. "Failed Zero Forcing and Critical Sets on Ddirected Graphs." 5 Nov. 2019. TS - typescript (typed).

Jacob, Bonnie, et al. "Failed Power Domination on Graphs." 4 Sep. 2019. TS - typescript (typed).

In the News

November 8, 2023

Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate partnership continues with grant to increase the number of deaf, hard-of-hearing scientists

A fruitful partnership between NTID and University of Rochester has earned a funding boost to help meet the long-term goals of the Bridges to the Doctorate for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students program. A grant from the National Institutes of Health will help increase the number of deaf and hard-of-hearing students entering Ph.D. programs in biomedical science fields and the number of deaf and hard-of-hearing students who successfully earn Ph.D.’s in biomedical sciences.

October 18, 2021

Team publishes article in ‘Journal of Humanistic Mathematics’

More News