Robert Jacobs is a Professor of History at the Hiroshima Peace Institute and the Graduate School of Peace Studies of Hiroshima City University. He is a historian of science and technology focused on nuclear technologies and radiation technopolitics. His books include, Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale 2022), and The Dragon’s Tail: Americans Face the Atomic Age (Massachusetts 2010). He has published and edited multiple books and articles on nuclear history and culture. In a previous life he was a chef and worked in the organic produce industry.
