Karin Jacobs is a German physicist specializing in micro-fluidics and adhesion at micro- and nanometer scales.
After completing her doctorate, Jacobs went on to perform postdoctoral research at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces.
She subsequently became a research assistant in the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Ulm, after which she worked as a project manager at Bayer in their polymers division.
[2][3] Jacobs' research focuses on micro-fluidics, (bio-) adhesion at micro- and nano-scales, and functional materials.
She gave the Beller Lecture, awarded to distinguished scientists from outside of the United States, of the American Physical Society in 2015.