Chavonda Jacobs-Young (amụrụ 1967 ) bụ onye isi gọọmentị America na-eje ozi dị ka onye nchịkwa nke Ọrụ nyocha Ugbo nke US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service . Ọrụ nyocha ọrụ ugbo bụ onye isi USDA, ụlọ ọrụ nyocha sayensị nke ụlọ nwere ndị sayensị otu puku na narị asatọ nakwa ụlọ nyocha iri itoolu n'ụwa niile. Jacobs-Young ka akpọrọ onye nchịkwa na February 2014; ọ bụ nwanyị mbụ na onye nwere agba na-edu ụlọ ọrụ ahụ. Na 1998, Jacobs-Young ghọrọ nwanyị Africa-American mbụ nwetara Ph.D. na akwụkwọ sayensị . Jacobs-Young bụ onye Augusta, Georgia . Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Hephzibah High School na 1985. N'oge ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị na oge ya na North Carolina State University, o sonye na ihe omume dị elu ma bụrụ onye mmeri nke Atlantic Coast Conference ugboro atọ. Jacobs-Young nwetara nzere Bachelor nke Sayensị na sayensị akwụkwọ nakwa injinia (1989, NC State) nakwa nzere Masta nke Sayensị na sayensị osisi na akwụkwọ (1992, NC State). Mgbe ahụ na 1998, ọ nwetara nzere Ph.D na sayensị akwụkwọ na North Carolina State University.