Jordan Holdorf

Jordan was awarded her PhD in 2026 for her thesis “Adaptive Optimisation for Financing Ecosystem Restoration using Nature Markets”.

The flagship study from her thesis “Adaptive temporal optimization of restoration investments with blue carbon returns and climate risks” published in Restoration Ecology was an interdiscplinary analysis of investment into mangrove forest restoration. She showed how to optimize the timing of restoration investments to maximize returns from carbon markets while minimizing climate risks.

She was cosupervised by Dr Chris Brown, Dr Melanie Roberts and Dr Ivan Diaz-Rainey.

She completed both her Bachelor of Marine Science and Honors at Griffith University and has a strong background in mathematics and modelling.

Jordan’s PhD research focuses on investment modelling for the natural capital and carbon markets using the common language of money to better communicate between investors and conservation. She investigated the optimisation of finances and how different types of investments can be utilised and optimised to fulfil a specific target.