Jordan Branham is a senior climate risk and resilience analyst with the Center for Climate Resilience and Decision Science, part of the Decision and Infrastructure Sciences Division at Argonne National Laboratory. He is a trained urban planner, specializing in urban spatial analytics, risk assessment, and the development of resilience and adaptation strategies. His work spans a range of sponsors, including the U.S. Department of Energy, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Economic Development Administration, and energy utilities. Some of his recent projects include supporting the release and ongoing development of the Climate Risk and Resilience Portal; evaluating climate risks and adaptation strategies for energy utilities; and developing a climate adaptation planning guide for emergency managers.
Branham received his PhD in city and regional planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied the impacts of coastal resilience policies and the development of environmental markets. He has a master’s from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BA from Washington University in St. Louis.