Jim Jordahl

Jim Jordahl

Position
  • Project Analyst
Area of Expertise: Programs and Policy

Contact

Contact Info

1140 Biorenewables Resear
617 Bissel Road
Ames
,
IA
5-0011

Education

  • B.S., Farm Operations, Iowa State University, 1982
  • M.S., Agronomy (Soil Management), Iowa State University, 1991
  • Ph.D., Environmental Science, University of Iowa, 1997

Affiliations

Dr. Jim Jordahl is a project analyst with the Bioeconomy Institute at Iowa State University. He was the co-editor along with Dr. Lisa Schulte Moore of the transdisciplinary report ‘Carbon Science for Carbon Markets: Opportunities for Iowa’, which was awarded the Dean’s Citation for Extraordinary Contributions to the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University. Dr. Jordahl provides project management expertise and leadership support for the emerging carbon program area at Iowa State.  His broad background in consulting includes experience with biofuels and carbon credit issues in multiple countries and in a variety of ecosystems. Dr. Jordahl has extensive experience developing and managing transdisciplinary teams, with agricultural water quality (impacts of agriculture on water quality and impacts of impaired water quality on irrigated agriculture), and with the application of plant-based treatment systems to address a wide range of organic and inorganic contaminants.