Jordan Coscia, Ph.D., Mid-Atlantic Grasslands Coordinator

Jordan serves as the Mid-Atlantic Grasslands Coordinator and is based in Roanoke, Virginia. He works to conserve and restore grasslands on private and public lands across the Mid-Atlantic alongside a variety of landowners and partner organizations. Jordan completed his dissertation on the floristics, conservation, and restoration of Virginia’s native grasslands at Virginia Tech as a research fellow with the Smithsonian’s Virginia Working Landscapes program. He is excited to continue his work protecting the native grasslands of the Southeast alongside the SGI team.