Jordan joined the Allen Institute in 2026 to collaborate on the development of electron microscopy connectomics under the supervision of Nuno Maçarico da Costa. He focuses on the instrumentation and automation required to scale up preparation of tissue samples for large scale electron microscopy imaging pipelines.

After graduating from the University of Puget Sound in 2018, Jordan completed his Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics under the guidance of Xiaodong Xu at the University of Washington in 2024. He worked at the intersection of 2D quantum devices, optical spectroscopy and microscopy, nanoscale scanning probe imaging, cryogenic hardware, and strain engineering.He subsequently spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, CO as a member of the Quantum Sensors Division. At NIST, he worked on a project supported by the CHIPS and Science Act to develop a turnkey, in-house, nanoscale x-ray tomography tool for nondestructive integrated circuit inspection to support failure analysis efforts in the semiconductor industry. Jordan now leverages his interdisciplinary background that spans ultra-thin sample preparation, hardware development and automation, and 3D nanoscale imaging to help advance the next generation of ambitious 3D imaging projects with the EM Connectomics team.