Susan Graham

Entrepreneur, Environmentalist, Inventor, Scientist

Dr. Susan Graham is a bioengineer, entrepreneur and environmentalist working with AI and analytics to restore and protect global ecosystems. As the CEO of Dendra Systems, a data analytics company that uses AI and drone technology to restore natural ecosystems, Dr. Graham leads a team of ecologists, engineers and computer scientists to assess ecosystems and execute customized restoration plans to support plant, animal and microbial life. Dr. Graham’s deep understanding of the biodiversity that makes up complex ecosystems as well as the incentives that drive global change has led Dendra to partner with leading Fortune 500 Companies and the world’s top regulated resources companies to comprehensively restore the land they manage. Dr. Graham was born and raised in Australia, where two-thirds of the land is degraded due to a combination of industry practices and the national effects of climate change. There she developed a strong understanding of the vital importance of flourishing ecosystems to both support lives and livelihoods and long term combat climate change. With a mission to create scalable, impactful solutions to climate change, Dr. Graham levied her expertise in engineering and natural sciences to co-found Dendra Systems in 2014, bringing an unprecedented level of cost efficiency and effectiveness to land restoration. Dendra Systems is backed by leading international investors, At One Ventures, Airbus Ventures, Future Positive Capital, Lowercarbon Capital, Lionheart Ventures, SYSTEMIQ, and VentureSouq. Dr. Graham’s innovative approach to ecosystem restoration has earned her numerous accolades including Forbes’ 30 Under 30, the Australian Advance Award for Emerging Leader, and a finalist position for 2020 Pritzker Environmental Genius Prize. She has spoken about the impact of land degradation on climate change at the United Nations at the launch of the SDGs in New York ‘15 to Eco Summit Berlin ‘19. Her vision on the need for scalable technology solutions for land restoration has appeared in Wired, Fast Company, Engadget, Forbes and other elite global publications. Graham earned her PhD from Oxford in Biomedical Engineering after completing her undergraduate degree from the University of Sydney. She lives with her husband and her acoustic guitar.

I have set out to tackle the climate challenge with the mission to enable scalable restoration for our complex and biodiverse natural world. I believe that every day counts, and we have an opportunity to reverse these trends by integrating the best of technology, science and people.

carbon capture, carbon offsetting, carbon sequestration, climate change, Ecosystem Restoration