Irina Ishan

Irina is a curator for the Astromat (NASA funded) and EarthChem (NSF funded) of the Geoinformatics Research Group at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University.

Originally from Borneo island and formally trained as a geologist, her current work involves research curation in the Earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on laboratory analytical data from sample-return missions, meteorites, and other extraterrestrial materials.

Before joining the GRG, Irina previously held roles at the Core lab and Cosmogenic lab at LDEO. She is the contributing author of the Brunei National Climate Change Policy. Her interest lies in data sovereignty and critically examining colonial legacies embedded within scientific knowledge production.