Irina Ishan

Irina is a curator for the Astromaterials Data System and EarthChem of the Geoinformatics Research Group (GRG) at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University.

Originally from Borneo Island and formally trained as a geologist, she currently works at the intersection of research curation in the Earth and planetary sciences, particularly laboratory analyses of sample-return missions, meteorites, and extraterrestrial materials data.

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.