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Member Since 1993
Kerstin Lehnert
Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Columbia University
AGU member since 1993. I develop and operate research data infrastructure for the Earth, Ocean, and Planetary sciences. I am passionate about working with international communities to advance the open sharing of science-ready data and samples in the geosciences to galvanize data-driven research and discoveries. I am Doherty Senior Research Scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and director of the NSF-funded IEDA2 Data Facility and NASA's Astromaterials Data System.
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Columbia University
Doherty Senior Research Scientist
2025 - Present
Universität Freiburg im Breisgau
2024 - Present
Columbia University
2012 - Present
Columbia University
Doherty Senior Research Scientist
1996 - Present
Columbia University
Administrative Director for Research
2002 - 2009
Columbia University
Administrative Director for Research
2002 - 2009
Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie
Research Staff Assistant; Commissioner for work safety
1985 - 1996
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Ensuring Discoverability and Reusability of Scientific Samples from the World’s Oceans in Times of Crisis
BRIDGING THE OCEAN WITH DATA: CONNECTED REGIONAL SERVICES DRIVING A RESILIENT, INTEROPERABLE GLOBAL OCEAN DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM I ORAL
digital ocean | 23 february 2026
From Field to Laboratory to Science: Advancing the Application of Samples and Sample Data for Data-Driven Discovery
CONNECTING DATA TO SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY: INNOVATIONS AND INFRASTRUCTURE BRIDGING DISPARATE OBSERVATIONS TO DRIVE EARTH SCIENCE II ORAL
informatics | 18 december 2025
Sustaining a Data Facility in Uncertain Times: Measures Taken at IEDA2
GENERAL INFORMATICS SESSION ON ADVANCING SCIENCE THROUGH DATA, AI, AND INNOVATION I GEOBURST
informatics | 16 december 2025
Expanding a Global Catalog for Scientific Sample Discovery: Improving Search and Discovery in SESAR, the System for Earth and Extraterrestrial Sample Registration
SHOWCASING YOUR EARTH DATA PRODUCTS, TOOLS, AND SERVICES FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS I ORAL
informatics | 16 december 2025
Who and What is Required for the Governance, Maintenance and Stewardship of International Scientific Data Standards to Support a Global Open Science Commons
EVOLVING SCIENCE COMMONS: STEWARDSHIP OF SCIENCE DATA IN A CHANGING WORLD, THE CLOUD, AND A SHIFTING FEDERAL CLIMATE I ORAL
informatics | 15 december 2025
Update on the Tephra Information Portal: A FAIR Data Framework for Tephra Research
VOLCANOLOGY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND PETROLOGY GENERAL CONTRIBUTIONS POSTER
volcanology, geochemistry and petrology | 15 december 2025
Astromaterials Data System: Providing Analysis-Ready Data and Data Archiving Services for Returned Samples and Meteorites
SIGNIFICANCE OF PAST AND FUTURE SAMPLE RETURN MISSIONS FOR THE EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCES I POSTER
union sessions | 13 december 2024
20 Years of SESAR, the System for Earth Sample Registration: Where Did We Come From, Where Do We Go?
OF STATIONS, SITES, SENSORS, AND SAMPLES: COLLABORATION, INNOVATION, AND STEWARDSHIP OF FIELD-BASED OBSERVATIONS II POSTER
informatics | 12 december 2024
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2024 - 2024
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2023 - 2024
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2022 - 2023
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Edward A. Flinn III Award
Received December 2024