Erin Robinson
NYU Indigenous Data Law Lab Fellow
Boulder, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolErin Robinson is a collaborative leader with 11 years of experience building communities and programs at the intersection of Earth science, data, and technology. As former Executive Director of ESIP she doubled operating budgets, diversified funding, and launched new cross-sector programs that advanced data interoperability and community-driven science. She combines hands-on research experience in air quality and satellite data with strengths in information architecture, proposal writing, and strategic stakeholder engagement. Currently an NYU Indigenous Data Law Lab Fellow and CEO of Metadata Game Changers, Erin translates technical needs into fundable, sustainable initiatives that connect scientists, data professionals, and funders. Her background in chemical engineering and information science gives her a rare fluency across research, policy, and data management. She’s known for turning collaborative processes into tangible community infrastructure—think Data Fairs and wiki-based DataSpaces that persist beyond any single project.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at University of Colorado BoulderMaster of Science - MS, Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at Washington University McKelvey School of Engineering
Github Skills (62)
test-kitchen10
solace10
oms10
orbit10
python9
jupyter-book9
governance9
quarto8
ocean7
jupyter-notebook6
font-awesome6
data-management6
java6
interoperability6
rdf5
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
FAIRIslandProject/Generic-Place-based-Data-Policy
Mar 2022 - Aug 2022
Contributions:8 releases, 105 commits, 57 pushes in 4 months
FAIRIslandProject/Tetiaroa-Data-Policy
Apr 2022 - Aug 2025
Contributions:45 pushes, 1 branch, 10 issues in 3 years 5 months
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