Dr Ichsani Wheeler is the research coordinator and co-founder of the OpenGeoHub Foundation, a non-profit advancing open geospatial data and AI for environmental decision-making. She leads an interdisciplinary team developing GeoAI on high-resolution data on soil carbon, land use, and ecosystem health, supporting applications from EU climate policy to farm-level decision-making. Her work emphasizes transparency and scientific rigor, including uncertainty-aware models that strengthen trust in environmental monitoring and reporting.
Ichsani is actively engaged in shaping emerging frameworks for carbon accounting and digital MRV in Europe, contributing to more reliable and investable climate solutions. She advocates for “public money for public goods,” while exploring models that combine open outputs with responsible use of sensitive data. With a strong track record in securing multi-million euro funding and delivering scalable systems, her work bridges public-interest infrastructure with growing opportunities in climate and nature markets.