Nuestro equipo
Our team is composed of highly experienced experts and industry veterans having worked for NASA, JPL having collaborated with other space agencies such JAXA and taken part in numerous high risk space missions such as deep space and high inclination orbits where radiation expertise is absolutely critical. Our team brings comprehensive radiation protection turnkey solutions including transport codes analysis and studies, and advisory to all levels of a space missions, for both human crews as well as for electronic systems such as small /nanosatellites and space platforms. ISE responds to this crucial safety issue, including detailed critical engineering design considerations at any of the design stages.
Irene Schneider
CEO & Founder
Irene Schneider is Founder & CEO of ISE – IHRENES SPACE ENTERPRISES.
She holds a BS in Physics (University of South Florida) and an MS Geosciences (Astrobiology, Space Radiation & Planetary Habitability) from the Pennsylvania State University.
She was nominated "Student of the Year" in 1998 by the American Physical Society, she was later awarded a research internship at the Fermi National Laboratory near Chicago, Illinois, the US. Following this, she won another scholarship to attend the CERN Particle Accelerator School in Geneva, Switzerland. She then earned a full doctoral research award in the field of Nuclear Physics at the Nuclear Physics Institute in the Netherlands. Resulting from this, Irene possesses, 2,5 years of Doctoral research in the field of Nuclear Physics with Doctoral scholarship awarded by the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. PhD was not completed due to problems with the experimental set up and Irene decided to move on to accept an invite to audit and follow courses at the University of Pennsylvania, in the US at the Department of mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, where she studied nuclear reactor systems and health physics tackling as well nuclear powered space systems. As her passion lied within space, she transferred her acquired knowledge in the nuclear sciences onto space sciences leading her to propose her thesis as a junction in between both fields resulting in Astrobiology and planetary space radiation environments, an innovative thesis completed at the University of Pennsylvania, the US fully funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute and Penn State University.
Her research was focused around the radiation environments on the Moon and Mars, and its effects on long term human space missions in collaboration with. Dr. Francis Cucinotta, world renowned space radiation expert and at the time Chief radiation officer at the NASA Johnson Space Center and Emeritus Professor James Kasting, a world recognized authority in planetary habitability.
Amongst other professional roles, Irene has been an independent advisor to the Aerospace Medicine Center for the Spanish Air force, in Madrid, and has acted as chief radiation officer for the NASA funded full scale lunar analogue, together with project lead Pablo de Leon. A simulation lunar base designed and constructed by the University of North Dakota, Department of Space Studies (UND), and which was finalized by the end of 2013. She is currently an invited member of the ASTM International Task group for Solar Particle mitigation strategies for Human Spaceflight.
Ms. Schneider has been an invited speaker as well at prestigious scientific meetings and conferences such as the NATO STO/RAMS 2016 and 2017, AIAA 40th International Conference on Environmental Systems amongst others, she has been an invited panel speaker at ISDC 2025, Bioinspired frontiers 2025, Newspace 2011 at NASA Ames, including other public outreach oriented events such as the "The Advanced Space Suit Symposium" at the Mars Society International convention the Solar System offered by La Caixa scientific foundation in Spain, Madrid Center for Astrobiology research CAB-NASA, World space week 2014 Round table debate on planet Mars, NASA-INTA Madrid MDSCC in Spain as well as has been invited as special scientific guest on the national popular TV show “Cuarto Milenio” which broadcasts as well into the South American continent amongst her latest public appearances. Irene is as well a regular invited guest at The Space Show" a world-renowned web-based radio show where prominent space personalities are interviewed to discuss current space issues. Irene Schneider has been featured on ABC News, Telemundo ‘Al Rojo Vivo’, Channel 10 News, quoted on the United Press International, The NASA Astrobiology network, the Astrobiology network, the post Chronicle and other scientific related press following her invitation by the by the MARS Society to form part as chief radiation scientist of Crew 69 on the Mars Desert Research Station, her participation being funded by NASA.
She has served as independent advisor to the Spanish Airforce Aerospace Medicine Center in matters of space issues, is currently a scientific advisor the Lifeboat Foundation Space Settlement board, and has been a member of the AIAA, The American Geophysical Union, The American Nuclear Society, The Planetary Society, The American Institute of Physics (Sigma Phi Sigma), The National Space Society (NSS), The Space Frontier Foundation (SFF), and has 15 hours of flying lessons, and she is as well a certified PADI scuba diver.
Anthony Lai
Chief Engineer
Mr. Anthony Lai a graduate of UCLA University of California, the US, brings to ISE his extensive expertise in large-scale and complex project development, technology transition, and system engineering in addition to ample expertise in radiation analyses, design, testing and integration of payloads into various satellite and space platforms.
During his tenure in the space industry, Mr. Lai leads radiation analyses, design, testing, integration of payloads into various satellite or space platforms for governments around the world such as TacSat-3, FalconSat-5, ORS-1, Orbital Express, Spirit and Opportunity rovers as well as commercial satellite constellations such as the Orbcomm Generation 2 satellite RF payload.
Specifically, he exceeds in project management and providing expertise in technology transition and manufacturability of the optimal solutions for the projects, using his extensive expertise in component and system engineering for military platforms such as air platforms, missiles and ground vehicles, Naval vessels, and space-based satellites. While at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Mr. Lai successfully managed the integration of instruments for the Mars Rover programs, which included qualification and selection of various devices for use on the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. At POC, one of his key roles is leading technology transition for various SBIR projects, including transition of the DRR (data loader) for the F-15 Suite-9 upgrade to the Air Force and transition of the Digital Data Set (DDS) for the T-45, the Data Transfer Unit for the V-22 and F-18, and the Advanced Data Transfer System (ADTS) for common helicopter platforms to Navy PMA-299. Under his leadership, POC is currently in multi-year full-rate production of the T-45 DDS, V-22 DTU, and MH-60R/S, CH-53K, CRH, and H-1Y/Z common ADTS kit systems for various military deployments, as well as LRIP of the other aforementioned projects. Mr. Lai was the project lead for SASHA Phase I and Phase II. Mr. Lai not only has unique experience and expertise to manufacture products developed from SBIR technologies, but he is also directly responsible for shipping hundreds of DDS, Sikorsky, and Data Loaders. Mr. Lai earned his B.S.E.E. from the University of California, Irvine, in 1993 and his M.S.E.E. from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1995. He is a U.S. citizen and holds an active Secret clearance with COMSEC training.
Professor Emeritus James Kasting
Advisor
James Fraser Kasting Distinguished Professor of Geosciences at Penn State University. Kasting is active in NASA's search for habitable extrasolar planets.He is considered a world leader in the field of planetary habitability, assessing habitable zones around stars.He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2018. Kasting also serves on the Advisory Council of METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence).
Professor Kasting worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and at NASA Ames Research Center before accepting a position with the space science division at NASA Ames. He has served NASA in various capacities, including co-chairing the scientific working group for the Terrestrial Planet Finder. Kasting joined Penn State University in 1988, but continues to collaborate with NASA.