Irene Arango is a senior geochemist with Chevron’s Energy Technology Company, where she works as internal hydrocarbon charge consultant on exploration and development projects worldwide, as principal investigator on research projects (e.g., geochemistry of unconventional plays and assessment of H2S risk on heavy oil fields), and coordinator of Chevron’s Hydrocarbon Charge Training Program. In addition to her technical work, Irene has served as session chair and judge of poster and oral sessions at various AAPG conferences, co-chair of the Geochemistry, Basin Modeling, and Petroleum Systems Theme of the 2017 Annual AAPG Conference, technical reviewer for various peer-review journals, and head of the Houston Organic Geochemistry Society (group of petroleum system specialists that meets in Houston for technical talks and discussion). She was the recipient of AAPG’s Gabriel Dengo Memorial Award in 2014 in recognition of the best AAPG paper presented during the 2013 AAPG International Conference. Irene is Irene received her Ph.D. in Geology from Indiana University (2006), an M.S. of Science (Geology) from Indiana State University (2002), and an undergraduate degree in Geology from the National University of Colombia (1998).