A former Rector from Universitas Negeri Papua (UNIPA), Manokwari, Papua Barat. He’s a former Dean of the Faculty of Economics, UNIPA and the Regent of Jayapura Regency from 1991 until 2001. He finished his undergraduate and master study in Universitas Cendrawasih and Institut Pertanian Bogor, and also University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
Isma is a graduate of Forestry from Gadjah Mada University.