Education
M.A. Geography
University of Oklahoma - 2014
B.S. Environmental Science
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania - 2012
A.S. Biology
Northampton Community College - 2009
Professional Experience
BAE Systems: GIS Technician 2015 – present
Analyze and interpret satellite imagery, extract features to contractual specifications using ArcGIS
Northampton Community College: Adjunct Professor of Geography 2015
Taught Environmental Sustainability and World Geography, researched sustainability best practices and concepts to bring to the classroom, communicated complex ideas in simple ways
University of Oklahoma: Research Assistant 2012 – 2014
Designed and executed two year research effort, collected, created, and analyzed historical and current stream and land use data from historical images, created a GIS for a local watershed to inform watershed planning, quantified stream losses and land changes over time using statistical analysis
Kutztown University: Research Assistant 2010
Designed research methods to examine impacts of agricultural and urban land use on stream resilience, calculated metrics for stakeholder communication, operated backpack electroshocker
Volunteer Experience
Lehigh Valley Ultimate: President - Board of Directors 2015 – present
Create new programs, activities, and initiatives, establish policies for the organization, make budgetary decisions, steer the direction of the organization into the future
Lehigh Valley Ultimate: Director 2014 – 2015
Organized and managed leagues, design league formats and schedules, developed new programming and community engagement curriculum, managed social media
Muhlenberg College Ultimate: Assistant Coach 2014 – 2015
Developed team programming and practice structure, analyzed team performance, implemented new strategies, taught players of various skill levels, helped build team culture and player buy-in
Computer Skills
- Geographic Information Systems using ERSI ArcGIS, QGIS, and GDAL
- Version control with Git and Github
- Basic front end web development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Jekyll
- CartoDB platfrom
- Web mapping with Leaftlet.js
Selected Presentations
Wilgruber, N.A., Julian, J.P., and de Beurs, K.M., and Mayer, P.M. (2014). Land Cover Impacts on Stream Channel Loss in Central Oklahoma from 1874 to 2010. Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting, 2014, Portland, OR.
Roy, A.H., Grandinetti, M.E., and Wilgruber, N.A. (2014). Exploring Sublethal Effects of Urbanization: Fish and Macroinvertebrate Movement. 3rd Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology, 2014, Portland, OR.
Wilgruber, N.A., Martin-Mikel C.J., Julian, J.P., and de Beurs, K.M. (2013). The Evolving Drainage Network of an Urbanizing Watershed: A Case Study of the Lake Thunderbird Watershed in Central Oklahoma from 1874 to 2010. The U.S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, 2013, Austin, TX.
Wilgruber, N.A. and Roy, A.H. (2011). Assessing resilience in urban and forested streams by experimental fish removal. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists Conference, 2011, California, PA.
Publications
Julian J.P., Wilgruber N., de Beurs K.M., Mayer P.M., Jawarneh R. (2015). Long-term impacts of land cover changes on stream channel loss. Science of the Total Environment 537: 399-410.
Julian J.P., Doyle M.W., Podolak C.J.P., Manners R.B., Hester E., Meitzen K.M., Ensign S., Wilgruber N. (In review). Bio-Hydro-Geomorphic Connections in Stream Channels. In J.B. Jones & E.H. Stanley (Eds.), Streams in a Changing Environment. Academic Press
