Björn Nyberg
Senior Geospatial Analyst
Norway
Summary
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Top SchoolBjörn Nyberg is a Senior Geospatial Analyst with eight years of experience turning earth observation data into practical solutions for flood adaptation, ecosystem conservation, and geohazard assessment. He leads multidisciplinary teams and R&D initiatives—currently building real-time pluvial, fluvial, and storm surge modelling tools at 7Analytics—while holding academic appointments as an Adjunct Associate Professor and research affiliate at the Bjerknes Centre. Skilled across Python and JavaScript, TensorFlow, GCP, Google Earth Engine, QGIS/ArcGIS, and core open-source geospatial libraries, he bridges science and software to operationalize high-resolution, cloud-native workflows. His work uniquely spans fundamental sedimentology and large-scale environmental monitoring, reflecting a PhD-grounded ability to connect process-based understanding with scalable machine-learning ETL pipelines. An entrepreneurially minded consultant, he has delivered bespoke geospatial systems and interactive teaching tools, signaling a rare combination of field science, teaching innovation, and production-grade engineering.
8 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Sedimentology, MSc, Sedimentology at University of AberdeenBSc, Environmental Earth Science, BSc, Environmental Earth Science at James Cook UniversityPhD, Remote Sensing, GIS and Sedimentology (Virtual Outcrop Geology Group), PhD, Remote Sensing, GIS and Sedimentology (Virtual Outcrop Geology Group) at Universitetet i Bergen (UiB) / University of Bergen
Github Skills (31)
arcgis9
geometric9
earth-engine8
gis8
segmentation8
google-earth-engine8
geospatial8
qgis8
toolbox8
catalog8
geoserver7
geopython7
open-datasets7
machine-learning6
geodata6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
BjornNyberg/NetworkGT
Mar 2018 - Jul 2022
Contributions:8 releases, 134 commits, 124 pushes in 4 years 5 months
BjornNyberg/Geometric-Attributes-Toolbox
Mar 2018 - Dec 2022
Contributions:1 release, 44 commits, 2 PRs in 4 years 9 months
characterizationarcgiselementstoolboxqgis
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