Britta Ricker
Tenured Assistant Professor at Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Top SchoolBritta Ricker is a tenured assistant professor and geospatial researcher with 11 years of experience advancing spatial data collection, visualization, and mobile GIS for health, urban planning, and environmental applications. Based at the Copernicus Institute in Utrecht, she has built interdisciplinary programs and co-founded an MSc in Geospatial Technologies, blending academic leadership with hands-on development of VGI, LBS and geovisualization techniques. Her PhD work pioneered mobile data capture for trauma surveillance and she has taught a broad suite of courses from WebGIS to remote sensing across North American and European institutions. Britta’s career bridges academic research and practical mapping—she has deployed augmented reality learning tools, designed flood hazard mapping workflows, and translated complex spatial data into accessible web visualizations. Known for making spatial science usable for non-technical audiences, she combines rigorous methodological research with a knack for engaging public-facing geospatial products.
11 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
MSc, Geography, MSc, Geography at McGill UniversityBS, Geography, International Politics, BS, Geography, International Politics at Frostburg State UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geography, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geography at Simon Fraser University
Github Skills (23)
geojson9
gis9
geospatial8
computational-geometry8
modular7
javascript7
css7
typescript7
algorithm6
svg5
fonts5
spatial4
font-awesome3
branding3
data-visualization3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bricker0/Seattle-Feature-Service
Nov 2016 - Jun 2024
Contributions:20 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 8 months
bricker0/choropleth_map
Apr 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:49 commits, 65 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
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