Nuala Cowan
Disaster Risk Management Consultant at The World Bank
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
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Top SchoolNuala Cowan is a Disaster Risk Management consultant at the World Bank’s Open Data for Resilience Initiative and a Research Assistant Professor of Geography at George Washington University, bringing over a decade of experience applying open geospatial data and GIS to disaster preparedness and humanitarian response. She co-founded YouthMappers, an international university network that trains students in mapping for resilience, demonstrating a sustained commitment to education and capacity-building alongside policy-facing work. Her background includes managing GWU’s Spatial Analysis Laboratory and academic roles that bridge research, teaching, and practical risk assessment. Nuala holds a Doctor of Science in Engineering Management and combines technical expertise with program-level leadership to translate open-data innovations into community-ready risk solutions. An often-overlooked strength is her track record of mobilizing student volunteers into scalable mapping efforts that feed real-world disaster response and resilience projects.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Science (D.Sc.), Engineering Management, Doctor of Science (D.Sc.), Engineering Management at The George Washington University
Github Skills (13)
flask6
python5
javascript4
openstreetmap4
before-after4
jekyll4
imagery3
postgis3
postgresql3
geospatial2
overpass-api2
nominatim2
map-matching1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nualacowan/web_mapping_workshop
Mar 2015 - Apr 2015
Contributions:19 pushes in 1 day
web-mappingmappingworkshop
nualacowan/opencities
Aug 2018 - Sep 2018
Jekyll template pages for Open Cities project
Contributions:10 pushes in 29 days
jekylljekyll-template
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