Nathalie Staiger-Gutierrez
Nathalie Staiger-Gutierrez
Nathalie is a program assistant for NOAA Fisheries’ Northeast Fisheries Science Center. She specializes in program development and optimization, science communication, training, and data auditing.
She has 10 years of experience in marine science research, communication, and curriculum development. She employs strong organization and attention to detail skills to enhance project workflows, increase program efficiency, and collaborate cross-functionally with internal and external constituents.
She has worked with Federal, State, Law Enforcement, International, Conservation, and Non-Profit organizations and instructed over 1,000 children and adults. Nathalie has trained or supervised over 50 professionals, and enhanced nearly 20 science research programs spanning from commercial and recreational fisheries to coral ecology, shark population dynamics, and paleobiology. She has been interviewed for TV, newspaper, and B-roll, with research efforts showcased on an episode of Shark Week.
In 2019, Nathalie received her MS in Marine Science and Technology and in 2015, she received her BS in Biology with a Minor in Visual Art.
2015: B.S. Biology magna cum laude, Visual Art minor, Saint Peter’s University
2019: M.S. Biogeochemistry, UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology
Image Analysis Research Projects:
2015-2016: cryptic invertebrate reef ecology, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
2016-2019: foraminifera shell morphology, UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology
2019-2021: white shark identification, Atlantic White Shark Conservancy
2020-2021: lobster pleopods and spermatophores, Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries
2021-present: Electronic Monitor Reviewer/Assistant, NOAA - NEFSC - FMRD
Science Communication and Content Creation:
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, AxioVision, Google Drawings, ImageJ, IrfanView, MS Powerpoint