Bethany Allen
Postdoctoral Researcher at GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolBethany Allen is an evolutionary biologist and palaeontologist with eight years of research experience exploring biodiversity shifts across geological timescales. Currently a postdoctoral researcher at GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences after a computational evolution postdoc at ETH Zurich, she combines palaeontological field expertise with quantitative and modelling approaches to study past ecosystems. Her PhD used computational methods to probe latitudinal biodiversity gradients during the Permian–Triassic, reflecting a strong interdisciplinary grounding in biology, geology and data-driven analysis. Bethany also has a track record in science communication and education outreach, and actively champions equity, diversity and inclusion within academic settings. Comfortable moving between museum collections, computational pipelines and grant-funded research projects, she brings both rigorous empirical insight and modelling fluency to questions about how life responds to extreme environmental change.
7 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Natural Sciences (Biology and Geology), Bachelor of Science (BSc) Natural Sciences (Biology and Geology) at Durham UniversityMaster of Science (MSc) Palaeobiology, Master of Science (MSc) Palaeobiology at University of Bristol
Github Skills (8)
fossil10
r-package10
biodiversity9
geology2
bioinformatics2
python1
visualization1
r1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
bethany-j-allen/phylogenetics_workshop
Nov 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:15 commits, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 7 days
bethany-j-allen/sampling_bias_workshop
Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
Contributions:65 commits, 6 pushes in 1 month
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