Richard Telford
Associate Professor
Norway
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Top SchoolRichard Telford is an Associate Professor of quantitative ecology and palaeoecology at the University of Bergen with over two decades of research experience testing the robustness of numeric methods for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. He specializes in transfer function development and quantitative palaeoecological approaches that link biological proxies to past climates and human impacts. His career spans academic roles from research assistantships in tephra and coastal eutrophication studies to palaeoclimatic synthesis at the Bjerknes Centre, reflecting a blend of field, lab and statistical expertise. Based in Norway, he combines rigorous statistical method development with practical reconstruction applications, often challenging assumptions in common numerical tools. An unusual strength is his sustained focus on method validation—ensuring that numerical inferences about the past are as robust as the data allow.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Natural Sciences, BA, Natural Sciences at University of CambridgePhD, Geography, PhD, Geography at Prifysgol Aberystwyth University
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Github Skills (96)
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Between-the-Fjords/dataDownloader
Nov 2019 - Jun 2022
Downloads files from osf.io or dropbox if they have changed
Contributions:2 PRs, 22 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 7 months
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richardjtelford/Lygra_traits
Aug 2020 - Sep 2023
Contributions:36 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
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