Tim Molteno
Senior Lecturer at University of Otago
Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Molteno is a Senior Lecturer and physicist with 17 years of experience specializing in algorithms for measurement, radio astronomy tools, and position estimation. Based at the University of Otago in Dunedin, he leads the Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART) project, blending hands-on instrument development with theoretical expertise from a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. His work spans from designing precision estimation algorithms to building practical telescope software, connecting academic research with operational observatories. Colleagues value his ability to translate complex mathematical models into robust, testable code and observational pipelines. Outside publications, he brings an experimental mindset to teaching and project leadership, often pushing instrumentation boundaries in small-team settings.
17 years of coding experience
Ph.D., Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Ph.D., Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at University of Otago
Github Skills (126)
cpp10
error-detection10
telescope10
fpga10
pypi10
simulation10
rewrite10
hardware10
python-bindings10
astronomy9
ruby9
python9
transient9
cython9
sd-card9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
tart-telescope/talks
Nov 2022 - Mar 2025
Material for those wishing to give talks about TART
Contributions:1 PR, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
tart-telescope/sbc_code
Jul 2023 - Mar 2025
Contributions:145 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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