Ian Giammanco, PhD
Bio
Ian Giammanco is currently a Research Scientist at the
Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety and a Faculty Associate within the National Wind Institute. He is a native of Baton
Rouge, Louisiana and holds a BS in Atmospheric Science from the University of Louisiana
at Monroe and a MS in Atmospheric Science and PhD in Wind Science and Engineering
from Texas Tech. Giammanco was the field coordinator for TTUHRT from 2005-2010 and
has participated in over 15 tropical cyclone deployments over nearly a decade of meteorological
field research. His research interests lie in hurricane boundary layer characteristics
and vertical wind profiles, as well as obsvations and measurement systems. Ian is
a technician licensed Ham radio operator (W5WWX).