Brian Blanton
Senior Research Scientist at Renaissance Computing Institute
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBrian Blanton is a senior research scientist and coastal physical oceanographer with 12 years of hands-on experience applying high-performance numerical models to storm surge, tidal dynamics, and coastal inundation forecasting. Based at RENCI/UNC-Chapel Hill, he has led FEMA- and USACE-funded projects that produced coupled ADCIRC+SWAN model systems to compute statistical coastal flood hazards and assess sea level rise impacts up to one meter. He combines deep academic training (PhD in Coastal Oceanography) with practical HPC engineering, having managed large ensemble simulations on supercomputers for flood insurance and risk studies. Known for translating complex model output into actionable mapping and validation products, he bridges science, computation, and policy-facing deliverables. A less obvious strength is his repeated role as technical lead in multi-agency teams, where he standardizes simulation workflows and reproducible software for coastal risk assessment.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BS, Mathematics, BS, Mathematics at Armstrong State CollegePhD, Coastal Oceanography, PhD, Coastal Oceanography at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
fortran, c, matlab, high-performance computing
Github Skills (58)
oracle-cloud10
intel10
redhat10
gfortran10
windows10
gcc10
ubuntu10
openmp10
automation10
wsl210
virtualbox10
forecast10
matlab9
rhel9
oracle9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
RENCI/ADRAS
Jun 2021 - Sep 2023
ADCIRCtoGeotiff base code
Contributions:2 releases, 5 PRs, 75 pushes in 2 years 2 months
base-code
BrianOBlanton/HycomTracker
May 2015 - May 2021
Contributions:32 commits, 30 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
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