Ian Howat
Professor In Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolIan Howat is a Professor in Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University and director of its School of Earth Sciences, bringing over a decade of academic leadership focused on polar cryosphere dynamics and rapid ice-sheet change. He combines field insight with large-scale remote sensing and geospatial data processing to track glacier behavior and produce extensive datasets that inform climate science. A pragmatic coder and unapologetic Matlab user, he translates complex observational data into reproducible analyses and tools for the research community. His trajectory from PhD work at UC Santa Cruz to directing the Byrd Polar & Climate Research Center reflects a rare blend of hands-on glaciology, program leadership, and data-centric methodology.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
University of California Santa CruzBachelor of Arts - BA, Geology/Earth Science, General, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geology/Earth Science, General at Hamilton College
Github Skills (6)
mosaic9
tiling9
tiles9
digital-elevation-model8
python5
geospatial5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (2)
ihowat/setsm_postprocessing
Jul 2016 - Nov 2022
mosaic DEMS into tiles
Contributions:309 commits, 305 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 5 months
tilemosaictilingdemstiles
trchudley/pdemtools
Nov 2023 - May 2024
Conveniently search, download, and process ArcticDEM and REMA products
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 1 branch in 5 months
arcticdemcoregistrationdemdigital-elevation-modelgeospatial
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