Dr. Carrano is a Senior Research Physicist and Principal Investigator at Boston College’s Institute for Scientific Research (ISR).  His principal contributions have been in the areas of ionospheric impacts on radar, satellite communications, and the Global Positioning System (GPS). He introduced and taught GE 195, the first course on Space Weather for undergraduate students at Boston College. He is an Associate Editor of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) journal Radio Science, and has served on the Editorial Board of the quarterly journal GPS Solutions. He is a member of the AGU, the Union Radio-Scientifique Internationale (URSI), and the Institute of Navigation (ION).