Robin Tanamachi

Robin Tanamachi is an American atmospheric scientist and associate professor at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Purdue University. Tanamachi specializes in radar meteorology and has participated in numerous research studies, including VORTEX2 and VORTEX-SE.

Early life and education Tanamachi grew up in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitian area. In 1986, she watched a live broadcast showing a tornado, which pushed her to say that she "wanted to be a research meteorologist and study tornadoes". Tanamachi moved to Norman, Oklahoma to work for research meteorologist Howard Bluestein after graduating from the University of Oklahoma.

In a 2024 article produced by BBC and titled What it's really like to be a tornado chaser, Tanamachi gave her account on surviving the 2013 El Reno EF3 tornado, stating "I realised it was very likely the tornado was killing people while I was collecting data".