Michael A. Ainslie

Michael Ainslie is a Senior Scientist at JASCO Applied Sciences (Germany) GmbH and Visiting Professor at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton (UK). He holds degrees in physics (Imperial College, 1981) and mathematics (University of Cambridge, 2011), and a PhD in seabed acoustics (University of Southampton, 1991). He is author of the book Principles of Sonar Performance Modeling (Springer, 2010), and his research interests include sonar performance modelling, acoustic propagation modelling, effects of sound on aquatic life, bubble acoustics and planetary acoustics. Dr. Ainslie is Convenor of the ISO working groups ISO/TC 43/SC 3/WG 2 (Underwater acoustical terminology) and WG 5 (Measurement and modelling of underwater ambient sound), and a founding member of the EU expert group Technical Group Noise. He led the development of ADEON project standards for soundscape monitoring (https://adeon.unh.edu/standards). He is fluent in English and Spanish.