Prof. Michel André

Laureate

Michel André
Organisation
Technical University of Catalonia, BarcelonaTech (UPC)
Function
Full Professor
Country
Spain
Field of work
Technologies, Biodiversity / Nature Conservation
Awards
Rolex Awards, 2002
Felix Wankel Prize, Ludwig Maximilian University of München
Project
The Sense of Silence Foundation

My research involves the development of Acoustic Technologies for the control of noise pollution in the marine environment; the study of the biological and pathological impact of noise pollution on marine organisms, particularly marine mammals and invertebrates; the mathematical, physical, morpho- and electro-physiological mechanisms of the cetacean bio-sonar as well as the extraction of the information from their acoustic signals; the passive acoustic monitoring of wildlife in remote regions, e.g. the Amazone, India and the Arctic