Shima Abadi is Director of the Ocean Data Lab and an associate professor at the UW School of Oceanography. She also holds a joint appointment as an associate professor in the Mechanical Engineering Program at UW Bothell's School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM).

Abadi’s intricate research primarily focuses on ocean acoustical signal processing, noise propagation in the ocean, machine learning in analyzing ocean ambient noise, and developing algorithms for analyzing large data sets collected by underwater networks.

In this episode, Abadi discusses ocean acoustics and analyzing data to understand the soundscape of underwater environments.

Rachel Aronson holds an M.M.A. from the University of Washington’s School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and leads the Quiet Sound program. As a student, Aronson received support from the Linda J. Maxson Endowment in Marine Policy and the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs Graduate Student Fellowship Fund.

In this episode, Aronson shares about the collaborative program dedicated to reducing noise impacts to Southern Resident Killer Whales from large commercial vessels in Puget Sound.

Orca recordings courtesy of nps.gov.

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