Thomas Folegot

Thomas Folegot received the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in physical acoustics in 1995 and 2003, respectively. He has started working as a scientist for the French Military Centre of Oceanography on ocean acoustic tomography issues before acting as Project Manager for the French Ministry of Defence to design the very first underwater source receiver array at high frequencies. After a five years period as a Senior Scientist and Project Leader at the NATO Undersea Research Centre in Italy (NURC, now called CMRE), working in the fields of underwater sound propagation, underwater communication, tomography, and harbor protection, he founded Quiet-Oceans in 2010 to address the issue of anthropogenic noise in relation with the emerging regulations and concerns for the marine life. He is a member of the "Technical Subgroup Noise” appointed by the European Commission.