Jan Opderbecke

Jan Opderbecke is an electrical engineer and accomplished his PhD in signal processing at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan (France) in 1994. After joining the French Institute for Ocean Research IFREMER, he specialized in underwater robotics focusing on innovative techniques for navigation, mapping and optical inspection of the deep ocean sea-floors. Since 2014 he is head of the Unit for Underwater Systems, which develops and operates underwater vehicles within the French Oceanographic Fleet. The Unit for Underwater Systems carries out numerous R&D projects in cooperation with academic research labs and companies at national and international level.