Shlomi Dahan

Education • M.A. in Philosophy, University of Haifa, 2023 (Graduated with Honors) • B.A. in International Business Administration, University of Humberside, 1999 • Electronics Engineering Technician, Technion, Haifa 1989 Professional Experience Deep-Sea Monitoring Engineer School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa | 2016 – Present • Established an underwater acoustics laboratory at university of Haifa. • Project Engineer – THEMO (themo.haifa.ac.il): o Led a Mediterranean Sea monitoring project in collaboration with Texas A&M University. o Managed research buoys and underwater monitoring systems. o Initiated and led a hardware upgrade for the research buoy. • Developed underwater acoustic systems for research applications. • Administrative and Technical Integrator – SYMBIOSIS Project (symbiosis.lonsay.com): o European Union-funded research project for identifying fish species via acoustic transmitters, receivers, and cameras. o Collaborated with universities and companies from Israel, Italy, Spain, and Germany. • Project Engineer – CETI Project: o International research initiative to decipher the language of sperm whales, in collaboration with Haifa University, Harvard, and A&M Texas university. o Designed acoustic recorders and associated sensors. o Developed an acoustic monitoring system for sperm whale detection and identification.