Ana Širović

Ana Širović is a marine bioacoustician and a professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway. Her research interests revolve around the development and use of acoustic methods to improve our understanding of highly exploited and endangered marine species, as well as ocean noise and the effects of anthropogenic noise on marine life. Her group uses acoustic tools to answer ecological, population-level questions relevant to the management of animal resources. Ana grew up in Croatia and started her education at FER, but completed her Bachelor’s degree at the University of California Santa Barbara and received a PhD in oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. She is the recipient of the Medwin prize from the Acoustical Society of America and the US Antarctic Service Medal.