Donald J. Degan
Donald Degan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Fisheries and a Master’s Degree in Natural Resources from the University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point. He worked as a Fisheries Biologist for the Iowa Conservation Commission for 7 years and as a Fisheries Scientist for Duke Energy for 15 years before founding Aquacoustics in 1996. He has been involved with fisheries acoustics for more than 20 years and has acquired extensive experience in acoustic data collection and analysis, project design and management, as well as training. His special interests are remote control, automation and the development of new data collection and analysis techniques for acoustic data.
Anna-Maria Mueller
Anna-Maria Mueller holds a Master’s and PhD degree in Molecular Biology from the University of Vienna, Austria, and a postgraduate degree in Environment and Development from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. She worked on fisheries projects at remote sites in Alaska for the Alaska Department of Fish & Game before joining Aquacoustics in 1998. She has over 10 years of experience in hydroacoustics and GIS. Her current interests focus on DIDSON image processing and classification, and the potential use of tail beat frequency and DIDSON shadows for species identification.