planblue
Svenja Diester is currently working as a Project Director at PlanBlue since December 2022. Prior to this, they held the position of Head Of Sales at RAUMPERLE from April 2019 to October 2021. Svenja also has experience in research roles at various marine science institutes such as the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology and the Australian Institute of Marine Science. They completed a Master of Science in Marine Umweltwissenschaften from Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and a Bachelor of Science in Internationaler Studiengang Technische und Angewandte Biologie from HSB Hochschule Bremen. Furthermore, Svenja is currently pursuing further education at Hawaii Pacific University.
planblue
PlanBlue offers a new seafloor monitoring technology that is changing the way they map, assess and even understand our seafloor: the “DiveRay” and the accompanying software. The DiveRay is an intelligent underwater camera, that automatically scans seafloor areas, as well as lake bottoms and river beds. It makes use of hyperspectral imaging, and itssoftware is based on machine-learning algorithms. The DiveRay significantly reduces the time spent both below and above water (i.e., monitoring underwater and data analysis/interpretation on land). Any experienced diver can use the DiveRay, it is not limited to experts-only. The rich data obtained by the DiveRay is objective (i.e., independent of the person analyzing the seafloor data) and can easily be compared to future studies.