Alexander Bahr received his Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University Aachen, Germany in 2003. Being interested in the subject of underwater robotics for a long time he went to the Australian National University (ANU) to work in this field during a seven month project as a research scientist. During that time he developed the first prototype of the Serafina, a small AUV. In 2004 he joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he received his PhD in Ocean Engineering from the Joint Program of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and MIT in 2009. His work was focused on the cooperation and navigation of large groups of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV). As part of his PhD research he participated in several cruises and vehicle deployments where he acquired an in-depth understanding of the inner workings and operational details of several commercial and research AUV systems. In addition to his PhD work he participated in numerous projects which required the design, testing and deployment of underwater sensing equipment.