Jakob J. Stamnes is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Physics and Technology at Universitetet i Bergen, Norway and CEO of Balter Medical, Norway. His research interests include wave propagation, radiative transfer, ocean optics and remote sensing. He has published over 190 research papers. He is the author of Waves in Focal Regions (1986) and co-authored Radiative Transfer in Coupled Environmental Systems (2015). He is a fellow of the Optical Society (OSA), and a member of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
