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Ricard Marxer is a leading researcher at the intersection of underwater robotics, vocal interactivity, and autonomous navigation. His work addresses fundamental challenges in long-term visual localization for deep-sea environments, as demonstrated by his highly cited 2023 paper on the Eiffel Tower dataset (16 citations), which tackles the critical problem of environmental change over time. Marxer has also made pioneering contributions to the emerging field of vocal interactivity across species, co-organizing the first International Workshop on Vocal Interactivity in-and-between Humans, Animals and Robots (VIHAR 2017) and authoring a seminal 2016 paper (16 citations) that explores how vocal signals serve ecological purposes across the animal kingdom. As a key partner in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degree in Marine and Maritime Intelligent Robotics (MIR), he is shaping the next generation of robotics researchers. His most recent work (2025) pushes boundaries in underwater navigation by investigating deep reinforcement learning algorithms and multi-modal sensor fusion, demonstrating his continued commitment to solving the unique challenges of autonomous operation in harsh marine environments.