Professor Asgeir J. Sørensen obtained MSc degree in Marine Technology in 1988 at NTNU, and PhD degree in Engineering Cybernetics at NTNU in 1993. In 1989-1992 Sørensen was employed at MARINTEK as Research Scientist. In 1993 Sørensen was employed as Research Scientist at ABB Corporate Research Norway. In 1994 he became R&D Coordinator/Project Manager at ABB Industri. In 1996 he was appointed to Manager of Positioning Systems in ABB Industri. From 1998 to 2001 Sørensen was Technical Manager in the Business Area Automation Marine and Turbochargers, ABB Automation.

Since 1999 Sørensen has held the position of Professor of Marine Control Systems at the Department of Marine Technology, NTNU. Sørensen has authored more than 100 scientific articles and book chapters on ride control of SES, dynamic positioning of ships and semi-submersibles, guidance and control of underwater vehicles, control of marine structures, and modelling and control of propulsion systems. Sørensen has served as advisor for several MSc and PhD students. In 1996 he received together with Olav Egeland the IFAC Automatica Prize Paper Award.

In December 2002 Sørensen and 5 partners founded the company Marine Cybernetics AS, where he currently is the President. Sørensen is member of the Board for Maritime and Offshore Research at the Norwegian Research Council.