Field Research Assistant
Bill has been diving with the VRG since 2007 but only recently joined as a staff member in 2020. Bill graduated from UCLA in 1986 with a B.S. in Geology and a focus in Paleobiology. He then worked as Supervising Scientist and Dive Safety Officer for the from 1989-2020 on NPDES permitted work pertaining to monitoring the effects of discharged treated effluent on the ocean environment. While working for LACSD, Bill conducted CRANE surveys, participated in otter trawling for San Diego Bay fisheries surveys and conducted plankton tows with the VRG from 2007-2020, finally joining as a staff member in 2020 after his retirement from the Districts. Bill is also currently the Dive Safety Officer for .
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