PERSONAL DATA:
Birth Date: February 17, 1980, Philadelphia, PA

EDUCATION:
2006-Present Graduate Level Zoology (Masters) courses at UH Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii (nine + credit hours)
2000-2006 University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii (Zoology)
1998-2000 University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii (Marine Science)
1998 Graduated from Kwajalein High School (Republic of the Marshall Islands)

EMPLOYMENT:
2008-Present Field Biologist and Videographer for YINS (Yap Institute of Natural Science)
2006-Present Owner/Videographer Pacific Island Pictures/Ocean Life Images
2004-Present Volunteer Collection Technician, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI
2005-2006 Owner/operator Twilight Aquatics, supplying rare fish specimens to public aquaria (including Waikiki and Georgia Aquariums)
2005 First Mate M/V Starlet, Star Cruises Ltd.
2003-2005 Biological Technician, Coral Reef Ecosystems Division, NMFS/NOAA, Honolulu, HI
2000-2003 Field Project Technician, Coral Reef Ecosystems Investigations, NMFS/NOAA, Honolulu, HI
2000 Marine Option Program Student Coordinator, University of Hawaii at Manoa

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Marine ecosystem assessment and monitoring (both benthic and mobile species)
• Terrestrial ecosystem assessment and monitoring, particularly atoll ecosystems
• Evolutionary biology of marine fishes particularly systematics, biogeography
• Exploration of marginal reef habitats, including deep reefs between 60-150m
• Advanced technologies for in situ marine exploration; CCR’s and submersibles
• Documentary filmmaking

RECENT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
2008-present Marine and Terrestrial surveys, areas of special biodiversity significance, Micronesia, European Union CEPP.
2008-present Investigations of Traditional and ongoing community based ecosystem management strategies, Micronesia, European Union CEPP.
2006-present Continuing investigations of the diversity of fishes in Yap State, FSM.
2006-present Research Associate, Marine Resource Management Division Colonia, Yap, FSM.
2001-2006 Volunteer collection technician, Bernice P. Bishop Museum Ichthyology Collection.
1996-present Continuing investigations of the diversity of fishes in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

1996-present Survey and exploratory investigations throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
November 2008 Terrestrial surveys of native plant biota of Song Island, Ulithi Atoll under funding from the European Union.
May 2008 Marine turtle assessment and tagging on Losiep Island, Ulithi Atoll in collaboration with NOAA.
February 2008 Explosive ordinance disposal with USN and Yap State R&D of Japanese seamine in Yap State main channel.
August 2007 Collection of first specimens of a new snake species (Ramphotyphlops sp.) from Ulithi Atoll with Dr. Marjorie Falanruw.
August 2007 Marine turtle assessment and satellite tagging on Geilop Island, Ulithi Atoll with Dr. Steve Kolinski (NOAA-PIRO).
August 2007 Conservation International and Nature Conservancy research expedition for rapid assessment of reef diversity in Yap, Ngulu Atoll, _________and Ulithi Atoll.
March 2007 Deepwater Scientist for BBC led expedition to investigate the deep reefs of Micronesia for the BBC1 television series “Pacific Abyss”.
October 2006 COML (Census of Marine Life) expedition to survey the biodiversity of Vanuatu deep reefs, led by the Muséum National d’Histoire _________Naturelle, Paris.
August 2006 Lead Ichthyologist NOAA/HURL Pisces IV submersible operations in Main Hawaiian Islands to 250m, R/V Ka‘imikai-o-Kanaloa.
March 2006 Investigation of deep reef fish fauna 60-120m, Marshall Islands, using closed circuit rebreather, resulting in 6 undescribed fish species.
March 2006 DNA sampling of fishes and invertebrates of the Marshall Islands with Dr. Brian Bowen of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology in _________collaboration with MIMRA (Marshall Islands Marine Resources Authority).
July 2005 Deep reef exploration and ichthyological collections at Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati resulting in 20+ undescribed species.
June 2005 Video surveys and fish specimen collections at Green Island, Taiwan in collaboration with Academia Sinica.
January 2005 Ichthyological collections at Majuro Atoll, RMI with Dr. John Randall of the Bishop Museum.
December 2004 Investigation of deep reef fish fauna 60-120m, Marshall Islands, using closed circuit rebreather.
September 2004 Lead Ichthyologist NOAA/HURL Pisces IV submersible operations in Main Hawaiian Islands to 250m, R/V Ka‘imikai-o-Kanaloa.
May 2004 Association for Marine Exploration expedition, deep reefs of Oahu, Hawaii, 100-150m using closed circuit rebreathers. Collected deep _________reef fishes for display at the Waikiki Aquarium and specimens for BPBM.
October 2003 Research associate: NMFS/NOAA benthic habitat assessment of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, open-circuit Trimix dives, R/V _________Oscar Elton Sette
July-August 2003 Research associate: NMFS/NOAA rapid ecological assessment of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, R/V Oscar Elton Sette
May 2003 Investigations of feasibility of shipboard infrared technology to avoid maritime collisions with endangered marine mammals, WESTPAC _________Fisheries Council.
Dec. ‘02- Jan. ‘03 Lead videographer of “Marine Environments of the Marshall Islands” at Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, RMI.
December 2002 Collection of Hawaiian endemic fishes at Midway Atoll for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary _________education center.
August 2002 Research associate: NMFS/NOAA benthic habitat assessment of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, R/V Townsend Cromwell
August 2002 Underwater videographer for National Geographic “Crittercam Chronicles” episode on Hawaiian Monk seals, French Frigate Shoals, _________Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, R/V Townsend Cromwell .

May-July 2002 Investigations of coral reef fish assemblages at Rapa Iti, the Austral Islands and Tahiti in French Polynesia, S/V Cherokee.
August 2001 Research associate: NMFS/NOAA benthic habitat assessment of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, R/V Townsend Cromwell.
January 2001 Research associate: NMFS/NOAA rapid ecological assessment of U.S. Line and Phoenix Islands, R/V Townsend Cromwell.
September 2001 Surveys of invertebrate fauna of offshore aquaculture cages, Oahu, HI.
July 2000 Research associate: Oceanic Research Group (ORG) documentary “Silent Wrecks of Kwajalein Lagoon” for PBS.
May 2000 Completed coral reef ecology field school: Quantitative Underwater Ecological Survey Techniques (QUEST), Hilo, Hawaii.
June 1997 Collected first live specimens of Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis from Kwajalein Atoll, RMI for the Waikiki Aquarium.

RESEARCH SKILLS:
• Underwater survey skills relating to the assessment and monitoring of coral reefs
• Terrestrial survey techniques relating to assessment and monitoring of atolls
• Statistical analysis relevant to assessment and monitoring
• Fish species collection, identification, and preservation
• Morphological counts and measurements
• Technical Diving skills related to exploration of deep coral reefs
• Underwater and terrestrial video documentation skills
• Video pre/post production skills

AWARDS AND HONORS:
March 2001 Awarded Marine Option Program’s (UH) John P. Craven award for “Thinking outside of the box” in relation to exploration.

CURRENT PROJECTS:
Documantary Film “From Ridge to Reef” High island and atoll ecosystems in Yap State
Documentary Film “Marine Environments of the Marshall Islands”
Documentary Film Primary Healthcare in the Marshall Island under grant funding from
Trinity Healthcare International
Manuscripts pending Describing 30+ new species of fish from the Indo-Pacific with Dr. John E.
Randall and Dr. Richard L. Pyle, Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Manuscripts pending Various publications with NMFS/NOAA, including a checklist of the
fishes of the U.S. associated Line and Phoenix Islands

VIDEO PRODUCTION EXPERIENCE:
2006-Present Owner/Videographer OceanLife Images/ Pacific Island Pictures.
2000- Present Underwater and terrestrial DV and HD filming including both pre and post production elements.
August-Sept. 2006 Filming for RMI Ministry of Health and Trinity Healthcare International.
Dec. 2001-present Filming “Marine Environments of the Marshall Islands”
Aug.-Dec. 2004 Editor “Rescue Diver and Dive Leadership Fundamentals”; IANTD Inc.
Aug.-Dec. 2003 Co-producer and editor of “Rebreather Fundamentals”; IANTD Inc.
August 2002 Underwater videographer for National Geographic “Crittercam Chronicles” episode on Hawaiian Monk seals, French Frigate Shoals, ________ Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
July 2000 Research associate: Oceanic Research Group documentary “Silent Wrecks of Kwajalein Lagoon” for PBS.

SOCIETAL/PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
2004-present Society of Systematic Biologists
2003-present Chief Technology Officer, Association for Marine Exploration (www.marineexploration.org)
2003-present Marine Technology Society
2002-present NOAA Scientific Diver
2000-present University of Hawaii Scientific Diver, No. 748
1999-present American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
1999-present American Academy of Underwater Sciences

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:
1. Greene, B. D. 2002. E-mails from somewhere in the South Pacific. Seawords, 16(7): 5.
2. Greene, B. D., Pyle, R. L., Earle, J. L. (in prep). Xanthichthys kiritimati, a New Species of Triggerfish (Perciformes: Balistidae) from the Line _________Islands, Kiribati.
3. Greene, B. D., Pyle, R. L., Earle, J. L. (in prep). Hoplolatilus cuneus, a New Species of Tilefish (Perciformes: Malacanthidae) from the Line _________Islands, Kiribati.

5. Greene, B. D. and W. Smith-Vaniz. (in prep). Meiacanthus annae, a new species of Fangblenny (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini) from the _________Central Pacific with discussion of distribution and a key to the species of the Meiacanthus lineatus complex.
6. Randall, J. E., Myers, R. F., Trevor, M. N., Johnson, S.R. and J.L., Yoshii, S., and B. D. Greene. 2005. Ninety-one new records of fishes _________from the Marshall Islands. Aqua, 9(3):115-132.
7. Pyle, R. L., Earle, J. L., and B. D. Greene. 2008. Five new species of the damselfish genus Chromis (Perciformes: Labroidei: Pomacentridae) _________from deep coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific. Zootaxa, 1671: 3-31.
8. Mundy, B. C., Wass, R., Demartini, E., Greene, B.D., Zgliczynski, B. and R.E Schroeder. (in prep). Inshore fishes of Howland Island, Baker _________Island, Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll, and Kingman Reef. NOAA.

PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS:
1. Greene, B.D. 2004. p. 44. In: Kuiter, R.H. Basslets, Hamlets and their relatives. TMC Publishing, Chorleywood, UK, 216 pp.
2. Greene, B.D. 2005. p. 55. In: Cantor, D. The Esquire Perchlet. Esquire Magazine. 144(3).
3. Greene, B.D. 2006. In: Pyle, R.L. Christmas in July: A deep look at new species. Diving In Depth. (www.divingindepth.com).

RESEARCH LOCALITIES:
1992-98 Marshall Islands
1996 Red Sea
1998 FSM; Guam; Palau
1999 Main Hawaiian Islands; Marshall Islands
2000 Bali; Marshall Islands
2001 Marshall Islands; Phoenix Islands (Howland & Baker Islands); Line Islands (Jarvis Island, Palmyra Atoll, Kingman Reef); NW Hawaiian _____Islands (Nihoa Island, Necker Island, French Frigate Shoals, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Midway Atoll)

2002 Marshall Islands; French Polynesia (Rapa Iti, Austral Islands, Tahiti); NW Hawaiian Islands (Nihoa Island, Necker Island, French Frigate _____Shoals, Maro Reef, Laysan Island, Lisianski Island, Pearl and Hermes Reef, Midway Atoll, Kure Atoll); Midway Atoll
2003 Marshall Islands; NW Hawaiian Islands (Necker Island, Nihoa Island, French Frigate Shoals); Main Hawaiian Islands (Niihau, Lehua Rock, _____Molokai); NW Hawaiian Islands (Nihoa Island, Necker Island, French Frigate Shoals, Maro Reef, Laysan Island, Lisianski Island, Pearl and _____Hermes Reef, Midway Atoll, Kure Atoll)
2004 Marshall Islands; Bali; Main Hawaiian Islands
2005 Marshall Islands; Taiwan; Christmas Island, Kiribati
2006 Marshall Islands; Vanuatu; Yap
2007 Chuuk, Yap, Palau
2008 Yap, Palau, Ulithi Atoll

SEAMANSHIP & SAFETY:
2006 U.S. Coast Guard 50 Ton Masters License
2006 Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS) Hyperbaric Care Provider
Current NAUI/ASHI First Aid/CPR
Current DAN Oxygen Administration/DAN AED Administration
Experience:
• Sailing: 15 yrs, including 3 months in southern ocean in winter on 15m Trimaran
• Hyperbaric Care Provider: HBO and Recompression chamber for DCS
• 20 years of small boat handling experience, including launch and recovery from ships
• 6 years of Shipboard operations experience relating to research and exploration

DIVING HISTORY:
2004 IANTD Cis-Lunar MK-5P Expedition Trimix Diver
2004 IANTD Cis-Lunar MK-5P Trimix Rebreather Diver
2003 IANTD Cis-Lunar MK-5P Rebreather Diver
2002 NOAA trained gas blender, both Nitrox and Trimix
2002 IANTD Trimix Diver
2002 IANTD Advanced Nitrox Diver
2002 NOAA Scientific Diver
2000 TDI/SDI Draeger Dolphin Semi-closed Circuit rebreather diver
2000 TDI/SDI Nitrox Diver
2000 UH Scientific Diver (No. 748)
1999 PADI Dive Master (No. 171657)
1996 PADI Rescue Diver (No. 9803064349)
1996 PADI Advanced Open Water Diver (No. 9803064151)
1992 PADI Junior Open Water Diver (No. 9203042681)

Experience:
1991-Present 4000+ dives – air/nitrox open-circuit SCUBA
2000-Present 24+ hours – Dräger Semi-closed Rebreather
2002-Present 30 dives – open-circuit trimix
2003-Present 2000+ hours – Cis-Lunar MK-5P Rebreather