{"id":504,"date":"2023-08-21T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T13:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barshis-lab\/?page_id=504"},"modified":"2023-08-21T13:52:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T13:52:18","slug":"george-bonsall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barshis-lab\/george-bonsall\/","title":{"rendered":"George Bonsall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am a volunteer Graduate Research Assistant in the Barshis Lab pursuing a Master of Science in Biology.\u00a0 My research is focused on understanding the biology and ecology of coral reef systems.\u00a0 The U.S. Navy and Naval Academy waylaid my plans to study marine biology,\u00a0but did allow\u00a0me to complete basic SCUBA qualifications.\u00a0 I studied General Engineering at Navy and completed my Engineer-in-Training certification.\u00a0 I retired\u00a0from the Navy after commanding USS STOUT (DDG-55) and USS SENTRY (MCM-3), as well as instructing at &#8220;TopGun,&#8221; though I am not an aviator.\u00a0 My last post was as Operations &amp; Plans Officer for the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command, which included oversight of the Navy&#8217;s operational explosive ordnance disposal, salvage and construction divers and marine mammal\u00a0systems operational schedules.\u00a0 I completed graduate degrees in operations research, military art &amp; science and business administration while in uniform.\u00a0 After leaving, I supported several business and operations\u00a0analysis projects as a program manager for the Navy, and completed project\u00a0management certifications.\u00a0 As a student at Old Dominion, I supported the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/PIRE\/\">Philippine Partnership in Research &amp; Education Project<\/a>, a fish genomics\u00a0and biodiversity project, including Summer &#8217;22 fieldwork on the Philippine islands of Negros, Cuyo, and Luzon.\u00a0 I completed an Autumn &#8217;22 conservation leadership internship at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/refuge\/back-bay\">Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge with the U.S. Fish &amp; Wildlife Service<\/a>.\u00a0 I am a qualified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.padi.com\/\">PADI Master SCUBA Diver<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/aaus.org\/\">AAUS Scientific Diver<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong> gbons002@odu.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a volunteer Graduate Research Assistant in the Barshis Lab pursuing a Master of Science in Biology.\u00a0 My research is focused on understanding the biology and ecology of coral reef systems.\u00a0 The U.S. Navy and Naval Academy waylaid my plans to study marine biology,\u00a0but did allow\u00a0me to complete basic SCUBA qualifications.\u00a0 I studied General&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barshis-lab\/george-bonsall\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":26805,"featured_media":505,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barshis-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barshis-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barshis-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barshis-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26805"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barshis-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barshis-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":509,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barshis-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504\/revisions\/509"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barshis-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/barshis-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}