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American professional aquanaut
Mark Whitney Hulsbeck (born February 20, 1956)
[1]
[2] is an American professional
aquanaut . He serves as an Oceanographic Operations Field Manager and research diver for the
Aquarius Reef Base , the world's only
undersea research laboratory , operated by
Florida International University . Hulsbeck is nicknamed "Otter".
[3]
[4]
[5]
Early life and career
Hulsbeck was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio , and grew up in
Venice and
Orlando, Florida . He served in the
United States Navy for five years as a helicopter rescue aircrewman. He subsequently earned a degree in
geology from the
University of South Florida .
[6] Hulsbeck then joined the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps , in which he served as Navigation Officer on the
NOAA ship Malcolm Baldrige during its
circumnavigation of the Earth.
[7] Hulsbeck's professional qualifications include a
United States Coast Guard
Captain 's license. He is also a
Professional Association of Diving Instructors
Master Scuba Diver Trainer, an
International Association of Nitrox and Technical Divers
Nitrox Instructor, a
Divers Alert Network Oxygen Instructor and a Dive Medical Technician.
[8]
Aquarius and NEEMO
Hulsbeck (left) assists
NEEMO 12 aquanauts
Josef Schmid and
José M. Hernández during training.
In October 2001, Hulsbeck took part as a habitat technician in the
NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations 1 mission (
NEEMO 1 ), the first of a series of
NASA -NOAA missions which use Aquarius as an
analog environment for space exploration. The NEEMO 1 crew lived and worked underwater aboard Aquarius for seven days.
[9] In July 2006, Hulsbeck served as a habitat technician during the
NEEMO 10 mission, the crew of which also lived underwater for seven days.
[10]
[11]
[12] Hulsbeck's other missions aboard Aquarius have included a June 2004
coral reef study led by Dr. James Leichter of the
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
[13] and an October 2007 mission studying the role of
sponges in coastal
nitrogen cycles .
[14] Hulsbeck had taken part in nineteen Aquarius missions as of July 2011.
[8] In June and July 2014, Hulsbeck served as lead habitat technician aboard Aquarius during
Fabien Cousteau 's
Mission 31 expedition, living and working underwater for 31 days.
[15]
In May 2007, Hulsbeck and other
NURP /UNCW divers, including fellow Aquarius divers
James Talacek and Jim Buckley, set up a coral monitoring station pylon offshore from the Discovery Bay Marine Laboratory in
Discovery Bay, Jamaica , for a cooperative program among Caribbean countries called Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC). The station was part of NOAA's Integrated Coral Observing Network (ICON).
[2]
[16] The station was subsequently destroyed during
Hurricane Paloma in November 2008.
[17]
Personal life
Hulsbeck enjoys reading, diving and boating. He is married with three children and a son from a previous marriage.
[8]
Publications
Bohnsack, James A.; Sutherland, David L.; Harper, Douglas E.; McClellan, David B.; Hulsbeck, Mark W.; Holt, Christopher M. (1989).
"The Effects of Fish Trap Mesh Size on Reef Fish Catch Off Southwestern Florida" (PDF) . Marine Fisheries Review . 51 (2): 36–46. Retrieved March 27, 2012 .
Sutherland, David L.; Bohnsack, James A.; Harper, Douglas E.; Holt, Christopher M.; Hulsbeck, Mark W.; McClellan, David B. (1991).
"Preliminary Report, Reef Fish Size and Species Selectivity by Wire Fish Traps in South Florida Waters" (PDF) . Proceedings of the 40th Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute : 108–125. Retrieved March 27, 2012 . [
permanent dead link ]
Notes
^ U.S. Public Records Index Vol 1 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
^
a
b Manzello, Derek; Jankulak, Mike; Gramer, Lew; Hendee, Jim (May 26, 2007).
"DBJM1 ICON/CREWS Field Log: May 2007" . Retrieved March 23, 2012 .
^
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (May 8, 2007).
"Behind the Scenes : TRAINING Imagery" . NASA. Archived from
the original on August 1, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2012 .
^ Relles, Noelle (August 20, 2009).
"All work and no play..."
Virginia Institute of Marine Science . Retrieved March 26, 2012 .
^ Hulsbeck, M W (2011) 'It’s great to be back in Aquarius for another mission! | Aquarius'.
https://aquarius.fiu.edu/press-1/news/2011/its-great-to-be-back-in-aquarius-for-another-mission/
^ Aquarius (2016) 'Mark Hulsbeck | Aquarius'.
https://aquarius.fiu.edu/contacts/mark-hulsbeck/
^
"Aquarius - Mark Hulsbeck" . University of North Carolina Wilmington. August 2000. Archived from
the original on 2012-12-15. Retrieved March 24, 2012 .
^
a
b
c
"Profiles - NOAA's Aquarius Reef Base" . University of North Carolina Wilmington. July 2011. Archived from
the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved March 24, 2012 .
^ NASA (February 27, 2006).
"Behind the Scenes: Training - NEEMO History" . NASA. Archived from
the original on July 15, 2003. Retrieved March 23, 2012 .
^ NASA (2006).
"NASA Uses Undersea Lab to Prep for Future Space Exploration" . NASA. Retrieved March 21, 2012 .
^ NASA (July 22, 2006).
"NASA - NEEMO 10 Mission Journal" . NASA. Retrieved March 21, 2012 .
^ Aquarius (2016) 'News | Aquarius'.
https://aquarius.fiu.edu/press-1/news/2016/#nasa-conducts-day-mission-in-preparation-of-neemo-21
^
"Aquarius Aquanauts Dive Deep and Long to Study Coral Reefs in Florida" . University of North Carolina Wilmington. June 15, 2004. Archived from
the original on December 11, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2012 .
^
"Mission Blog - Mission & Project Info - NOAA's Aquarius Reef Base" .
National Undersea Research Center . October 2007. Archived from
the original on May 2, 2012. Retrieved March 26, 2012 .
^ Dujmovic, Anne (June 1, 2014).
"Deep thoughts from aquanauts: Meet the Mission 31 undersea team" .
CNET . Retrieved July 11, 2014 .
^
"NOAA - ICON - DBJM1 - Station-Home" .
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . Retrieved March 23, 2012 .
^ Hendee, Jim; Gramer, Lew; Manzello, Derek; Jankulak, Mike (December 16, 2008).
"DBJM1 ICON/CREWS Field Log" . Retrieved March 23, 2012 .
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