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Greg McFall Greg currently works as the Research Coordinator for Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary in Savannah, Georgia, where he coordinates scientific investigations into the ecology and oceanography of hard-bottom reefs. He worked for seven years with Dr. Joe Pawlik in the Chemical Ecology Laboratory of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington where he studied the ecology of tropical sponges. He served as the Assistant Science Director for UNCW's National Undersea Research Center for a year after receiving a M.S. degree from UNCW's Marine Biology program. Prior to graduate work, he obtained a B.S. degree in Biology from West Virginia University. Greg spent five years as a commercial diver before attending college and was trained as a US Navy Diver while serving in the military. He grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas and graduated High School in Duncanville, Texas, and always enjoyed spending lots of time in and around the water. Because sponges are so important to the ecology and health of reef ecosystems, Greg hopes to discover better ways to monitor their health and survival. He anticipates that the lessons he learns from monitoring coral reef sponges will help him to better understand and protect sponges and other invertebrates present on the live-bottom reefs at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary. To find out more about the National Marine Sanctuary system visit the sanctuary web site at: www.sanctuaries.noaa.gov |
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