John Charles Wiltshire , Ph.D.

Associate/Acting Director

Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL)

NOAA’s Undersea Research Center 

for Hawaii & the Western Pacific

 

Dr. John C. Wiltshire graduated in 1976 with a B.S. in geology from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He worked as an exploration geologist in the oil and mining industries for Noranda Mines, Chevron and Petro-Canada. Dr. Wiltshire earned a Ph.D. in Geological Oceanography from the University of Hawaii in 1983. He then became Ocean Resources Manager for the State of Hawaii in the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism. In 1986, he joined the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL) as a senior researcher. He is a member of the graduate faculty of the University of Hawaii's Department of Ocean and Resources Engineering, currently serving as Acting Director of HURL, NOAA’s Undersea Research Center for Hawaii and the Western Pacific (NURC/H&WP) . Dr. Wiltshire was also an advisor to the U.S. Secretary of the Interior on offshore oil, gas and minerals leasing as part of the Outer Continental Shelf Policy Advisory Committee. He is a fellow of the Marine Technology Society and is the author of over 80 scientific papers on ocean resources, mineral economics, scientific submersible utilization and sustainable development in the minerals industry.

 

 

 

 

 

Contact information:

Dr. John C. Wiltshire

Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory

University of Hawaii at Manoa

1000 Pope Road, MSB 319

Honolulu, HI  96822

USA

Tel: (808) 956-6802

Fax: (808) 956-2136

Email: johnw@soest.hawaii.edu