David Doolette

Dr David Doolette began diving in 1979 and cave diving in 1984.
He is a member of the Cave Diving Association of Australia, the Australian Speleological Federation Cave Diving Group, Global Underwater Explorers, and the Woodville Karst Plain Project. He conducts full time research into decompression physiology and has published widely in the scientific and military technical literature. He has been a member of the Undersea Hyperbaric Medical Society since 1987 and received their 2003 Oceaneering International Award. He has been a member of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine since 1990 where he was the Education Officer for five years. Since 2005 he has been a Research Physiologist at the U.S. Navy Experimental Diving Unit responsible for development and testing of decompression procedures.