Center for Underwater Science

Phone:

(812) 855-5748

Email:

cbeeker@indiana.edu

Website:

https://publichealth.indiana.edu/research/faculty-directory/profile.html?user=cbeeker

Department:

Kinesiology

Campus:

IU Bloomington

Resume/CV

Biography

Charles Beeker serves as the director for Indiana University’s Center for Underwater Science and Academic Diving Program. Beeker is a Registered Professional Archaeologist and PADI Master Instructor who has been teaching recreational and scientific diving classes for over 40 years. Professor Beeker served as a member of the Federal Archaeological Working Committee for the 1988 Abandoned Shipwreck Act and was appointed to the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee in 2005. He has assisted in establishing underwater parks and preserves across the United States and Caribbean, using a model of multidisciplinary scientific investigations of the submerged cultural and biological resources.