Jeffrey Evan Bozanic (born October 5, 1957) is an American technical and scientific diver, author, inventor, and scientist who is known for his contributions to diving and underwater research and exploration.

Inspired byVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Bozanic began learning scuba at age 15 in lieu of taking traditional high school physical education classes. After a two-year hiatus, Bozanic was re-certified by his physics teacher, John Wozny, throughNAUI. He continued his interest in diving through college and completed his instructor candidate course at the age of 20, and when he turned 21 was able to begin dive instruction.^[1][2] Throughout his youth, Bozanic was active with theBoy Scouts of America and achieved the distinction ofEagle Scout in 1972.^[3] He remains active as a volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America.

Bozanic attended theUniversity of California, Irvine from 1974 to 1977 and in 1978 received anAssociate of Arts degree fromSanta Ana College in Underwater Technology. In 1979, he obtained aBachelor of Science inGeology, and the following year aMaster of Arts in Environmental Education, both fromHumboldt State University. In 1982, he received aMaster of Business Administration in International Studies from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles. From 1982 to 1984, he attended theUniversity of Miami and conducted doctoral studies in oceanography. In 2003, Bozanic obtained hisDoctor of Philosophy in Education from Madison University.^[4]

Since 1984, Bozanic has been the president ofNext Generation Services (NGS). NGS provides consulting services as well as dive training and research.^{[clarification needed]} NGS also provides business consulting, including expansion assistance and financial modeling. He also held positions with Carbon Company Inc. as a Chief Financial Officer from 1996-1998, management consultant for Aquarius Research International, Inc. (1980-1989) and Dive Locker Technician for Antarctic Support Associates, Inc. (1991-1992) and Antarctic Services, Inc (1998-1990).^[4]

Bozanic was a diver for several research expeditions toAntarctica, including 2018's "Under a Cracked Sky"^{[clarification needed]} which won first prize forThe New York Times.^[5][6]digital storytelling contest.

Bozanic has discovered the following species:^{[clarification needed]}

• Agostocaris bozanici Kensley, 1988^[7]
• Bahadzia bozanici Holsinger, 1992^[8]
• Hacelia bozanici Hendler, 1996^[9]

• U.S. Patent 8,196,581 B2, June 12, 2012: Mouthpiece supply valve: With LE Frimann, M Tessum, F Gauthier^[10]
• U.S. Patent 8,733,344 B2, May 27, 2014: Mouthpiece supply valve control system: With F Gauthier^[11]
• U.S. Patent US-20200001956-A1 January 2, 2020: Automated Recreational Closed Circuit Breathing Device: With F Gauthier^[12]

Bozanic is the author of 2002's Mastering Rebreathers by Best Publishing of Flagstaff Arizona and revised again for the second edition in 2010.^[25][26] He was a member of the editing team for the 6th edition of theNOAA Diving Manual which was released in 2017 also with Best Publishing.^[27][28]

He is also a frequent author of online diving articles including:

International Underwater Cave Rescue Recovery

• Compilation of Technical Diving Incident Database^[29]
• Technical Diving: Too Far Too Soon?^[30]
• Recent Trends in Cave Diving Fatalities^[31]
• “Ideal” Manifolds… Not So Ideal?^[32]
• Manifold Options for Cave Diving^[33]

Scuba Diving International/Technical Diving International

• My Favorite Dive^[34]
• Neutral Buoyancy—Let’s Get Real!^[35]
• Continuing Education^[36]
• Into the Abyss^[37]
• Scuba Poker: A Navigational Training Exercise^[38]
• Rebreathers—Are They for Me?^[39]
• A Day in the Life of a Research Diver^[40]
• Ten Diving Fantasies^[41]

Bozanic is also referenced in:

• Brueggeman, Peter (April 2023).Diving Under Antarctic Ice: a History, 1902-1964(PDF) (Report).
• Robbins, Rob; Rupp, Steven (July 2017).Antarctic Dive Guide ASC-17-022(PDF) (Report).

Jeff is married to his wife Rebekah and has three children.^[26]

• Underwater divers
• Pioneering technical divers
• 1957 births
• Living people

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Wikipedia articles needing clarification from October 2024