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Bobby has worked widely throughout the world in various areas of marine science since graduating in 1980 from Heriot Watt University with a BSc in Marine Biology. Over the last decade he has managed a wide range of both commercial and research projects for a variety of clients I the field of underwater archaeology.

Following a short period as a commercial diver I joined Heriot-Watt University's, Institute of Offshore Engineering to work with Underwater Vehicle Group. In 1984 I became an RA and worked on the ecology of kelp forests in Orkney waters while working in the Environmental Group as a benthic taxonomist. At this time I also started teaching on the undergraduate Marine Biology course and ran the module in Diving Science, in 1989 this was extended to include two Masters course. I also successfully negotiated with the HSE so that students completing the practical elements of the Diver Training Programme could be awarded an HSE professional diving certificate. In 1990 I relocated to International Centre for Island Technology in Stromness, and established the university's diving unit and was responsibly for all diver training and diving related projects (academic, research & commercial). In 1999 I set up the Orkney Hyperbaric Unit in conjunction with NHS Orkney.

I have been involved with the UHI MA Archaeological Practice taught PG course since it's inception and I am the module leader on the Underwater Archaeology module.

In 2003 when the University relocated back to Edinburgh I established SULA Diving and the Orkney Hyperbaric Trust. I have also been employed by the National Facility for Scientific Diving based at the Scottish Association of Marine Sciences as their senior diving instructor on their diver training programme

Initial interests lay in benthic ecology and taxonomy. The need for rapid survey approaches into biological habitat mapping resulted in developing underwater remote sensing strategies as a tool for habitat characterisation. This has involved me in the use of remote sensing high resolution tools in both initial submerged archaeological site investigation and temporal changes at sites, most notably the scuttled WWI German high Sea Fleet in Scapa Flow. This work has lead to continued Historic Scotland support, together with that of the Nautical Archaeology Society in establishing an outreach programme which the training and use of recreational divers in the further monitoring and survey of existing and new submerged sites.