GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• 2008 - present Diving Instructor with Global Underwater Explorers
• 1999 - 2007 Hyperbaric Technician, HBO Aachen, Germany
• 1996 - 2007 Process Development, ACCESS Technology

Education

• CAx/PDM Consultant
• Studied Materials & Foundry Engineering
• Hyperbaric Chamber Operator (VDD)
• Technician, Germany Navy, F-210 "Emden"

Diving Qualifications

• GUE Tech1/Tech2/CCR1/CCR2 Instructor
• GUE Fundamentals/DPV1 Instructor
• GUE Rec1/2/3 Instructor
• GUE Instructor Trainer
• DLRG/ILS Public Safety Diving Instructor

Diving Experience

• Diving since 1986
• 4000+ Dives, mainly Cold Water
• 2500+ Mixed Gas Dives
• 1000+ Dives using staged decompression techniques
• 1000+ Wreck Dives

Community Involvement

• Wreck Diving Projects in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
• Education of Diving Medicine Physicians

Special interests

• Wreck Diving and Maritime History
• Diving and Hyperbaric Physiology
• Underwater Photography

Publications

• Articles about Physiology: Quest (USA): 2008, 2009
• Articles about GUE: Wetnotes (Germany): 2012, 2013
• Articles about Wreckdiving: Tauchen (Germany): 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016; Caisson (Germany) 2015
• Co-Author of "Sauerstoff-Fenster und Dekompression" in: Medizinische und technische Herausforderungen an die Wasserrettung, Ecomed (Germany): 2010
• Underwater Photography:
• Spiegel Online (Germany) 2011, 2016; Quest (USA) 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019; Tauchen (Germany) 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017; Unterwasser 2017; Sporttaucher 2018, 2019; Divemaster 2019, 2020; 2021; Wetnotes (Germany) 2020, 2021; Saronic Magazine (Greece) 2015; Ekathimerini 2016; Efoplistis 2016; National Geographic (Spain) 2017, Milliyet (Turkey) 2018, Glas Istre (Croatia) 2018

Languages I teach classes in

• English
• French
• German

Additional languages

• German, English, French (basic)