GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• Research fellow in diving medicine at the University of Auckland
• Board member South Pacific Underwater Medical Society (SPUMS)

Education

• BSc and Msc in Technical Medicine, University of Twente
• PhD in Anaesthesiology, University of Auckland "Monitoring gas narcosis in hyperbaric environments"
• Royal Australian Navy Medical Officer Underwater Medicine course

Diving Qualifications

• GUE: Tech1, Tech2, documentation diver, DPV, Instructor
• TDI: JJ-CCR helitrox diver
• NACD: full cave diver
• SSI: freediving, recreational, technical and cave instructor
• DAN: BLSD & oxygen provider instructor

Diving Experience

• 1700+ dives
• 150+ cave dives
• 100+ wreck dives
• 100+ decompression dives
• 100+ hours CCR diving

Community Involvement

• Speaker at OzTek and TecFest NZ
• project diver at HMS buffalo re-examination project
• project diver at Crayfish survey around Waiheke island

Special interests

• Underwater hockey
• Diving physiology

Publications

• You can find my scientific publications at: https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/x-vrijdag/publications

Languages I teach classes in

• Dutch
• English

Additional languages

• Dutch and English