GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• GUE Director of Dive Project Management (Executive committee)
• GUE HQ: Global Project Co-ordination, Project Baseline, NextGen Program Lead
• GUE NextGen Global Scholar 2022-2023
• Expedition Logistics co-ordinator / scientific diver for research vessels such as Inkfish and OceanX
• Phreatic Organization – volunteer scientific diver
• Ambassador - Blue Abyss, analog astronaut missions, Santi drysuits

Education

• MSc, Marine Ecosystems Management, University of St Andrews, UK – 2020
• BSc, Zoology, University of Manchester, UK - 2019
• Honorary Research Fellow, Small mammal eco-physiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa – 2018
• Diploma, Human Spaceflight (MOOC), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden - 2016

Diving Qualifications

• Instructing: GUE OW Instructor
• Scientific: GUE Scientific, Photogrammetry, Documentation diver
• Technical: GUE Cave 1, Tech 1
• Recreational: GUE DPV, AOW

Diving Experience

• 600+ dives since 2021
• Project diving (open water and caves)
• Scientific diving (Pacific Islands, Europe, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Southern Africa)

Community Involvement

• NextGen Legacy Project Program Lead – established and growing a suite of initiatives for the next generation of divers, including Scholarship collaborations, Traineeship expansion, the Young Divers Program, and the NextGen Scientific Panel mentorship program
• Global Project Co-ordination – developed the Project Portal, project report libraries, resource materials, software discounts, external collaborations, and global project opportunities
• Project Baseline Manager – developing resources for engagement and revamping PB Missions
• NextGen Scholar 2022 – associated community visits, media and engagement
• Organising events – GUE Fitness month, GUE conferences, and BOOT shows
• Active Phreatic project diver – biospeleology expeditions, photogrammetry in caves, cave survey support, and Marine Genome Project identification dives (isopod collection, orthomosaics)
• Active on GUE social media - marketing resources, and other platforms

Special interests

• Teaching open water students and refining trim and foundational concepts from the very beginning of their diving journey
• Inspiring the next generation of young divers / aspiring project divers through mentoring and support programs – please get in touch and I can always try to help!
• Scientific diving – rec / tech / cave
• Developing project diving campaigns (from citizen science to remote expeditions)

Publications

• Regular YouTube channel contributor – NextGen journey and GUE.tv
• Regular feature in HQ CORNER in QUEST – topics including Project development, NextGen program expansion, and Open Water Instructing
• Regular author of publications in various internal and external magazines and publications (Quest, Indepth, DAN Europe blog, Halcyon blogs, Offgassing podcast) – topics including projects, scientific diving, sea-space science, Performance Diver, adaptive learning and more
• Speaking engagements at universities, GUE events and conferences

Languages I teach classes in

• English

Additional Info

Available to teach worldwide. Other qualifications – DAN Diver Medic Training Course, Outdoor wilderness first aid, and STCW / Powerboating for research vessels.

Actively participating in external scientific diving missions / expeditions with research vessels around the world. Experience in collecting data via submersible, ROV, AUV, helicopter and scientific diving. In a past life I have also been a scientific illustrator, been filmed for NatGeo, worked with ESA / visited NASA, and am participating in analog astronaut mission workshops. Always interested to chat about the intersection between neutral buoyancy labs, sea, space, and diving!