GUE Instructor resumé

Professional

• I am both a Chartered Scientist and Chartered Engineer with more than twenty-five years’ experience in research and consulting.

Education

• BSc, MPhil, PhD, Chemistry, University of St Andrews, UK
• CSci, CChem, FRSC, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK
• CEng, MIMMM, Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, UK

Diving Qualifications

• GUE Tech 1, Cave 1, CCR Tech 2
• GUE Performance Diver Instructor
• BSAC Advanced Diver
• BSAC Open Water Instructor and Skills Development Instructor (drysuit, nitrox, twin-set, primary donate, deeper diving, oxygen administration, practical rescue management, lifesaver, compressor operator, mixed gas blender, wreck/advanced wreck)
• Seasearch Observer
• NAS Foundation in Maritime Archaeology
• Human Factors Skills in Diving: Micro-class

Diving Experience

• Diving since 2013, completing a mixture of recreational and technical (open and closed circuit) dives
• Diving in the UK, Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, Italy, Maldives, Norway, Malta, Mexico, Spain, USA

Community Involvement

• HMS Cheerful expedition – Project diver (2026)
• Battle of Jutland expedition (2025)
• HMS Exmouth project – Project diver (2024)
• Project Baseline UK (charity no. 1205621) – trustee, project diver (2020–)
• Prince of Wales Scuba Prize (2022) for “outstanding achievement in research in the field of scuba diving”
• Project Baseline Midland Pools – Co-project manager, project diver (2018–)
• Ghost Fishing UK – Project diver (2017–), newsletter editor (2019–25), instructor (2022–)
• Marlin Sub-Aqua Club, Nuneaton, UK – Chairperson (2014–19), Diving Officer (2020–26)

Special interests

• Community development
• Scientific diving
• Cold water wreck diving
• Conservation

Publications

• Saving Europe’s Native Crayfish: The Role of Divers in Conservation, Quest, 2025, 26(1), 24–32. [Reprinted in In Depth, June 2025.]
• Various talks on Ghost Fishing and Project Baseline to divers and the public.
• Talk on Project Baseline UK, Go Diving Show, Coventry, UK, 2026 (with Marcus Rose).

Languages I teach classes in

• English

Additional Info

If you're interested in taking a class with me, but can't find one that fits your schedule, please email me and I will find a time that works for you.