Derk Remmers
 

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 Instructor
  • GUE CCR-Fundamentals, CCR-Tech1, CCR-Tech2 Instructor
  • GUE CCR Symbios Instructor
  • GUE Fundamentals/DPV1 Instructor
  • GUE Performance Diver, OWD/AOWD/Master Diver Instructor
  • GUE Instructor Trainer (Recreational, Tech1, CCR Tech1)
  • GUE Instructor Evaluator (CCR Fundamentals JJ/Symbios)
  • Halcyon Symbios Factory Trainer
  • DLRG/ILS Public Safety Diving Instructor

Diving Experience

  • Diving since 1986
  • 5000+ 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
  • Education and Consulting Military Diving Units

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
  • German
  • French (basic)