Speaker Details
About Frauke Tillmans
Frauke Tillmans is the Research Director at Divers Alert Network (DAN). She has a degree in Human Biology and a PhD specializing in oxidative stress which is involved in acute diving injuries and may affect long term health of divers. Throughout her career she has participated in global collaborative projects covering decompression stress, inert gas narcosis, and oxygen toxicity. Before coming to DAN in 2019, Frauke conducted her research in the Experimental Medicine Section of the German Naval Medical Institute.
In addition to her research experience, Frauke is also an experienced public safety diver, scientific diving supervisor and dive safety officer and has recently discovered her passion for cave diving. Tillmans’ commitment to safety is apparent in almost every activity she pursues and when she is not diving or supervising researchers, Frauke is an active volunteer fire fighter who enjoys endurance and self-defense training.
2020 Presentations:
TEKDiveUSA.2020 – Listen to your Heart
With the average age of the diving community steadily increasing, the prevalence of (often undetected)…
