Aquanaut

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Dr. Sarah Jane Pell holds a Bachelor Fine Art from Victorian College of the Arts (1995), a Masters of Human Movement at Victorian University of Technology (1998) and ADAS2 Commercial Diver Accreditation, The Underwater Centre, Fremantle (2002) informing practical research and aesthetic reconsideration of diving, art and human factors behaviours underwater. She was a reader at Nottingham Trent University, UK (2004) and a collaborative associate to SymbioticA: the Art & Science laboratory, School of Anatomy & Human Biology, University of Western Australia (2003-5) and completed a PhD at Edith Cowan University, Australia (2005/6) on 'Aquabatics as new works of Live Art'. Pell attended the SSP06 at the International Space University, Strasbourg France (2006) and co-authored/presented 'Luna Gaia: a closed loop habitat for the Moon' at the NASA Ames Research Center, US (2006).

Dr. Pell is currently an Adjunct Lecturer, School of Anatomy & Human Biology, University of Western Australia (2007) a Society for Underwater Technology member and practicing live artist. Her postdoctoral research: 'Sub Culture: Weightless Environment Training (WET) and Immersive Architectures extending Human Performance Behaviour in Extreme Environments' proposes to build on research of the relationship between technological innovation, advanced life support, human factors research, and aesthetic practices.

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