RACHEL LANCE / USA

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Rachel Lance is a PhD biomedical engineer who specializes in injury biomechanics, which is the application of engineering principles to unravel the physiological mysteries behind how and why people get injured or killed. She began her career as a mechanical engineer for the US Navy, where she worked for nine years designing underwater breathing systems for US military personnel. Until recently she was a scientific researcher at the Duke University Center for Hyperbaric Medicine & Environmental Physiology, where she led research projects to investigate underwater physiology as well as to build novel devices for diving-related studies. She now works part-time as the Research Coordinator for DAN Europe and spends the rest of her time writing non-fiction books about science.