Dr. Shawna Pandya is a scientist-astronaut candidate with Project
PoSSUM, physician, aquanaut, speaker, martial artist, advanced diver, skydiver, pilot-in-training, VP Immersive Medicine with
Luxsonic Technologies and Fellow of the
Explorers’ Club. She is also Director of the International Institute of Astronautical Sciences (IIAS)/PoSSUM
Space Medicine Group, Chief Instructor of the IIAS/PoSSUM Operational Space Medicine course, Chair of Strategic Directives for the
PoSSUM13, clinical lecturer at the University of Alberta, a newly appointed Primary Investigator (PI) for the
Shad Canada-Blue Origin student microgravity competition, session organizer for
ASCEND 2020, Life Sciences Team Lead for the
Association of Spaceflight Professionals, and serves as medical advisor to several space companies, including
Orbital Assembly Construction and
Mission: Space Food. Dr. Pandya holds degrees in neuroscience (BSc Hons. Neuroscience, University of Alberta), space (MSc Space Studies, International Space University), and medicine (MD, University of Alberta), and a certification in entrepreneurship (Graduate Studies Program, Singularity University). She is currently completing a fellowship in Wilderness Medicine (Academy of Wilderness Medicine).
