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Susan R. Kayar

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Susan R. Kayar holds a doctorate in biology from the University of Miami. Her research career in comparative respiratory physiology spanned more than twenty years. She was the head of a research project in hydrogen diving and hydrogen biochemical decompression in animal models at the Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.

She currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with her husband Erich; they met when they were both performing research at NMRI.

Dr. Kayar was inducted into the Women Divers Hall of Fame in 2001 for her contributions to the study of diving physiology and decompression sickness.

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Operation Second Starfish: A Tale of Submarine Rescue, Science, and Friendship

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What sorts of other books do people interested in Operation SECOND STARFISH read? Is a submarine rescue or other adventure story your usual genre? Do you dive and like diving based stories? Do you like a little of everything for variety?

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