Monica Argenta took her BSc in Anthropology at Goldsmiths' College, University of London and her MA in Applied Social Research at Westminster University.
Teaching fellow at the University of Milan and Padua, she works as a consultant for several Italian governmental and local authorities.
She start the collaboration with Extreme-Design group in 2007. She is active in research Physical and cultural adaptation in outer space, in particulary with the contribution on Space Antropology for OUTER SPACE HABITAT DESIGN(1) and EXTREME DESIGN FOR SPACE(2) publications.
Interested in gender and intercultural studies, she's currently conducting research on Caribbean communities working in extreme environmental conditions on the Alps.

(1) Schlacht, I.L. (Chapter Ed.). (In press). Cap.3 Habitat Design. >In: Benaroya, H. (Ed.), Lunar Settlements (Chapter 3). Boca Raton, FL,USA: CRC Press. Springer.)
(2) Schlacht, I.L. (Chapter Ed.). (In revision). Extreme design for space; New ideas and approaches for space habitability. In: Cereijo-Roibas, A. (Ed.) Human Computer Interactions in Space, Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. London, UK: Springer.)