Little children often dream of becoming astronauts or deep-sea explorers, but at age 5, Herdeline Ardoña wanted to be a chemical engineer. … As a biomaterials engineer at the University of California, Irvine, Ardoña—who goes by the nickname Digs—creates materials that might one day solve the organ donor shortage or help scientists grow tissues that could be used to screen drugs or study diseases. Read More

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