Ronke Olabisi is an associate professor of biomedical engineering at UC Irvine and a team member of The 100 Year Starship, an interdisciplinary initiative for space travel. … “We all have access to so much technology at the tips of our fingers, and it’s largely a result of the advances that were made by trying to go to the moon.” … What is an area of focus in your current research for the project? “One of the things I’m doing is bone growth and regenerative tissue research. … There are so many things about space exploration that can benefit us here on Earth in ways that we don’t realize.” Read More