Over the years Orion’s Quest has been blessed to work with many Principal Investigators who have generously agreed to give students the opportunity to not only look at their research but actually participate in it in some way.

These are exciting times as we constantly add new OQ missions being conducted on the International Space Station.  These missions add to the long list of opportunities available for engaging students in authentic space-based research.  Check out these OQ PI’s;

Principal Investigators

Dr. Catherine Conley – Head of National Planetary Protection Division, NASA Headquarters Washington D.C      OQ Worms In Space

Dr. Cheryl Nickerson – Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    OQ Managing Microbes In Space

Dr. Julyan Cartwright and Dr. Ignacio Sainz Diaz – Laboratory For The Study of Crystallography, Granada, Spain                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             OQ Silicate Gardens In Space

Dr. Louis Stodieck – BioServe Space Technologies, University of Colorado, Boulder Colorado                                    OQ Spiders In Space

Ms. MaryAnn Colley – Westminster Butterfly Pavilion, Boulder, Colorado                                                                       OQ Butterflies In Space

Dr. Nathaniel Szewczyk – University of Nottingham, Derby, UK                                                                                        OQ Worms In Space

Dr. Oana Marcu – SETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California                                             OQ Fruit Flies In Space

Dr. Peter Lee – Wexner Medical Center at The Ohio State University                                                                                   OQ Stem On Station

Dr. Sharmila Bhattacharya – Head of the Biomodel Performance and Behavior Laboratory NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California                                                                                                                                                                                                 OQ Fruit Flies In Space

Dr. Wu – Stanford University School of Medicine                                                                                                                         OQ Stem On Station

Dr. Zubair – Medical and Scientific Director of the Cell Therapy Laboratory at the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               OQ Stem cell Studies On Station

Dr. Shou-Ching Jaminet – Founder and Chief Scientist of Angiex Inc. Boston , Mass.                                                     OQ CuRE (Cancer Microgravity Research Experiment)

Dr. Firouzeh Sabri – Chair of Physics and Materials Science, University of Memphis                                                        OQ Sensing Temperatures in Space

Dr. Luis Zea – BioServe Space Technologies and Sierra Space Corp.                                                                                         OQ Biofilms in Space and You

Dr. Sonja Schrepfer – Prof. of Surgery, Department of Surgery, Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology Laboratory, University of California San Francisco                                                                                                                                                                   OQ Space AGE Education