Dr Luke Fountain
@LukeFountain8
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NASA NPP Fellow interested in plant nitrogen uptake, nitrogen cycling, and crop growth in space. Aspiring astronaut.
Orlando, Florida
Joined April 2020
Highly recommend taking part in this course, it’s a fantastic way to meet like-minded researchers and develop skills for future space biology PIs!.
🚀 Calling all space biology pioneers! STAR program is OPEN for apps! 🌌 This is a FREE NASA course to design biology experiments for space. PhDs, MDs, senior researchers—this is YOUR orbit. 🗓️ Apply: July 9 via 📩 Info: hq-star-management@mail.nasa.gov
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RT @NASA: How will astronauts live and work on the Moon?. In our new episode of "Far Out," explore @NASAKennedy, where we're designing rove….
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Excited to participate in STAR-5 as I continue to develop my space biology and space crop production research!.
Congratulations to the new 'STAR' cohort! These researchers are participating in a NASA training program that will help them advance their space biosciences experiments!.
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RT @UniShefPlayer: Over the past decade, our #DonateDontWaste university scheme saw students divert over 70 thousand bags of usable items f….
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RT @SpaceX: Starship launches off the pad under the power of all 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy Booster
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RT @HCWr1ght: Excited to see that our Nature food article ( has been mentioned in the opinion piece, how a Martian….
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Our latest paper on why growing food in space is important has been published in Nature Food, congrats to all the authors! If you're interested you can read the article using the link below.
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RT @jacob_nickles: Great day out in the field yesterday! Thankfully the rain was shortlived! Looking forward to a day packed full of exciti….
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RT @jacob_nickles: Great day yesterday! Bring on round 2! #angers @2022Ihc @HCWr1ght @LukeFountain8 @TobyPastures
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RT @jacob_nickles: And we're off! @2022Ihc @TobyPastures @LukeFountain8 @HCWr1ght #angers is a pretty city, really looking forward to the w….
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RT @a_moschopoulos: Fun times at the Great Yorkshire Show! Spoke to people about growing food in space - our collaboration with @HCWr1ght @….
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RT @HCWr1ght: Back in Sheffield after doing some fantastic outreach at @greatyorkshow. So glad to see the tomatoes in foam doing so well. @….
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RT @HCWr1ght: If you're visiting the great Yorkshire show, go have a chat with @LukeFountain8 today and @a_moschopoulos tomorrow about grow….
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RT @sheffielduni: Last night we celebrated our Institute for Sustainable Food (@susfoodshef) at the Royal Society, with friends and colleag….
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RT @sheffielduni: Innovations were showcased like an open source controlled environment growth cabinet resembling the Advanced Plant Habita….
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RT @UniShefEngage: 🎁 Day 3: Next up is a project from #PopUpUni which explored why we need to grow plants in space and outlined the benefi….
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RT @WGBpl: Back to the 1980s event & prop hire presents: Future Fanfest. An exclusive 1 day event celebrating the Back to the Future trilog….
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Had a great chat with @OrbitalGardens about our SpaCEA project, thanks for the opportunity and I look forward to listening to the finished podcast!.
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