3D Printing For Coral Reef Climate Adaptation
US scientist who prints human bones and flesh applies her expertise to corals
Recently I hosted Professor Amy Wagoner Johnson, a US materials scientist who is leading a global research project on coral reef restoration on my podcast Redefining Energy — Tech. In the theme of providing transcripts of presentations I’m giving in various places for people who prefer the written word, this is the lightly edited discussion.
Michael Barnard (MB): Hi, welcome back to Redefining Energy — Tech. I’m your host, Michael Barnard. My guest today is Professor Amy Wagoner Johnson, materials scientist. She has a day job or three with the landlocked University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, which is 2 hours south of Chicago and 750 miles from the nearest ocean. Yet she’s leading a global initiative to restore coral reefs based on her work 3D-printing human bone scaffolding and tissues. And it’s a story that includes machine learning and wave flumes. Welcome, Amy.
