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ISS National Lab spotlights CU Boulder space leader

Stodieck loading Fluid Processing Apparati for an orbital experiment.

Louis Stodieck is honored in the 2025 annual report of the International Space Station National Laboratory. 

The ISS National Lab operates the United States research facilities aboard the orbiting space station through a cooperative agreement with NASA. 

Stodieck is being recognized following his retirement in summer 2025. 

He is an expert in space flight experimentation and a research professor emeritus in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences with more than 50 years in space life sciences research.

Stodieck has been a part of dozens research payloads carried into low Earth orbit aboard the Space Shuttle, Mir, and ISS, as part of BioServe Space Technologies, a campus research center.

He served at BioServe from its founding in 1987 in a number of capacities, including 20 years as its director. 

"Under his leadership, BioServe increased its payload cadence from two to nearly 20 complex payloads per year. Stodieck also contributed to the development of BioServe’s permanent hardware on the ISS, including incubators, microscopes, and cold storage systems for astronaut food and medications." - ISS National Lab Annual Report

Read the tribute at the ISS National Lab website...