Bioinspiration Lab
Inspired by the Sea
Developing technologies and techniques to explore mysteries of the deep sea for bio-inspired design.
Kakani Katija, Principal Engineer
Research Themes
Bringing the laboratory to the ocean
To bring the laboratory into the ocean, we develop less-invasive techniques to understand biological-physical interactions by furthering fine-scale measurements of organismal behavior and their physical and chemical environments.
Bringing the ocean to the laboratory
To bring the ocean into the laboratory, we employ both cutting edge and commonly used diagnostic techniques in engineering to study biological and physical processes in more detail.
Bio-inspired ocean exploration technologies
The lessons that we learn during in situ and laboratory studies can be used to improve ocean technology that advances exploration and discovery.
FathomNet
To bring the ocean into the laboratory, we employ both cutting edge and commonly used diagnostic techniques in engineering to study biological and physical processes in more detail.
Team
Kakani Katija
Principal Engineer
Joost Daniels
Senior Research Engineering Technician
Jon Erickson
Mechanical Engineer
Dale Graves
Manufacturing Group Lead
Brett Hobson
Mechanical Engineer
Chad Kecy
Electrical Engineer
Denis Klimov
Electrical Engineer
Mike Risi
Software Engineer
Paul Roberts
Senior Research Engineer
Alana Sherman
Electrical Engineering Group Lead
Technology
- Solving challenges
- Emerging and current tools
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- Communications
- Data management
- Instruments
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- Apex profiling floats
- Benthic Event Detectors
- Deep particle image velocimetry
- Environmental Sample Processor (ESP)
- Investigations of imaging for midwater autonomous platforms
- Lagrangian sediment traps
- Laser Raman Spectroscopy
- Midwater Respirometer System
- Mobile flow cytometer
- Smart underwater connector
- Power
- Vehicle technology
- Video
- Engineering Research
- Technology publications
- Technology transfer
Job Opportunities
Postdoctoral Fellow – Engineering
MBARI seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow for a two-year position working on the development of robust, automated tracking algorithms using stereo imagery for autonomous underwater vehicle missions in the ocean midwater.
