BIOINSPIRATION LAB
CORE TEAM MEMBERS
KAKANI KATIJA
Principal Investigator & Engineer
Kakani is a Bioengineer, specializing in the development of tools and technology that enable studying ecomechanics of marine organisms for application to bio-inspired engineering design.
PAUL ROBERTS
Electrical Engineer & Underwater Imaging Specialist
Paul is an engineer with 20 years of experience building underwater imaging systems. He is Project Manager for EyeRIS, a deep-sea 3D imaging system, which includes
the design, build and integration of the system on
ROVs and AUVs.
GIOVANNA SAINZ
Research Assistant
Giovanna is a recent graduate from the University of California Santa Cruz with a background in marine biology. She works with MBARI's underwater video and image data to improve its use for FathomNet and machine learning applications.
ERIC ORENSTEIN
Postdoctoral Fellow
Eric is a postdoc whose research lives at the intersection of machine learning, ocean imaging, and marine ecology. He focuses on the challenges of automated detection and classification in an effort to speed ecological analysis.
JOOST DANIELS
Applied Physicist & Research Engineer
Joost is a physicist with a background in high-powered lasers and particle accelerators. He studies interactions of marine animals with their environment using a suite of tools including lasers and cameras.
ALANA SHERMAN
Electrical Engineering Group Lead & Co-PI
Alana is Project Manager for the DeepPIV project and specializes in developing deep sea scientific instrumentation and underwater vehicles like MBARI's Benthic Rover and MiniROV.
ENGINEERING TEAM MEMBERS
JON ERICKSON
Mechanical Engineer
FRANK FLORES
Mechanical Engineering Technician
DALE GRAVES
Manufacturing Group Lead
CHAD KECY
Electrical Engineer
DENIS KLIMOV
Optical Engineer
