National Geographic Live Presents Designed by Nature Kakani Katija, Bioengineer
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National Geographic Live Presents Designed by Nature Kakani Katija, Bioengineer
As a child, Dr. Kakani Katija dreamed of being an astronaut. She trained as an aerospace engineer but eventually became captivated by an even less explored environment than space: our Earth’s oceans. As a bioengineer, instead of searching space for signs of life, she studies the waters that are teeming with it. Dr. Katija hopes to illuminate the twilight zones of the ocean — its little explored midwaters — with technology inspired by the creatures who live in it.