Biography
Kalina Raskin is an engineer in physics and chemistry and a PhD in biology. For the last ten years, Kalina has been involved in structuring the French network in biomimetics and connecting it to international skills, actively disseminating bioinspiration to innovation actors and building dedicated tools and platforms for companies but also public institutions. She participates in different expert groups (ISO, European commission, scientific journals and communities,...) and gives lectures in major French universities and engineering schools. She is currently the managing director of CEEBIOS, the French center for the implementation of biomimetics as a catalysor of responsible R&D.