DIMITRI SMIRNOFF

Biologist and Educator, California Academy of Sciences

Dimitri Smirnoff is a biologist, educator, and certified Biomimicry Professional. He is currently an educator and researcher at the California Academy of Sciences. Dimitri graduated from Carleton with a degree in biology and later studied at Arizona State University where he earned a Master of Science in biomimicry.

Biomimicry expert Dimitri Smirnoff discusses the process designers can use to implement solutions from nature, such as trees ability to adapt to wind when designing buildings.

Biologist and Biomimicry expert Dimitri Smirnoff urges us to look to plants fo answers, before the plants are gone.