Fiorenzo Omenetto
Dean of Tufts University | Innovative Materials Scientist
Most recently at TED in 2011.
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Fiorenzo Omenetto is a pioneering materials scientist and the Dean of Tufts University's School of Engineering. He is known for his groundbreaking research on silk-based materials and their applications in photonics, electronics, and biomedicine.
Omenetto has authored over 200 peer-reviewed publications and holds numerous patents. He has been recognized with prestigious honors, including a MacArthur Fellowship and the Premi Ciutat de Barcelona award.
Omenetto's innovative work bridges academic discovery and real-world solutions, inspiring audiences to rethink the possibilities of science and technology.
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Silk, the ancient material of the future
Fiorenzo Omenetto shares 20+ astonishing new uses for silk, one of nature's most elegant materials -- in transmitting light, improving sustainability, adding strength and making medical leaps and bounds. On stage, he shows a few intriguing items made of the versatile stuff.
1 talk, all in 2011
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