Fiorenzo Omenetto

Along with colleague David Kaplan, Fiorenzo (Fio) Omenetto, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Tufts University, has pioneered the use of silk as a material platform for photonics, optoelectronics and high-technology applications. Omenetto, who continues to investigate novel applications, was named one of the Top 50 people in tech by Fortune magazine, in a class that also featured Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, and Shigeru Miyamoto.