Fio Omenetto

Professor Omenetto, the Associate Dean for Research at the School of Engineering at Tufts University, focuses his research heavily on interdisciplinary themes that span nonlinear optics, nanostructured materials (such as photonic crystals and photonic crystal fibers), optofluidics and biopolymer based photonics. The Omenetto Laboratory has pioneered the use of silk as a material platform for photonics, optoelectronics and high-technology applications and is actively investigating novel applications that rely on this new technology base. Fio received a PhD from the Universita’ di Pavia, Italy in Electrical Engineering/Applied Physics and a Laurea (MSEE) from the Universita’ di Pavia, Italy in Electrical Engineering.