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Dr. Daniel John DiLorenzo is a physician-scientist inventor/entrepreneur. He is the inventor of several innovative technologies for the treatment of neurological disease and is the founder of BioNeuronics Corporation (formerly NeuroBionics Corporation).
DiLorenzo studied a breadth of disciplines at MIT, receiving a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering, M.S. in health sciences and technology, an MBA/M.S. in the Management of Technology from the MIT Sloan School of Management, and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, with a focus on neurophysiology, control theory, and implantable neural interfaces. He also received the M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School.
DiLorenzo developed closed-loop neuromodulation technology on his own while a student at MIT and developed several technologies for the treatment of neurological disease, including a gait restoration system for papaplegics, a peripheral nerve interface, among others. He is the editor of the upcoming Text "Neuroengineering".
He is the recipient of the MIT-Lemelson $30,000 Student Prize, was listed in the TR100 list of 100 young innovators, was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine as a "New Genius" in business.
Quotes
- "Just like a salmon knows not discouragement in its upstream journey, so should it be with every endeavor. One should sense a destiny and relentlessly pursue its realization despite it's perceived impossibility."
Awards
- In 1999 DiLorenzo received the Lemelson-MIT Prize.
- In 1999 DiLorenzo was named in the first cohort of the TR100, a listing of the most promising innovtors in the country by Technology Review Magazine.
- In 2000 DiLorenzo was featured in Entreprenur Magazine as "The New Genius"
- In 2005 DiLorenzo was named in the Seattle business "40 under 40" business leaders by the Puget Sound Business Journal, for his role in foiunding BioNeuronics and civic activities.
External links
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