TOMMASO LENZI

Tommaso Lenzi is an associate professor of mechanical and, by courtesy, biomedical engineering at the University of Utah. He is also a Core Faculty member of the Utah Robotics Center and the Director of the Ergonomics and Safety Program at the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. Dr. Lenzi leads the HGN Lab for Bionic Engineering, which currently hosts one research scientist, two postdoctoral fellows, 13 graduate students, and several undergraduates. His research is supported by various funding sources, including NIH, NSF, DOD, NIOSH, and the private sector.

Dr. Lenzi’s transdisciplinary research breaks traditional engineering and medical boundaries, aiming to create human-centered technologies and interventions that enable unrestricted movement and independent living for all. His work, which has been recognized with over 80 peer-reviewed scientific publications, including papers in prestigious journals such as Science and Nature and 16 granted patents, has earned him numerous awards. These include the NSF CAREER Award (2020), the Presidential Scholarship from the University of Utah (2023), the TIME Magazine’s Best Invention of the Year award (2023), and the Breakthrough of the Year from the University of Utah (2024).