Georgia Tech faculty member Bob Nerem’s work has helped significantly to advance medical science and improve the quality of life.

To many at Georgia Tech, he has been one of the pioneers in the field and instrumental in leading the effort in the areas of bioengineering and biosciences on campus and beyond.

Nerem is looking to ensure the Institute’s continued preeminence in the field of bioengineering.

He and his wife, Marilyn, have made plans in their estate that will one day establish the Marilyn R. and Robert M. Nerem faculty chair or professorship in Georgia Tech’s Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience.

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Bioengineering at Tech: Past, Present, Future