Prof. Robert Nerem Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Dr. Bob Nerem has been active in bioengineering for more than 25 years. His initial interest was motivated by the possible role of fluid dynamics in atherosclerosis and he has conducted fundamental research on problems in cardiovascular fluid dynamics. Currently, he is Director of the Georgia Tech/Emory Center for the... read moreEngineering of Living Tissues and of the Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience, as well as serving part-time as the Senior Advisor for Bioengineering in the NIH's National Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. His research interests encompass bioengineering and include atherosclerosis, biomechanics, cardiovascular devices, cellular engineering, vascular biology and tissue engineering.