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Gene Merewether is a leading roboticist whose work pushes the boundaries of autonomous systems in the most extreme environments. As a key member of TEAM CoSTAR, he was instrumental in developing NeBula, the groundbreaking autonomy solution that secured first place in Phase II of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge. His highly cited papers (with over 150 combined citations) detail the sophisticated algorithms, hardware, and software architectures that enabled robots to navigate complex, GPS-denied tunnels and urban settings without human intervention. Beyond subterranean exploration, Merewether has applied his expertise to critical healthcare challenges, co-developing an agile mobile robotic platform for contactless vital signs monitoring during the COVID-19 pandemic—a timely innovation that minimized risk for healthcare workers. He also contributed to the Intelligent Robotics System Architecture (IRSA), a versatile framework used across multiple research platforms. By blending robust autonomy with real-world impact, Merewether’s work continues to inspire the next generation of roboticists to build machines that can go where humans cannot.