Fr. Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J. served as President of the Ateneo de Manila University for 18 years 1993-2011. He was Dean of the Ateneo College of Arts and Sciences 1973-1980. He was President of Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro in the early 1990s. He was also Provincial Superior of the Jesuits in the Philippines 1983-1989.

Fr. Nebres did his early studies in classics and philosophy in Berchmans College, Cebu City, Philippines, and completed an AB and MA in philosophy. He obtained a PhD in mathematics from Stanford University.

He did extensive work to develop science and mathematics in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia beginning in the 1970s and was elected in 2011 as National Scientist by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). He was conferred the award by President Benigno Aquino III in September 2011.

After retirement as President, he continues as Professor of Mathematics at the Ateneo de Manila. He also works with the Commission on Higher Education for the development of science and mathematics and faculty development. He chaired the Project Advisory Group of the Philippines-California Advanced Research Institute (PCARI). He is engaged in various programs to help overcome poverty in the country: improving public education in over 400 public schools with the Ateneo Center for Educational Development (ACED) and in over 300 municipalities, including the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, with Synergeia Foundation; building homes and communities for the poor with Gawad Kalinga; and supporting young people engaged in social enterprises for poor communities.