Редактирование: Ralph Merkle (раздел)

[[File:Ralph Merkle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ralph Merkle]]
'''Ralph C. Merkle'''<ref name="Personal website">[https://ralphmerkle.com/ Personal website]. Retrieved February 9, 2024</ref> (born 1952) is an American computer scientist and [[Cryonics|cryonicist]]. He is also a researcher and speaker on nanotechnology.

Merkle received his B.A. in Computer Science, U.C. Berkeley, in 1974, his M.S. in Computer Science, U.C. Berkeley, in 1977, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Stanford, in 1979. His doctoral thesis is named "Secrecy, authentication, and public key systems".<ref>[https://www.ralphmerkle.com/merkleDir/eduWork.html Merkle Education and Work]. ralphmerkle.com. Retrieved February 9, 2024</ref>

Merkle signed up for [[cryopreservation]] arrangements with the [[Alcor Life Extension Foundation]] in 1989.<ref name="Personal website" /> He is a member of the Alcor Board of Directors (since May 21, 1998),<ref>[https://www.alcor.org/library/alcor-board-of-directors/#merkle Alcor Board of Directors]. alcor.org</ref><ref name="Personal website" /> the Scientific Advisory Board of Alcor,<ref name="Scientific Board">[https://www.alcor.org/about/#scientific-advisory-board Scientific Advisory Board]. alcor.org</ref> and the [[UK Cryonics and Cryopreservation Research Network]].<ref name="About Us">[https://www.cryonics-research.org.uk/about-us.html About Us]. cryonics-research.org.uk</ref> He is a signatory of the [[Scientists' Open Letter on Cryonics]], having signed it on March 19, 2004.<ref>[https://www.biostasis.com/scientists-open-letter-on-cryonics/ SCIENTISTS’ OPEN LETTER ON CRYONICS]</ref>

His wife, Carol Shaw, a retired video game designer, also has signed up for cryonics.<ref>[https://www.ralphmerkle.com/relatives/ Some relatives of Ralph C. Merkle]. ralphmerkle.com. Retrieved February 9, 2024</ref><ref name="Personal website" /><ref>Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Shaw Carol Shaw]</ref>