Редактирование: Gregory Benford

[[File:Gregory Benford.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Gregory Benford]]
'''Gregory Albert Benford'''<ref name="University Libraries">[https://www.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Authors/?p=766 BENFORD, GREGORY ALBERT, 1941-]. lib.ua.edu</ref> (born January 30, 1941)<ref name="University Libraries" /> is an American science fiction author, astrophysicist, and [[Cryonics|cryonicist]]. He is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He has published well over a hundred papers in fields of physics from condensed matter, particle physics, plasmas, and mathematical physics, and several in biological conservation.<ref name="Board" /><ref>ResearchGate: [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gregory-Benford-2 Gregory Benford]</ref>

He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University, and has served as an advisor to the Department of Energy, NASA, and the White House Council on Space Policy. In 1995 he received the Lord Foundation Award for contributions to science and the public comprehension of it.<ref name="Board" />

Benford is the author of over 20 novels, including ''Jupiter Project'', ''Artifact'', ''Against Infinity'', ''Eater'', and ''Timescape''.<ref name="Board" /> His short story "Lazarus Rising" (1982) has a cryonics theme. He wrote the cryonics novel ''[[Chiller]]'' (1993) under the pseudonym '''Sterling Blake'''.<ref name="Gregory Benford">[http://www.gregorybenford.com/product/chiller/ CHILLER – 2011 EDITION]</ref> A two-time winner of the Nebula Award, Benford has also won the John W. Campbell Award, the Australian Ditmar Award, the 1995 Lord Foundation Award for achievement in the sciences, and the 1990 United Nations Medal in Literature.<ref name="Board" />

He has been a member of the [[Alcor Life Extension Foundation]] since 1991 (or 1992?<ref>[https://www.alcor.org/library/alcor-member-profiles/gregory-benford/ Alcor Member Profile: Gregory Benford]. alcor.org</ref>).<ref>YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoGMYjYSCG8&t=10s Cryonics Testimonial: Alcor Member Professor Gregory Benford] (at 0:10)</ref> He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Alcor<ref name="Board">[https://www.alcor.org/about/#scientific-advisory-board Scientific Advisory Board]. alcor.org</ref> and a member of 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 24, 2004.<ref>[https://www.biostasis.com/scientists-open-letter-on-cryonics/ SCIENTISTS’ OPEN LETTER ON CRYONICS]</ref>

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== External links ==
* [https://www.alcor.org/library/alcor-member-profiles/gregory-benford/ Alcor Member Profile: Gregory Benford]
* LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-benford-67b6ab13/ Gregory Benford]
* ResearchGate: [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gregory-Benford-2 Gregory Benford]
* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Benford Gregory Benford]
* YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoGMYjYSCG8 Cryonics Testimonial: Alcor Member Professor Gregory Benford]

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