Merkle, Ralph C.
Ralph C. Merkle is an advocate of molecular engineering (nanotechnology), a science that involves rearranging molecules in order to create self-replicating manufacturing systems. Merkle was a research scientist at Xerox PARC from 1988 - 1999. He is currently an advisor to the Foresight Institute and a principal fellow at Zyvex Corporation, a nanotechnology company.
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