13 Facts About Ralph Merkle

Ralph C Merkle was born on February 2,1952 and is an American computer scientist and mathematician.

Ralph Merkle is one of the inventors of public-key cryptography, the inventor of cryptographic hashing, and more recently a researcher and speaker on cryonics.

Ralph Merkle has worked as a manager at Elxsi, research scientist at Xerox PARC, and a nanotechnology theorist at Zyvex.

Ralph Merkle has held positions as a Distinguished Professor at Georgia Tech, senior research fellow at IMM, faculty member at Singularity University, and board member at Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

Ralph Merkle is a grandnephew of baseball star Fred Merkle and is married to video game designer Carol Shaw.

Ralph Merkle serves on the board of directors of the cryonics organization Alcor Life Extension Foundation and appears in the science fiction novel The Diamond Age.

At Xerox PARC Ralph Merkle designed the Khufu and Khafre block ciphers and the Snefru hash function.

Ralph Merkle was the manager of compiler development at Elxsi from 1980.

Ralph Merkle is active in the field of molecular manipulation and self-replicating machines and has published books on the subject.

Ralph Merkle is a grandnephew of baseball star Fred Merkle; son of Theodore Charles Merkle, director of Project Pluto; and brother of Judith Merkle Riley, a historical writer.

Ralph Merkle is married to Carol Shaw, the video game designer best known for the 1982 Atari 2600 game River Raid.

Ralph Merkle is on the board of directors of the cryonics organization Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

Ralph Merkle appears in the science fiction novel The Diamond Age, involving nanotechnology.