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Gerald Pollack is professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington. He is Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal, WATER, convener of the Annual Conference on the Physics, Chemistry and Biology of Water, and Executive Director of the Institute for Venture Science. He is also a Founding Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and a Fellow of both the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society. His interests have ranged broadly, from biological motion and cell biology to the interaction of biological surfaces with aqueous solutions. His 2001 book, Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life, and his newest book, The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor, won distinguished awards from the Society for Technical Communication.

ジェラルド・ポラック。ワシントン大学生物工学教授。学術雑誌『WATER』の創設や「水の物理学、化学、生物学」年次会議の招集に関わり、ベンチャーサイエンス研究所のエグゼクティブディレクターを務める。アメリカ医学・生物工学会の創設フェロー、アメリカ心臓協会と生体医工学のフェローでもある。生物学的運動や細胞生物学から、生物学的表面と水溶液との相互作用まで、幅広い分野に研究関心を寄せる。2001年の著書『Cells, Gels and the Engines of Life』と最新の著書『The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid, and Vapor』は、米国テクニカルコミュニケーション協会から優秀賞を授与された。

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