Mikhail A. Anisimov is a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus and Research Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Anisimov is an internationally recognized scientist who has been investigating phase transitions and critical phenomena in soft condensed matter for more than fifty years. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and American Association for the Advancement of Science. Thomas J. Longo is a Research Engineer at Barron Associates, Inc., focusing on machine learning applications to science and engineering. Dr. Longo completed a PhD in Chemical Physics from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2023, where he still serves as an Adjunct Research Associate. His research interests include theoretical and computational studies of thermodynamics and dynamics of phase transitions affected by chemical reactions, liquid polyamorphism, and dissipative mesoscopic strictures.