Dr. Mikhail Shneider has a PhD in Plasma Physics and Chemistry from the All-Union Electrotechnical Institute in Moscow, and he also has a Doctor of Sciences degree in Plasma Physics and Chemistry from the Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Since 1998 up until the present time, Dr. Shneider has been working as a Senior Research Scientist within the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University. His research interests are in the theoretical study of discharge physics, gas and hydrodynamics, non-linear optics, and biophysics. He has published about 250 papers and 2 books. He is the recipient of the 2020 AIAA Plasma Dynamics and Lasers Award and Medal.

Dr. Mikhail Pekker has a PhD in physics and mathematics from the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics in Russia. From 1993-2007, he worked in the Institute of Fusion Studies at the University of Texas, Austin, from 2010 - 2014 at Drexel University and 2015 - 2017 in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at George Washington University. At present he is retired, but still conducts research in gas discharge physics, cavitation, cosmology, and biophysics. Dr. Pekker has more than 100 publications and 1 book.