Mario Rinke is a Professor at the University of Antwerp. He was a senior researcher and lecturer at ETH Zurich and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts after working as a design engineer for major offices in London and Zurich.

Frederik Vandyck is a guest professor at the University of­ Antwerp and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He holds a Master of Science in Architectural Engineering from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and a joint PhD in Engineering Sciences and Design Sciences (VUB-UAntwerpen).