Dr. Kristyna Kantnerova obtained her Master’s degree at the University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague (UCT Prague), in the Czech Republic, in the field of Analytical Chemistry. Then she continued with her PhD at the Empa Dübendorf and ETH Zürich in Switzerland. During my PhD there, she completed a three-month internship at the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan. After her first postdoctoral position in Switzerland at ETH Zürich, she gained further postdoc experience in Germany at Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen). Subsequently, she worked as a postdoc at the University of Colorado Boulder in the USA.Since June 2024, she is an assistant professor back at UCT Prague.

Her research interests include developing new analytical methods, studying environmental issues (especially the nitrogen cycle, greenhouse gases, and air pollution), and exploring the biogeochemical cycles of elements in nature.She is also engaged in science popularization and communication, particularly through a Czech project “Ask a Scientist”.

Dr. Phil Dunn is a Principal Scientist at the National Measurement Laboratory hosted at LGC.

 Following a degree and a PhD in Chemistry both from the University of Bristol; Phil Dunn joined LGC in autumn 2010 as a researcher in isotope ratio mass spectrometry. His research interests have included good practice, traceability and uncertainty within isotope ratio measurements. SI-traceability has been a particular focus and Phil has contributed to measurements recognised by IUPAC as being the best determination of the isotopic composition for magnesium, molybdenum and most recently, carbon.

Phil is one of NML’s nominated representatives on the Isotope Ratio Working Group of the Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance (CCQM-IRWG) for the  International Committee for Weights and Measures (CIPM). He has been a member of IUPAC’s Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (CIAAW) since 2018. He is a past Chair (2015-21) and a current Director of the Forensic Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (FIRMS) Network and co-edited the second edition of their well-known Good Practice Guide for IRMS.

Dr. Kristof Haneca is a specialist in dendrochronological research on archaeological wood and timbers from built heritage. Since 2007, he has worked as a researcher at Flanders Heritage Agency (Belgium), focusing on chronometric dating techniques, historical timber trade and the significance of forests and wood throughout human history.”

Prof. Luc van Loon was appointed Professor of Nutrition and Exercise at Maastricht University in The Netherlands in 2010. Luc has an international research standing in the area of skeletal muscle metabolism,and is in the top 1% of cross-field (nutrition and physiology) highly-cited scholars globally for 2023. Current research in his laboratory focuses on the skeletal muscle adaptive response to physical (in)activity, and the impact of nutritional and pharmacological interventions to modulate metabolism in both health and disease. The latter are investigated on a whole-body, tissue, and cellular level, with skeletal muscle as the main tissue of interest. He is active in various media to translate research findings to the general public, highlighting the impact of nutrition and physical activity to support performance and health.