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 her 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. Malavika Sivan is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, Utrecht University, in the Netherlands, where she also completed her PhD. She holds a Master's degree in Chemistry with a minor in Earth and Environmental Sciences from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal. During her doctoral research, Malavika specialised in measurement and modeling techniques for the clumped isotopic composition of methane sources and sinks. Her work focuses on quantifying and enhancing our understanding of the factors that influence the atmospheric methane clumped isotope budget, with the goal of developing these isotopologues as tracers to gain further insights into the global methane cycle.

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.”

Luana Bontempo is a researcher at Fondazione Edmund Mach (Italy) where she is currently the Head of Traceability Unit and Deputy Director of the Research and Innovation Centre. She graduated in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology at the University of Padua (2001), subsequently she got a post-graduated specialization degree in Chemical Methodologies for Survey and Analysis at the University of Padua (2004) and a PhD in Food Sciences at the University of Udine (2011). Her current research activity is mainly focused on the development of analytical methods for the application of stable isotope ratio analysis to characterise and trace along the production chain many foodstuffs, in particular products of high value (e.g. Geographical Indication’s products). Recently she is also developing methods for the application of stable isotope ratios to ecology (i.e. birds migration, ungulates trophic niche).

Professor Tobias Rütting is a biogeochemist at the University of Gothenburg, with expertise on terrestrial nutrient cycling and greenhouse gas emission from soil. Much of his research is on the gross dynamics of the nitrogen cycle in soils by use of stable isotope techniques and he has done much work on methodological development of 15N tracer techniques. His special research interest is on the interactions and feedback of climate/global change and biogeochemical cycles as well as how land-use and management affect biogeochemical cycles.

Stefan Terzer-Wassmuth is a researcher at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Isotope Hydrology Section and Laboratory (Vienna, Austria), where he is coordinating the Global Network of Isotopes in Precipitation (GNIP) and Rivers (GNIR). He holds a Master’s degree in Geography from the University of Vienna and is pursuing a doctoral degree in Soil Physics and Rural Water Management from Vienna’s BOKU University. His focus areas are the spatiotemporal distribution of stable- and radioisotopes in the global water cycle, and aspects of isotope data availability and dissemination for the atmospheric and hydrological research communities. Recent research projects include the development of a triple oxygen isotope baseline for Worldwide precipitation.

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.