Professor Étienne Ghys is a renowned mathematician and Emeritus Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He played a pivotal role in the creation and development of the mathematics laboratory at the École Normale Supérieure de Lyon (ENS de Lyon) and has been serving as the Permanent Secretary of the French Academy of Sciences since 2019.

Professor Marc Fontecave is a Professor at Collège de France. He is a distinguished member of the French Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on the study of catalysts (homogeneous, heterogeneous, bioinspired) and biocatalysts (metalloenzymes and artificial enzymes) as well as electrochemical devices for water splitting and the valorization of carbon dioxide as strategies for chemical storage of renewable energies (artificial photosynthesis).

Professor Françoise Combes is the President of the French Academy of Sciences. Her expertise lies in the formation and evolution of galaxies, dynamics of galaxies, interaction between galaxies and the interstellar medium of galaxies, etc.

Professor David R. Clarke is the inaugural holder of the Extended Tarr Family Professor of Materials in the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His research mainly focuses on fundamentals, properties and applications of ceramics, metals, semiconductors, polymers, and thermoelectrics, especially from the mechanical properties point of view.