Ramon Farré is a Professor of Physiology at the Biophysics and Bioengineering Unit of the University of Barcelona, where he recently was the Head of Studies for its degree in Biomedical Engineering. He has served different officer positions in the European Respiratory Society (ERS), and is an elected fellow of this society and of the American Thoracic Society (ATS). He has received the 2023 ATS Research Innovation and Translation Achievement Award. He has published over 340 peer-reviewed papers on respiratory mechanics (in cells, animal models and patients) and on diagnostic and therapeutic medical devices.

Béla Suki received his PhD from the University of Szeged, Hungary. Currently, he is a professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University. He is an elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the Biomedical Engineering Society, and also received a presidential award from the National Institutes of Health. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed articles, one book and numerous book chapters in various areas including complexity, respiratory physiology, biomechanics, as well as modeling nonlinear and network phenomena in physiology and mechanobiology.