Dr. Sukanta Nandi received his MSc (Engg) and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in December 2020, under the supervision of Prof. Abha Misra. His doctoral research focused on investigating the optoelectronic properties of low-dimensional materials and developing optoelectronic devices. In February 2021, he moved to Israel to pursue postdoctoral research at Bar-Ilan University with Prof. Tomer Lewi, specializing in computational and experimental quantum and nanophotonics.

Dr. Anuj Kumar received his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) in 2021 and was awarded the Excellence in Doctoral Research Award for his thesis. He then joined the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, as an Institute of Eminence Postdoctoral Fellow for one year. Subsequently, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore (2022-25). He is a lifetime member of the Indian Physics Association and served as Joint Secretary of the Indian Physics Association, Roorkee Chapter, during his Ph.D. tenure.