Bogdan Andrei Bernevig (born 1978 in Bucharest) is a Quantum Condensed Matter Professor of Physics at Princeton University. He graduated from Stanford University (bachelor's degree in physics and master's degree in mathematics in 2001) and received his PhD from Stanford University under Shoucheng Zhang. As a postdoctoral fellow he came to the Center for Theoretical Physics at Princeton University, where he is now a full professor of Physics. 

His research deals with the application of topology and interactions in solid state physics, for example in the fractional quantum hall effect, fractional Chern Insulators, superconductors, and others. Bernevig aims to integrate first principle calculations, without which a clear understanding of materials is impossible, with effective theories for the behavior of their ground-states. The hope is that a pipeline that neglects neither the ab-initio nor the strong interaction effects which need analytical understanding can be built to predict new quantum materials with exotic states, including room temperature superconductors. 

Among other honors, Bernevig received the New Horizons in Physics Prize, the Sackler Prize, a Guggenheim Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Professorship as well as  the James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials from the American Physical Society. He was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2022 "for broad and significant contributions to the discovery and understanding of new topological quantum phases".  

Andrey Chubukov is the William I. and Bianca M. Fine Chair in Theoretical Physics in the William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute at the University of Minnesota. His research interests are in the analysis of the role of orbital degrees of freedom in Fe-based superconductors, quantum-critical behavior and non-Fermi liquid transport in metals at the onset of charge of spin order, pairing in non-Fermi liquid regime in near-critical fermionic systems (e.g., systems at the verge of magnetic instability), and unconventional orders in frustrated antiferromagnets. In my research I combine analytical and numerical techniques. Methods include perturbation theory, parquet renormalization group, and Eliashberg theory (both for superconducting and normal state properties). 

Päivi Törmä is a professor in the Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Finland and has a MSc degree from the University of Oulu, Finland, a Master of Advanced Study degree from the University of Cambridge, U.K., and PhD in 1996 from the University of Helsinki. Her research ranges from theoretical quantum many-body physics to experiments in nanophotonics. Her work has revealed a new connection between quantum geometry and superconductivity that explains why flat bands can carry supercurrent, which is essential in the search for superconductors that work at high temperatures. In this Simons Collaboration, Päivi Törmä aims to integrate the analysis of quantum geometry concepts into first-principles calculations and the description of specific quantum materials, in order to utilize the potential of quantum geometry in searching and understanding new superconductors. Päivi Törmä has received the ERC Advanced Grant and the Academy of Finland Academy Professorship and is an elected member of the Academia Europaea.