Eugenio Del Re is full-time researcher and lecturer at the Physics Department Sapienza University of Rome, where he works in utter darkness trying to understand what photons do. Previously, he has worked in the fiber startups Pirelli Labs, QPlus Networks, and Santel Networks, and has studied in L'Aquila and Princeton.

Paola Italia is full-time Associate Professor at the Department of Greek-Latin, Italian, Music and Scenic Studies Sapienza University of Roma. She studies Italian Literature texts and writer's corrections and is fond of manuscripts, cartouches and wastepaper.

Michele Ortolani is full-time researcher and lecturer at the Physics Department Sapienza University of Rome, uncapable of exiting the laboratory before dusk. Previously, he has worked at particle accelerators in Berlin and in Berkeley.