Dr Daniel Jong Schwekendiek is a social and economic historian with a specific interest in using anthropometry and biological anthropology as indicators of malnutrition, public health and historical welfare. He is a fellow of the Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, and a lecturer at Tubingen University, Germany. He joined the UBVO in 2010 to complete a six-month postdoctoral project analysing anthropometric data on Korean adoptees, before moving on to UC Berkeley.

Dr Marius Kwint is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Art, Design and Media at the University of Portsmouth. He is a cultural historian and keen amateur athlete who has published research on topics including the circus, the souvenir, and scientific imaging. He is particularly interested in the visualization of energy flow through human performance and also by objective, scientific methods.