Ruben Martin is a professor at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), Tarragona, Spain. He received his Ph.D. in 2003 from the University of Barcelona under the guidance of Prof. Antoni Riera. In 2004, he moved to the Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung as a Humboldt postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Alois Fürstner. In 2005, he undertook further postdoctoral studies at MIT with Prof. Stephen L. Buchwald as a MEC-Fulbright fellow. In 2008, he began his independent career as an assistant professor at the ICIQ (Tarragona). In 2013, he was promoted to associate professor and shortly after to ICREA Research Professor. Ruben Martin has focused his career on designing synthetically useful Ni-catalyzed methodologies for streamlining the preparation of added-value chemicals from simple precursors without losing sight of mechanistic considerations, when appropriate.

Gary A. Molander is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States. He completed his undergraduate studies in chemistry at Iowa State University under the tutelage of Prof. Richard C. Larock. He earned his Ph.D. at Purdue University under the direction of Prof. Herbert Brown and undertook postdoctoral training with Prof. Barry Trost at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He began his academic career at the University of Colorado, Boulder, moving to the University of Pennsylvania in 1999, where he is currently Professor of Chemistry. His research interests have focused on the utilization of organolanthanides, Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions with trifluoro­borate salts, and the merger of photoredox catalysis and Ni catalysis for tackling a priori uphill transformations under visible-light irradiation for accessing valuable scaffolds in both academic and pharmaceutical laboratories.

鲁本·马丁是西班牙塔拉戈纳加泰罗尼亚化学研究所 (ICIQ) 的教授。他获得了博士学位。2003 年在巴塞罗那大学 Antoni Riera 教授的指导下获得博士学位。2004 年，他作为 Humboldt 博士后研究员转入 Max-Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung，随 Alois Fürstner 教授。2005 年，他在 MIT 与 Stephen L. Buchwald 教授作为 MEC-Fulbright 研究员进行了进一步的博士后研究。2008 年，他开始了他作为 ICIQ（塔拉戈纳）助理教授的独立职业生涯。2013年晋升为副教授，不久晋升为ICREA研究教授。鲁本·马丁 (Ruben Martin) 的职业生涯专注于设计合成有用的镍催化方法，以简化从简单前体制备附加值化学品的过程，而不会忽视机械方面的考虑，

Gary A. Molander是美国费城宾夕法尼亚大学的教授。他在爱荷华州立大学完成了化学专业的本科学习，师从 Richard C. Larock 教授。他获得了博士学位。在 Herbert Brown 教授的指导下在普渡大学学习，并在威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校与 Barry Trost 教授一起进行博士后培训。他在科罗拉多大学博尔德分校开始了他的学术生涯，并于 1999 年搬到宾夕法尼亚大学，现任化学教授。他的研究兴趣集中在有机镧系元素的利用、Pd 催化与三氟硼酸盐的交叉偶联反应以及光氧化还原催化和 Ni 催化的合并以解决先验问题​​。 在可见光照射下进行上坡转换，以获取学术和制药实验室中有价值的支架。