Giulia Galli is the Liew Family Professor of Electronic Structure and Simulations in the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Department of Chemistry at the University of Chicago, and a Senior Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory, where she is the director of the Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Science, and the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and of the American Physical Society. She is the recipients of numerous awards in computational physics, theoretical chemistry, materials science and nanoscience, including the David Adler Lectureship Award and the Rahman Prize from the APS and the Materials Theory Award from the MRS.

Laura Gagliardi is the Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor at the University of Chicago. Born in Italy, she earned her Ph.D. from the University of Bologna. Her research develops advanced quantum chemistry methods and integrates AI with multiscale modeling to design catalysts and materials for energy and climate applications.