James Benford is the president of Microwave Sciences. He is a life fellow of the IEEE. He has taught 26 courses on high power microwaves in 10 countries. He earned a PhD in physics from the University of California, San Diego.

Edl Schamiloglu is a distinguished professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of New Mexico. A fellow of the IEEE and American Physical Society, he conducts numerous short courses and lectures worldwide and is a recipient of numerous IEEE honors. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science. He earned a BS and an MS from Columbia University and a PhD from Cornell University.

Jacob Stephens is an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Texas Tech University. He earned his PhD in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University and completed post-doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

John A. Swegle is an independent consultant for J-Two ROB, LLC. He's worked at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and the Savannah River National Laboratory and has conducted short courses on HPM in the United States, Europe, and China. He holds PhD and MS degrees from Cornell University and BSEE and MSEE degrees from the University of Washington. He served two terms as an associate editor of The Physics of Plasmas.

Peng Zhang is Associate Professor (Assistant Professor, 2016 - 2021) in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan State University. He received his B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees in electrical and electronic engineering from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in nuclear engineering and radiological sciences from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2012.