Dr. Eric Pop is a Professor of Electrical Engineering (EE) and Materials Science & Engineering (by courtesy) at Stanford, where he leads the SystemX Heterogeneous Integration focus area. Before Stanford, he spent several years on the faculty of UIUC, and in industry at Intel and IBM. His research interests are at the intersection of electronics, nanomaterials, and energy. He received his Ph.D. in EE from Stanford (2005) and three degrees from MIT (MEng and BS in EE, BS in Physics). In 2018 he was named one of the world's Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate.

Dr. Eran Bendavid's research interests involve understanding the relationship between policies and health outcomes in developing countries. Dr. Bendavid explores how decisions about foreign assistance for health are made, and how those decisions affect health and health delivery systems in recipient countries. He further explores issues of resource allocation in low and middle-income countries through disease modeling and cost-effectiveness analyses.