C. Barry Carter has been one of four CINT Distinguished Affiliate Scientists at Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories (2012-). He is a Research Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and an Emeritus Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Connecticut having previously been the Inaugural 3M Harry Helzer Endowed Chair at the University of Minnesota (1991-2007) and a Professor at Cornell University (1079-1991). He served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Materials Science for 21 years from 2004-2024.

Dave Williams is emeritus dean of engineering and at The Ohio State University, where he is building global university-industry partnerships to support Starlab, a commercial space station planned for launch in 2028-29. Starlab is a joint venture between Voyager Space, Airbus and Mitsubishi Corporation along with Hilton, Northrop Grumman, Palantir and MDA to design build and manage the station. Starlab's Ground Location (US) is at Ohio State University's airport which will be the site of the George Washington Carver (Space) Science Park.