Burne is both Australian and British. He is an honorary professor of University of Queensland and honorary associate professor of The Australian National University. He is currently

professor of palaeontology from the Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg where he used to hold the chair of

Somerville is British. He is emeritus professor at the University College Dublin, Ireland. He received his bachelor degree from The Queen's University of Belfast in 1973

Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology

professor in Polish Geological Institute - National Research Institute. He received his master degree in 1972

Professor Xiujuan (Jully) Zheng, received her bachelor of science degree in geology from Northwest University in 1989. In 2001, she graduated from the School of Literature