Marcel Rickli is an artist living and working in Zurich, Switzerland. His work aims to capture an epoch in which humankind has become the most important influencing factor on our planet’s biological, geological and atmospheric processes: the Anthropocene.

Irène Hediger is the head of the artists-in-labs program at Zurich University of the Arts, and a curator, researcher, and lecturer working at the intersection of art, science, and technology. Her research focuses on collaborations across diverse knowledge systems and the interrelations of human and more-than-human entities.

Flurin Fischer is a research associate at the artists-in-labs program at Zurich University of the Arts, independent author and lecturer in film theory and transdisciplinary collaboration. At the core of his practice lies an eclectic interest in the diversity and complexity of our world.

Dr. Keigo Nakamura is the Director of the Water Environment Research Group at Public Works Research Institute, where he specializes in river restoration and ecological engineering. He has amassed nearly three decades of experience working for the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, both in research capacities at institutions such as the Public Works Research Institute and in administrative roles at both the Ministry’s main office and as a senior official at a branch office.

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Schaepman-Strub is a Professor at the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, at the University of Zurich. She is interested in the role of the changing biosphere in the Arctic system. With her team she investigates plant strategies and diversity in Arctic ecosystems, their changes and feedback with the permafrost and atmosphere through energy, water, and carbon fluxes. 

Prof. Dr. Michael Döring is the Head of the Ecohydrology Research Group and Professor at the Institute of Natural Resource Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Switzerland. His research is centered on the assessment, evaluation and prediction of the consequences of anthropogenic influences and restoration efforts on rivers and floodplains (qualitatively and quantitatively) at the landscape scale.