Richard Craster is Professor of Applied Mathematics at Imperial College. He has research interests across a broad spectrum of fluid mechanics and elasticity (fracture mechanics, diffraction theory, wave phenomena, applied complex analysis, Newtonian thin-layer theories, viscoplasticity, guided elastic waves, and waves in microstructured media) and is involved in their applications in engineering and physics.
Dr Sébastien Guenneau is a Reader in Physics at Imperial College and a member of the CNRS-Imperial Abraham de Moivre International Research Laboratory. He previously held some positions as a lecturer in the department of mathematical sciences at Liverpool University and as a CNRS researcher at the Fresnel Institute of Aix-Marseille Université. His research focusses on acoustic, mechanical and thermal metamaterials, with a special emphasis on topological and time-modulated periodic and quasiperiodic media.