Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Baumgartner, is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Chemistry, York University, Canada. He is the recipient of several awards, including a Liebig fellowship from the German chemical industry association, an Alberta Ingenuity New Faculty Award, a JSPS invitation fellowship, and a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Dr. rer. nat. Frieder Jäkle, is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Rutgers University-Newark, USA. He is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award, an Alfred P. Sloan fellowship, a Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt foundation, the ACS Akron Section Award, and the Boron Americas Award.