FJ Duarte is an award winning laser and quantum physicist who is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Physics and a Fellow of the Optical Society of America (now Optica). He is editor- author of 15 books and solo author of 6 titles. Peter Hegemann is Hertie-Professor for Neuroscience at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He has received several professional awards. Suneel Kateriya is a professor of Biotechnology at the School of Biotechnology (SBT), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. Alfons Penzkofer is a retired professor and physicist conducting photo-biological spectroscopy research at the University of Regensburg. He is a Fellow of Optica. Sergei Popov is a physics professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan), Sweden. He is a Fellow of Optica. Kathleen M Vaeth is the Senior Engineering R&D Manager for New and Advanced Sensor Products at Qualitrol Corporation (Rochester, New York). She is a Fellow of Optica. Elena Vasileva is a Global Product Manager at Hübner Photonics (Sweden). She conducted her doctoral research at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Sweden.