Professor Mason ("the father of sonochemistry") obtained his Ph.D. in Physical Organic Chemistry, Southampton University (UK) 1970. He then was working as research fellow for the NATO in Massachusetts (USA) and at the York University in York (UK). Before he has been appointed as professor he was working as lecturer at different universities in the UK. Prof. Mason published over 300 articles, 60 chapters and 15 books. He is chairman of the RSC Sonochemistry Group, Editor in Chief (and co-founder) of "Ultrasonics - Sonochemistry" (Elsevier) and director of the Sonochemistry Centre at the Coventry University (UK).
Dr. Mircea Vinatoru obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1996 at the Universitatea "Politehnica" din Bucure ti (Bucharest, Romania). Before becoming a lecturer at the Coventry University in Coventry (UK) he was employed as research and development director at ReEnergy LLC. From April 2016 he is working as a researcher at the Sonochemistry Centre at the Coventry University (UK). He published over 50 articels and chapters.