Meghan Barrett is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Indiana University Indianapolis. Her interdisciplinary research program tackles emerging questions in farmed insect welfare through collaborations with philosophers, welfare scientists, industry professionals, social scientists, and engineers. She has authored over 50 scientific publications on insect physiology, behaviour, and neurobiology. She is also the Founding Director of the Insect Welfare Research Society.

Bob Fischer is a Professor of Philosophy at Texas State University and a member of the Board of the Insect Welfare Research Society. He's also the author of Animal Ethics: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge, 2021) and the editor of Weighing Animal Welfare: Comparing Well-being Across Species.