Richard Osborne is a philosopher and writer with special interests in the relationship between technology and art, culture and communications and the interface of philosophy and Art. His published works include Art Theory for Beginners, Philosophy and Art, Megawords, Philsophy for Beginners and many other works.

Osborne lectures in critical practice, semiotics, philosophy, communication and media studies at Camberwell College of Art.

Dr. Barbara Rauch was Acting Director of SCIRIA research unit from October 2007 – June 2009 when she left to take on a research position at Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto, Canada.

Barbara Rauch's practice-based research in Fine Art focuses on collaborative projects in Science, Art and New Technologies. She investigates on how new technologies alter our current understanding of human consciousness. The research provided the basis for her PhD thesis entitled 'Natural and Digital Virtual Realities - a practice-based exploration of dreaming and online virtual environments' (2006).

Building on her AHRC funded project "3D Virtual Emotions", Rauch is looking in particular at evolutionary aspects of human and animal facial expression to reveal conscious and subconscious experience (AHRC Grant in the Creative and Performing Arts scheme).

Dr. Angela Geary is founder and former director of the SCIRIA Research Unit, before she left in 2007 to take up a research associate post at Glasgow School of Art. In 2009 she took up the post Reader and Programme Leader in Art Conservation at Northumbria University. Her research interests span art and science, with activities including technologically mediated fine art practice, structural stress visualisation in sculpture and multi-sensory interaction.

In 2004 Dr. Geary was instrumental in the conception and successful designation of the SCIRIA Research Unit at UAL. The Unit was formed on the basis of converging research activities in science, art and computer technology research taking place at Camberwell College of Arts and her established collaborative relationship with scientist Dr. John P. Harrison at Imperial College London. Dr. Harrison is associate director of the Unit, facilitating its core mission of art and science collaboration.

Her current research projects include FELSSO - an AHRC and Henry Moore Foundation funded project in collaboration with Imperial College and Tate, exploring the application of 3D scanning and engineering analysis to predict structural damage in stone sculpture and Oil&Air - a practice led exploration of the impact of old and new energy production industries funded by the Rootstein Hopkins Foundation.

Since the mid 1990s, Dr. Geary has pioneered the development of accessible 3D computer visualisation techniques for the documentation and interpretation of cultural heritage collections. She provides consultation in this field to a range of museums and collections including Historic Royal Palaces, the National Trust and the Museum of London.

In 2005 she led the VEMDis team to win a finalist's prize in the National Research Councils UK Business Plan Awards for a scheme to commercialise a novel augmented reality display device for museums. She is now a co-director of VEMDis Ltd., a UAL spin out company, founded to develop augmented reality display technology and services for museums.

Derek Pullen is Head of Sculpture Conservation at Tate Britian, the national gallery of British art, and was collaborating on SCIRIA's FELSSO project.