Matheus Secco Torres da Silva holds a PhD in Mathematics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), where he conducted his research under the guidance of Professor Simon Griffiths. After completing a postdoctoral degree at the Czech Academy of Sciences in the Czech Republic, he worked in the financial market, working for Goldman Sachs and Giant Steps. He currently works at ASA Investments. His academic interests focus on the areas of Combinatorics and Probability.

Flavio holds a BSc. degree in Statistics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2004), a MSc. degree in Statistics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (2006) and a PhD. in Statistics from the University of Warwick (2011). He is currently on a research leave at EMAp-FGV from his positions as an associate professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Holds a CNPq level 1B research grant.