Albert Davletshin is a research fellow with the Instituto de antropología, Universidad veracruzana in Xalapa. He completed his PhD thesis on the palaeography of Maya hieroglyphic writing at Knorozov Centre for Mesoamerican Studies, Russian State University for the Humanities in 2003. He works on Mesoamerican writing systems, languages, iconography and historical linguistics. Albert has carried out linguistic field work in Mexico, Siberia, Easter Island and Papua New Guinea.

Daria Sekacheva  is a PhD candidate in ancient history at Lomonosov Moscow State University. Her research is focused at the Classic Maya Court, its structure and daily life. She received a scholarship from the Mexican government for conducting her research project at the National Autonomous University of Mexico City (UNAM). Daria is a junior researcher at Knorozov center for Mesoamerican Studies, Russian State University for the Humanities and a secretary of the European Association of Mayanists, Wayeb.