Matthias Kliegel is a cognitive aging researcher who has received his PhD in psychology from the University of Heidelberg in 2002. In 2007, he was appointed Full Professor and Chair of Lifespan Developmental Psychology at the University of Dresden. Since 2011 Matthias Kliegel has been working as Full Professor and Chair of Cognitive Aging at the University of Geneva, where he also is the director of the University of Geneva's Interfaculty Center of Gerontology (CIGEV). In 2017, he was elected president of the Swiss Psychological Society. His research is concerned with healthy aging and the development and plasticity of higher order cognitive functions such as intentional behavior and cognitive control as well as their neuro-cognitive mechanisms across the human lifespan.

Chiara Scarampi is a senior scientist in the University of Geneva. Her research investigates metacognition – how individuals monitor and adapt their behaviour to improve task performance – in a variety of cognitive domains, ranging from memory to perceptual and economic decision-making. In particular, she is interested in studying how metacognition can be used to compensate for the cognitive decline associated with ageing, with the final aim of helping individuals maintain their independence and wellbeing throughout the lifespan.

Melanie Mack is a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Gerontology and Vulnerabilities (CIGEV) of the University of Geneva. After studying psychology and sports science at the University of Tübingen, where she received her M.Sc. in psychology in 2016, she completed her PhD at the University of Leipzig on motor and perceptual expertise in complex gymnastic movements. In 2019/2020, she gained corporate experience by working for 6 months in business development for a start-up based in Switzerland and the USA. Between 2020 and 2023, she held a postdoctoral position at the University of Münster, where her research concentrated on multitasking in more naturalistic scenarios, with a particular emphasis on the effects of cognitive-motor interventions on multitasking in older adults. Melanie’s current work is dedicated to cognitive and physical interventions aimed at maintaining and enhancing cognition and mental health in older adults.