Matteo De Micheli obtained a B.A. (2009) and an M.A. (2011) in Chinese Studies from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, both of which were supplemented by language studies in China. He also earned an M.A. in Translation, Textual Interpretation, and Philology from Kathmandu University, Centre of Buddhist Studies at Rangjung Yeshe Institute (2022). His research interests primarily revolve around the intellectual history of Tibetan Buddhism, with a specific emphasis on exegetical works of tantric texts.
Tanner McAlister received a B.A. in Religious Studies, and a B.A. in Economics (2019), at Utah State University and a MTS in Buddhist Studies at the Harvard Divinity School (2021). He also spent a year teaching Classical Tibetan translation for the Sarnath International Nyingma Institute. His research focuses on issues of legitimation and innovation in the Tibetan Treasure (gter ma) tradition, particularly in relation to biographies of Padmasambhava.
Monica Thunder received a BA in creative writing and anthropology from U.C. Santa Cruz in 2014, and later received an MA in Buddhist Studies from Kathmandu University in 2022. Her current research focuses on the history and development of various Buddhist deity practices as they unfolded in early tantric contexts.
