Mariana Zorkina
Mariana is the founder of Methods in Sinology. She is a PhD student at Zurich University where she studies imagery of Tang dynasty poetry with computational methods. She works together with Digital Orientalist, System Blok and has her own telegram channel @digitalsinologist. You can learn more about her projects at marianazorkina.com
Maddalena Poli
Maddalena is the co-founder of Methods in Sinology and in charge of creative design. She is the Rand Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian Studies at Pomona University, researching ancient Chinese manuscripts and their role in practices of knowledge management. Her online activity includes collaborations with the Digital Orientalist and running the project Conversations. You can find out more at maddalenapoli.com
Henry Jacobs
Henry Jacobs is a co-organizer of Methods in Sinology. He is a third-year PhD student at Harvard University where he researches Early Chinese ritual and music, divination practices, and text cultures using palaeographic and epigraphic materials. His recent projects include an investigation into the musical dimensions of Late-Neolithic Chinese jades in collaboration with the Harvard Arts Museums Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies and a re-examination of Late Shang 商 (ca. 1200-1046 BCE) written culture using digitized oracle-bone inscription databases. He serves as a contributor to the Digital Orientalist and the Database of Religious History.
Markus Samuel Haselbeck
Markus is a co-organizer of Methods in Sinology. They are a PhD student at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven working on contemporary Confucian portrayals of Kang Youwei in Mainland China. Their wider interest lies in classical and modern esoteric readings of Confucian texts. Learn more about their work on Twitter.
Alice Panato
Alice is a freelance graphic designer based in Milan, Italy, previously working for Unistyle in Verona. Find out more about her creations on IG @a.li.ce.p