- Dr Jason Birch joined the project in late 2020 as a full-time project researcher and moved to part-time participation in 2021 when he was hired on the Haṭhapradīpikā project. Jason has an extensive research and publication record in the study of Sanskrit, Indian manuscripts, Yoga and the history of ayurveda.
- Dr Andrey Klebanov joined the project in 2021 and continued to 2022 when he moved to take up a new position at Vienna University. He continues as an honorary RF on the project. Andrey wrote his MA on the Nepalese SS and his doctorate on Sanskrit literary commentaries. He has studied several Sanskrit śāstras, and published on the history of the Suśrutasaṃhitā its earliest commentaries, and the Nepalese MSS that are the core of this project.