Professor Wilkins undertook his PhD from Sussex University, spent two years post doctorate at the Montreal Neurological Institute and then joined the MRC Applied Psychology Unit in Cambridge until he took a chair at the University of Essex in 1997 and become Emeritus Professor in 2015.
Professor Evans undertook a PhD from Aston University and for the last 30 years has been Director of Research at the Institute of Optometry. He is also Visiting Professor to City, University of London and to London South Bank University.