Participants at the IDIA retreat included staff and researchers from all three partner universities.
Senior Researchers
| Assoc. Prof. Sarah Blyth | UCT |
| Prof. Claude Carignan | UCT |
| Dr. Christopher Cleghorn | UP |
| Assoc. Prof. Roger Deane | UP/WITS |
| Prof. Thomas Jarrett | UCT |
| Prof. Renée Kraan-Korteweg | UCT |
| Assoc. Prof. Michelle Kuttel | UCT |
| Dr Michelle Lochner | UWC |
| Dr Edward Elson | UWC |
| Prof. Lerothodi Leeuw | UWC |
| Dr. Lucia Marchetti | UCT |
| Prof. Russ Taylor | UWC/UCT |
| Prof. Mario Santos | UWC |
| Prof. Rob Simmonds | UCT |
| Assoc. Prof. Mattia Vaccari | UWC |
| Prof. Patrick Woudt | UCT |
| Dr. Jack Radcliffe | UP |
| Dr. Kshitij Thorat | UP |
Postdoctoral Fellows
| Dr. Sally MacFarlane | UCT |
| Dr. Iniyan Natarajan | UP |
| Dr. Saurabh Paul | UWC |
| Dr. Matt Prescott | UWC |
| Dr. Srikrishna Sekhar | UCT |
| Dr. Franceso Cavallaro | UCT |
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
| Dr. Sthabile Kolwa | UCT |
| Dr. Luke Chamandy | UCT/UWC |
| Dr. Jonathan Zwart | UWC |
| Dr. Zara Randriamanakoto | UCT |
| Dr Fangxia An | UWC |
| Dr. Marcin Glowacki | UWC |
Students
PhD students
| Tariq Bletcher | UP |
| Lennart Heino | UCT |
| Fabio Luchsinger | UWC |
| Zhunaid Mohamed | UCT |
| Nikki Pekeur | UCT |
| Zubair Patel | UCT |
| Alex Sivitilli | UCT |
Masters Students
| Mustafa Alamin | UCT |
| Reikantseone Diretse | UCT |
| Boikhutso Kgoadi | UWC |
| Thato Manamela | UP |
| Sibusiso Mdhluli | UWC |
| Micaela Menegaldo | UP |
| Chaka Mofokeng | UWC |
| Boikhutso Mabala | UWC |
| Mfundo Mdwadube | UWC |
| Nkululeko Qwabe | UP |
| Laurisha Rampersad | UCT |
| Shilpa Ranchod | UP |
| Modisha Tladi | UWC |
| Heinrich van Deventer | UP |
| Fernando Ventura | UP |
| Leon Mtshweni | UP |
| Isaac Magolego | UP |
| Stefro Millard | UP |
| Jacques Smulders | UP |
| Hope Orabile Moloko | UCT |
| Michaela van Zyl | UCT |
Honours Students
| Willaim Rasakanya | UP |
| Graham Lawrie | UP |
| Nicholas van der Riet | UP |
| Stefro Millard | UP |
| Thumisang Tshikare | UCT |
| Orabile Hope Moloko | UCT |
Graduated Students
| Dr. Kerry Paterson | PhD |
| Nkateko Baloyi | Hons |
| Tumisang Tshikare | Hons |
| Lauren Hunt | MSc |
| Dr. Preshanth Jagannathan | PhD |
| Dr. Samuel Legodi | PhD |
| Jeremy Smith | MSc |
| Dr. Emmanuel Ocran | PhD |
IDIA Executive
| Prof. Russ Taylor | Director | UCT/UWC |
| Prof. Rob Simmonds | Associate Director, New Technology Initiatives | UCT |
| VACANT | Associate Director, Development and Outreach | UWC |
| Dr. Bradley Frank | Associate Director, Astronomy Operations | SARAO/UCT |
Staff
| Dr. Angus Comrie | Visualisation Developer | UCT |
| Dr. David Aikema | Data Scientist | UCT |
| Eslam Hussein | Data Scientist | UWC |
| Adrianna Pínska | Software Developer | UCT |
| Dr. Jordan Collier | Astronomy Support | UCT |
| Dane Kennedy | Bioinformatics Support | UCT |
| Kechil Kirkham | Project Management | UCT |
| Jeremi-Ernst Avenant | Cloud Infrastructure Specialist | UCT |
| Michael Currin | Senior Technical Specialist | UCT |
| Jeremy Smith | Operations Manager | UCT |
| Oarabile Hope Moloko | Junior Astronomy Support | UCT |
| Walter Silima | Data Analyst | UWC |
| Okkert Havenga | Data Analyst | UCT |
Administration
| Nicky Walker | IDIA Administrator | UCT |
| Lisa Hendricks | Development and Outreach Administrator | UWC |
Former Staff
| Verena Ras | Administrator (UWC) |
| Herbert Nguruwe | User Support (UWC) |
| Assoc. Prof. Michelle Cluver | Associate Director, Development and Outreach |
| Dr. Jasper Horrell | Associate Director, Operations |
| Annastine Aranjo | IDIA Secretary (UCT) |
| Mfundo Zwane | Development and Outreach Administrator (UWC) |
| Robin Hall | Senior Systems Administrator |
Former Associated Researchers
