Katherine Eban is an investigative reporter whose articles on pharmaceutical counterfeiting, gun trafficking, and coercive interrogations by the CIA, have won international attention and numerous awards. She is currently a Fortune magazine contributor and an Andrew Carnegie fellow, and at work on her second book, about the generic drug revolution, which will be published by Harper Collins. She has also written for Vanity Fair, Self, the Nation and other publications. She formerly worked as a staff writer for the New York Times and the New York Observer.

Her work has been featured on national news programs, including 60 Minutes, Nightline, and on NPR. Her book Dangerous Doses: A True Story of Cops, Counterfeiters and the Contamination of America’s Drug Supply was named one of the Best Books of 2005 by Kirkus Reviews and was a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick. Her account of reporting on 9/11 was anthologized in At Ground Zero: 25 Stories From Young Reporters Who Were There. Her work has been awarded grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Fund for Investigative Journalism, the Alicia Patterson Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. Educated at Brown University and Oxford, where she was a Rhodes Scholar, she lives in Brooklyn with her husband, two daughters and their Newfoundland dog, Romeo.

Emily Elert is the executive producer of MinuteEarth, an online, animated science video series and YouTube channel.

Rose Eveleth is the host and producer of a podcast called Flash Forward. She writes a column for BBC Future about, yes, the future, and a column for Motherboard about how innate bias sneaks its way into science and technology. She’s also a blogger for Last Word on Nothing, the producer of The Story Collider podcast, and the weird mind behind a whole handful of side projects. She’s also the founder and curator for Science Studio, the place to find the very best multimedia about science on the internet. In her spare time she makes paper automata and day dreams about hanging out with a pack of foxes. You can see more of her work at her website, and get in touch with her on Twitter, especially if you have a fox thing to show her. 

Josh Fischman is a senior editor at Scientific American magazine, leading a team covering life sciences, earth sciences, and science policy from Washington D.C. His work has been selected for the Best American Science Writing 2012 anthology, and he has won the Blakeslee Award for excellence in medical reporting and many other writing awards. He was deputy editor in chief of Chemical & Engineering News, supervising its worldwide coverage. Previously, he directed technology and science coverage for the Chronicle of Higher Education as a senior editor, was a senior writer and editor at U.S News & World Report, editor-in-chief at Earth, deputy news editor at Science, and a senior editor at Discover. He has spoken about science and technology in appearances ranging from the Consumer Electronics Show to The Weather Channel. Josh is the author of The U.S. News & World Report Ultimate Guide to Medical Schools (Sourcebooks, 2006).

Pam Frost Gorder is an assistant director of research communications at The Ohio State University. For 20 years, she’s promoted the university’s research in the mathematical and physical sciences and engineering, as well as technologies available for license. She’s also an active freelance writer, and is particularly proud of that one time she wrote a cover story for New Scientist way back when.

At Ohio State, she leads the effort to promote the university’s research via reddit, and has hosted quarterly science AMAs for the last year — one of which attracted more virtual attendees than real attendees of Ohio State’s spring semester graduation. Despite reflexively typing “The Ohio State University,” she doesn’t mind whether you use the “The” or not.

Will Garrett is the executive director of CyberSecurity San Antonio, an industry-driven program created to accelerate the growth of the cybersecurity sector. He is the co-founder of the Build Sec Foundry, an incubator located at Geekdom in the heart of the San Antonio Tech District, which is developing and growing new cybersecurity products and technology. 

Garrett leads the Cybersecurity Industry Council of the San Antonio Chamber where he pursues ecosystem building strategies through and with the support of local companies, academic institutions and military partners. He managed the Cybersecurity Business Bootcamp program that offered mentorship, training and support for military members transitioning from service to entrepreneurship. Prior to assuming the role at CyberSecurity San Antonio, Garrett served as the lead for the Chamber’s Economic Development Department and managed federal and state advocacy trips, the annual Stars & Stripes Over San Antonio fireworks show, and the Chamber’s Celebrate America’s Military events.

Garrett was born in Austin, Texas and grew up during his high school years in Johnson City, Texas. He majored in Communication Studies and International Studies and graduated from Texas Lutheran University (TLU) with a Bachelor of Arts in 2006. Garrett holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Garrett is married to Elizabeth Garrett and has two daughters, Poppy Elizabeth and Lilly Kate.

Gideon Gil, managing editor for enterprise and partnerships, oversees STAT's in-depth reporting, including investigative journalism and special projects. He previously was the Boston Globe's health and science editor for a decade and had a hand in three Pulitzer Prizes. A 2014-15 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT, Gideon earned a biochemistry degree from Harvard College and a master’s in journalism from Columbia University.