Michael Moyer is the deputy editor at Quanta Magazine in charge of the physical sciences and mathematics. He used to be an editor at Scientific American, and before that, Popular Science. His work has been recognized by the American Society of Magazine Editors and the Best American Science Writing series, and he’s the winner of numerous awards including the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award.

Valerie Neal has been a space history curator at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum since 1989 and is current chair of the Space History Department. She is also co-chair of the museum's team for the national Apollo 50th Anniversary celebration. Her research, exhibition, and collection responsibilities focus on human spaceflight in the space shuttle era and beyond. She has written a book on spaceflight, a biography of the space shuttle Discovery, and a book about space science on the shuttle in the 1980s. She has also edited two books on space exploration, published a variety of essays and short pieces, curated three major exhibitions: on the U.S.-Soviet space race, spaceflight in and beyond the space shuttle era, and the challenges of future exploration. She curated eight Smithsonian Channel documentaries. Before joining the Smithsonian, Neal spent a decade in Huntsville, Alabama, as a writer, editor and manager for more than 25 NASA publications on shuttle and Spacelab missions, the space sciences, NASA’s Great Observatories and astrophysics, and NASA history. She also participated in underwater astronaut crew training activities and worked in mission support for four shuttle missions. She has taught at the University of Minnesota, the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Vanderbilt University, and Georgetown University.

Michael E. Newman is a broad-based communicator with an extensive and award-winning record in three branches of communications — public affairs, journalism, and broadcast/online media. His 40-year career — the past 29 years with the federal government — has included full-time positions and freelance work in science and medical communications, corporate media, broadcast TV and radio, and mass market publications. From 1991 to 2007, Newman was director of media relations for NIST, the Commerce Department agency that serves as the nation's measurement and standards laboratory and the federal agency charged with helping U.S. industry become more competitive in the global marketplace. In his current role as NIST's senior communications officer, he specializes in communicating with the media and the public about science and engineering research. Newman also has been a successful freelance writer/editor/video producer for more than 35 years, primarily on science, technology, medical, and health topics. He is co-chair of NASW's PIO Committee, has served on seven NASW Program Committees, and received the organization's 2013 Diane McGurgan Award for dedication and volunteer service.

Twitter: @MENewman17

Lesley Evans Ogden is a freelance science journalist based in the suburbs just outside Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is fascinated by the natural world and how it works. She mainly writes about living things but also long dead ones like dinosaurs and mummies. She especially likes writing about quirky animal behavior, ecology, conservation, environmental health, and the challenges of freelancing. She also enjoys exploring the intersection of science, human rights, and policy.

Twitter: @ljevanso

Kevin Pelphrey is an internationally renowned neuroscientist and the parent of a young woman with autism. He utilizes brain science to develop biologically based tools for detection, stratification, and individually tailored treatments. He leads the National Institutes of Health Autism Center for Excellence-Multimodal Developmental Neurogenetics of Autism network, which spans seven national sites. He also directs an NIH postdoctoral training program to prepare scientist clinicians for independent careers translating multidisciplinary science into novel treatments for neurodevelopmental disorders. The Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Institute serves as a focal point for translational research and comprehensive clinical services for autism, while also serving as a beacon for policymakers seeking information on issues surrounding policy, research, and treatment of autism.

Twitter: @KevinPelphrey
Web: https://autism.gwu.edu

Meagan is the executive director of the Science Press Package team, where she oversees efforts to boost visibility of all forthcoming Science family of journal content for twelve thousand reporters worldwide. Prior to joining AAAS in 2013, she served as a senior writer at AIR Worldwide, where she interacted with more than 65 Ph.D.-level scientists and engineers. Before that, she was a senior writer at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Meagan holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Gettysburg College, a master's in science writing from the Johns Hopkins University, and received a Fulbright Scholarship in 2008.

Twitter: @meaganphelan