Chris is a graduate student in neuroscience. He studies cognitive and computational neuroscience, attempting to link higher-level theories of the mind with information processing in the brain. He used to write a science blog called This Is Your Brain On Awesome, though nowadays you can find his latest personal work at chrisholdgraf.com. Follow him on Twitter at @choldgraf

Nicole Haloupek is a freelance science writer and a PhD student in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at UC Berkeley. She is also the Editor in Chief of the BSR Blog. Follow her on Twitter: @haloupek.

Julia is a PhD student in mechanical engineering, studying how engineers and designers use design thinking to affect social change around the world. She's also the Assistant Editor for the Berkeley Science Review Blog.

Emilia is a PhD student in the Vision Science program and an assistant editor for the Berkeley Science Review blog. Her research is on gene therapy of inherited blinding diseases.

Nicole Repina is a graduate student in bioengineering and illustrator for the BSR blog and magazine. She builds optical tools for studying stem cell behavior in the brain, and in her spare time tries to explain scientific concepts through illustrations.