Maya Sapiurka, PhD, is a scientific and technical writer at the United States Pharmacopeia (USP). She received her PhD in neuroscience from UCSD in 2016, where she worked with Robert E. Clark and Larry Squire. Sapiurkaalso worked as a scientific training associate and training manager at the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) from 2016-2022 before serving as the associate director for administration at Georgetown University's Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience. Prior to joining USP in April 2025, she worked as a science writer and analyst at Rose Li and Associates.

Mathew Birdsall Abrams, PhD, is director of science and training at the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF), a global organization dedicated to open, FAIR, and citable neuroscience. Abrams is a neuroscientist with over 25 years of experience in both experimental neuroscience and clinical psychiatry, as well as 12 years of experience in community coordination, community building, and product development in neuroinformatics. He conducted his doctoral thesis research at Tulane University and Karolinska Institutet, obtained his MPH in health systems management at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, and completed his undergraduate education at the University of Richmond.