Dr. Max G. Levy received a PhD from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 2020. His research in the department of chemical & biological engineering focused on creating nanomaterials that kill multidrug resistant pathogens. He is now a freelance writer and editor, writing for news sites as well as institutional and educational magazines. His stories span from topics related to his PhD research to fields well beyond, from tiny atoms to vast cosmos. Max’s work appears regularly in WIRED Magazine and Quanta Magazine, among other outlets.

Sam Jones, Ph.D., is a biomedical scientist turned science journalist based in Washington, DC. In 2018, after completing her graduate work at the University of California San Diego, she began working as an assistant editor at Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). Shortly after, she started a position as the writer and host of the American Chemical Society/PBS YouTube science series Reactions. At the end of 2021, she began her current role as the executive producer and co-host of the science podcast Tiny Matters. Sam has also been a freelance journalist since 2017, writing for outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, National Geographic, Scientific American, New Scientist, and Nature. She is the current president of the DC Science Writers Association.