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Emily Buder is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and filmmaker focused on science and documentary storytelling. She founded the video department at Quanta Magazine, growing its YouTube channel to more than 1 million subscribers with acclaimed explainers and documentaries that delve into complex science.

Previously, she was a writer and video producer at The Atlantic, where she programmed an award-winning documentary series and wrote about science and culture. She has also held editorial roles at No Film School and IndieWire, where she reviewed films and covered the international film festival circuit. Additionally, she has worked in development on Sundance-winning films.

An NYU Tisch graduate in film production, Emily co-authored Letters to a Bullied Girl, earning a White House award from President Obama for her advocacy.

Chrissie Giles studied biochemistry at the University of Leeds in England. Concluding that clumsiness and practical science do not mix, she completed a master’s degree in science communication in 2003 and has been working as a writer and editor ever since. Her editorial career began in a medical communications agency and included a brief but formative stint in the heady world of motor caravan journalism. She worked as a writer and editor for Nature Publishing Group and the Wellcome Trust, where she was editor of the award-winning longform publication, Mosaic. She joined the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) to lead its global health team a week before the Covid-19 pandemic began (merely a coincidence!). She is now Deputy Editor at TBIJ, an independent investigative newsroom based in London, that publishes collaborative public interest journalism that helps create lasting, positive change in the world.

George Musser is a contributing editor to Scientific American and Nautilus magazines and a contributing writer to Quanta magazine. He was a senior editor at Sci Am for 15 years and, with his wonderful colleagues, shared in two National Magazine Awards. His writing has also won awards from the American Institute of Physics, American Astronomical Society, and other institutions. He has written four books on fundamental physics and its intersection with philosophy, neuroscience, A.I., and other areas. One of his goals at SFI this summer is to mull a fifth book. Although he covers mainly physics and astronomy, he has written on everything from migrant remittances to childhood moral development. He recently returned from teaching Tibetan monks and nuns in North India. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, who teaches at the CUNY Graduate Center, and daughter, who is studying political science.

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