Zvi Mowshowitz is a world class strategist and gamer, and was a Magic: The Gathering World Champion and member of its Hall of Fame. After retiring from the game, he founded a highly profitable startup that was acquired by Pinnacle Sports, the world’s leading sportsbook for American-facing events, where algorithms and strategies he developed have been responsible for over ten billion dollars in transactions. He holds a degree in mathematics from Columbia University.

Alyssa Vance is a serial entrepreneur, researcher, and computer programmer. She is the former Executive Director of Humanity+, the world’s premier transhumanist organization, with thousands of members worldwide. The companies she has started include Variance Market Solutions, a platform for social prediction markets; GetBitcoin, an online digital currency exchange (exited in June 2012); and EpicNight, a collaborative story-sharing web application. She is also a consultant for several leading futurist thinkers, including Ray Kurzweil and Prof. James Miller. Prior to working for MetaMed Research, she held positions at Google Research, the Singularity Institute and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She holds a degree in math and economics from Yale University.

Laura Baur is a fourth year medical student at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, matching in residency programs for psychiatry. She obtained an M.S. in neuroscience at Columbia in 2011, and graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. from Columbia in 2006. In 2007, she completed a Fulbright Scholars Research Grant at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in Munich, and presented her findings on the genetics of depression and anxiety disorders at the World Conference on Neurohypophysial Hormones in Regensburg, Germany. Outside of business and medicine, she is a local community builder in Chelsea, hosting a weekly discussion series on cognitive science and rational decision making.

Karthik Sarma is a physician-informaticist in training. He is currently on research sabbatical from a full-time appointment as an M.D./Ph.D student fellow at the UCLA-Caltech Medical Scientist Training Program (to return in August 2013). His current research is at the UCLA Medical Imaging and Informatics group, where he works on programmatically transforming free-text medical record data into organized, understandable information for both physicians and patients. Karthik is also active in health policy, both domestic and international. He is a member of the California delegation to the House of Delegates of the American Medical Association, as well as the House of Delegates of the California Medical Association, and is also on the Medical Student Committee on Legislation and Advocacy of the American Medical Association. In addition to policymaking in organized medicine, he also frequently visits the state legislature and the Capitol to speak with elected officials on the enormous health policy challenges faced by the United States. Internationally, he works with the UCLA Center for World Health to promote local advocacy programs and international training opportunities for medical students. He holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) in computer science from the California Institute of Technology.

So-Han Fan is a biologist, tea expert, teacher and entrepreneur from Houston, Texas. His scientific work has ranged from tagging elephant seals on the beaches of California to studying freshwater cyanobacteria and agroecology. He recently returned from a two-and-a-half year internship in Chengdu, China, where he researched water management and sustainable development with the Chengdu Urban Rivers Association. He holds a degree in marine biology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Andrew Rettek is a Patient Manager at MetaMed. He works closely with doctors, researchers, and clients to ensure that the research being done precisely meets the clients' needs. He has worked with the Singularity Institute (now MIRI) for the past several years, helping to run the most successful Singularity Summits in SF and in NYC. He studied economics at Columbia University.

Scott Siskind, M.D. graduated with honors from University College Cork Medical School in 2012, and won the Quantified Health Prize that same year. He currently works for a nonprofit dedicated to improving human rationality. Scott has B.A.s in psychology and philosophy from Hamilton College.

Frances Soong designs icons, posters, brand identities, and interactive experiences to help companies draw personal value from new technology. Since 2008, she has provided services for Facebook Music, Grow Pittsburgh, AVON, Fidelity, and others. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University's Communication Design program in 2012 and has since completed an internship with Qwiki—a now-mobile platform for creating interactive on-the-fly multimedia presentations. Currently, she stays busy freelancing for NYC start-ups Shopmine and MetaMed Research.

Lisa Korostowski, Ph.D is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Albert Einstein Medical College, where she is focusing on genetic alterations associated with cancer metastasis. Her graduate work was performed at the Fels Institute for Cancer Research, Temple University School of Medicine, which earned her a Ph.D in Molecular Biology and Genetics with a focus on epigenetic regulation. Lisa has presented at several national conferences and received various scholarships to do so. In addition, Lisa was the vice president of the Temple University School of Medicine Graduate Student Association, and vice president of her graduating class at Cook College, Rutgers University.

Moses M. Feaster is a doctoral candidate in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at the Rockefeller University. Prior to enrolling at Rockefeller, he conducted independent research in molecular, cell, and developmental biology at the Columbia University Medical Center and Sloan Kettering Institute. Moses is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, and his research has been supported by several grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Brooklyn College, and served as a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps, specializing in strategic data network communications. Moses also ran academic tutoring and computer literacy programs for underprivileged youths at the Boys' Club of New York.

Anthony is a polymath with a knack for spreading memes to change the world. He was named one of the Top 25 Bloggers in the World by TIME Magazine; holds a US patent for his "skins for credit cards"; and was dubbed "The Real Life Ferris Bueller" by SiriusXM. His work has been featured in hundreds of media outlets, including the New York Times, and several bestselling books. He writes with Forbes and the Huffington Post, and is going to outer space for science education. Anthony holds degrees in psychology and urban planning from Edinboro University and The University of Wisconsin, respectively. Anthony was once invited to the World Games for beach ultimate frisbee and can still be found throwing around San Francisco.

James Babcock is an entrepreneur and full-stack software developer. Prior to working for MetaMed, he created Textcelerator, a browser plugin for speed-reading; and Go Scoring Camera, which uses computer vision to score Go games from cell phone pictures. James writes software to support MetaMed's research, website and workflows. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from Cornell University.