Jonathan Osborne holds the The Kamalachari Professor of Science Education endowed chair in the Graduate School of Education, Stanford University.

Brian Donovan is the John Evans Gessford Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow in K-12 Education. Prior to his time at Stanford he worked as a middle school science teacher for seven years and has worked as a science teacher educator for the last six years.

Dr Anna MacPherson is currently the Manager of Educational Research and Evaluation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University in science education.

Dr J. Bryan Henderson is an Assistant Professor at Arizona State University. His classroom-based research on peer learning intersects with multiple years of experience studying science argumentation with Dr Osborne.

Andrew Wild is a PhD Candidate in Science Education. Prior to graduate school, he taught high school chemistry and conceptual physics in the San Francisco Bay Area.