Sumeet Kulkarni is a 6th-yr. PhD student studying gravitational waves at the University of Mississippi. Sumeet uses really smart code written by others to evolve binary black holes forward and backward in time, and apply it to whole populations of black holes to figure out if we can detect signatures of them precessing like a spinning top. He is also involved with education and outreach efforts with the LIGO collaboration, primarily to develop web apps that can use gravitational-wave research to teach simple physics concepts. He has written for Astrobites in the past couple of years, and recently completed the AAAS mass media fellowship with the LA Times.

Huei Sears is a fifth-year physics PhD candidate at Northwestern University. She studies the properties of long-duration gamma-ray burst host-galaxies at high-redshift -- i.e. the oldest galaxies that host the brightest and most energetic explosions in our Universe. Huei also is an active member of the Astrobites collaboration where she serves on the Administrative, DEI, and Hiring committees in-addition to co-managing their social media accounts. A fun fact about Huei is that she is a massive Taylor Swift fan and loves to sing.

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