Dennis Crowley
Dennis Crowley has worn many hats, but after deciding to pursue his hobby of graphics programming as a career, he has never looked back. He returned to the University of California at Santa Cruz to earn his B.S. in Computer Science (with honors) and has been developing interactive graphics applications for the Web, PCs, and game consoles ever since. He has worked for small internet startups (that no one will remember) and a larger internet startup (that everyone should do their best to forget), before returning to game development. Having spent his most recent years working on PS2, XBOX, and GameCube titles for Big Ape Productions and Lucas Arts, he is happy to be working on something that he can actually let his young children see.

Kelly Day
Kelly Day is a computer graphic and visual effects artist. He has credits in several feature films including most recently in the DreamWorks film "Anchorman." During the 1990's, Kelly was a Technical Director and Producer for Walt Disney Television Animation. He began his career at Disney as a background artist, and eventually established and managed the Walt Disney Television Computer Labs. Kelly has also designed for several animated video games and network cartoon shows, including, Ghost Busters, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Alf. He received his BA in Industrial Design, Animation and Illustration from California State University, Northridge, in 1979.


Chris Gralapp
Christine Gralapp, Artist, Designer, is a Medical Illustrator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to her specialization in neurobiology and the special senses, her subject matter includes all things scientific, from the anatomical to the archaeological. She has contributed artwork to numerous books, journals, CD-ROMs, and other educational media.

Jay Leibold
Jay Leibold has written more than twenty-five interactive books and software titles. He has worked with some of the biggest names in both industries, from Bantam Doubleday Dell and Scholastic to IBM. He began by writing fifteen titles for the famed Choose Your Own Adventure series, the bestselling books that first introduced interactive narrative to a wide audience. He was lead writer and co-designer of Journey into the Brain. In addition, he wrote 3D Castle Creator, published by IBM and Crayola, which won Best Creativity Title in 1999, and co-wrote StrategyHeads from Theatrix. In 2000-2001, he combined books and interactive web writing in the Digital Detectives series. He has also written and edited a number of traditional narrative books, both fiction and nonfiction. He wrote a Batman book, Subzero (as "James Raven"), and ghost-wrote ice skater Michelle Kwan's autobiography (as "Laura James"). He did a fiction series with Bantam called Dojo Rats,about San Francisco city kids who fight crime.


Ben Gabaldon
Ben Gabaldon is a sound arts graduate from Ex’pression College for Digital Arts contributing his education in composition, sound design, and multimedia management. After realizing that he spent all of his time writing music, and operating a recording studio from his home in Las Vegas, he decided to pursue an education and career in sound. Dropping everything immediately, he rushed off to the Bay Area, earned his BAS, and began his career in sound three years later. In this time, he has gained experience in nearly every realm of sound, from studio recording, live production, Foley, midi composition, to sound design for film and games.

Aaron Kalb
Aaron Kalb, a high school Junior at the Marin School of Arts and Technology, has been creating interactive media and digital art for more than half his life. In 5th grade, his educational math game, "Sir Rebral Cortex and His Sane Machine" won "Best Student CD-Rom" at the North Bay Multimedia Association's Best of the Bay competition and in 10th grade, a stop-motion animated anti-war short he co-created won "Outstanding Achievement in Animation" at the International Student Film Festival. Aaron came to Morphonix, for part of his school's Workplace Learning Experience program. His primary role is Flash programmer for the puzzles in Neuromatrix. At Morphonix Aaron is also learning about and participating in various aspects of game development including design, sound, graphics and animation. In his spare time, Aaron enjoys eating Thai Food, hanging out with his friends, camping, and, of course, making computer games.


Marbles
Marbles the cat was discovered in his hometown of Sausalito. He makes his debut in Neuromatrix in scientist Jeff’s lab. Marbles' hobbies include sleeping on Karen’s office deck and under her desk. .

Laura Minnigerode
Laura Minnigerode is the formative evaluator for Neuromatrix. She is an instructional designer as well as a former middle school teacher. She holds a Master's in Education (in Human Development) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and California teaching credentials.

• Floyd Bloom, M.D., 1989-present Chairman, Neuropharmacology, The Scripps Research Institute; Founding Chief Executive Officer Neurome, Inc.
• Eric Chudler, Ph.D, University of Washington
• Rob Malenka, M.D., Ph.D. Stanford University
• Nicolas Schiff, M.D. Cornell University Medical College
• Arthur Toga, Ph.D, UCLA
• Mark Jude Tramo, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Institute for Music and Brain Science; Harvard University, Mass General Hospital