Andrew D Chapp is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Neuroscience, University of Minnesota. He obtained both his MS and PhD from Michigan Technological University. Currently, his research focuses on investigating how different drugs of abuse such as cocaine, opioids, and alcohol affect behavior and neurophysiology among male and female rodents. He utilizes behavioral tests, optogenetics, and whole-cell slice electrophysiology to answer these questions.

Zhiying Shan is a Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biological Science, as well as the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Michigan Technological University. She received a Bachelor of Science from Liaoning Normal University in 1986, a Master of Science from Shandong University in 1989, and a PhD from Nankai University in 2004. Her research interests focus on the mechanisms of salt-sensitive hypertension and associated cardiovascular diseases, particularly developing novel targets for the treatment and management of those diseases.

Qing-Hui Chen is a Professor of Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology at Michigan Technological University. He earned an MD at Nantong University College of Medicine, an MS at the Medical School of Southeast University, and a PhD at Kagawa University Medical School. His research interests include cardiovascular physiology, neurophysiology and exercise science, neural mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases, and neural mechanisms of exercise training in regulating autonomic and cardiovascular function.