Grace Hicks received her BA with Honors in Marine Science from Boston University in 2024, She was awarded Boston University's Laura Vincent award for her undergraduate research, She is now pursuing a PhD degree in Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Her research will continue in shark biology.

Phillip S. Lobel is a Professor of Biology at Boston University. He is an Ichthyologist (lifetime member of the American Society for Ichthyologists and Herpetologists). His research is conducted worldwide and involves scuba, photography, and using advanced underwater technologies. Lobel was an undergraduate at the University of Hawaii (1971–1975), received his PhD in Biology from Harvard University in 1979, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Oceanography at the Center for Earth and Planetary Physics, Harvard University (1979–1983). He was a Scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. before joining Boston University in 1994. From 1983 to 2003, Lobel was chief scientist for marine ecological studies at Johnston Atoll, Central Pacific Ocean, sponsored by the US Dept. of Defense. In 2011, he was awarded the “NOGI in Science” by the Academy of Underwater Arts and Sciences. His research has concentrated on five topics: 1. Reproductive behavior and timing relative to physical oceanographic variables; 2. Predator-prey relationships with emphasis on herbivores and their role in coral reef ecology, including the phenomenon of ciguatera; 3. Species identification and biogeography including descriptions of new species of fishes from coral reefs and an African freshwater lake; 4. Environmental impact of natural catastrophes and man-made habitat alterations; 5. Fish bioacoustics.