Mevin B. Hooten is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Fish, Wildlife & Conservation Biology and Statistics at Colorado State University. He is also Assistant Unit Leader in the U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. He earned his PhD in Statistics at the University of Missouri and focuses on the development of statistical methodology for spatial and spatio-temporal ecological processes.

Devin S. Johnson is a Statistician at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. He earned a PhD in Statistics at Colorado State University and focuses on the development and application of statistical models for ecological data, focusing on marine mammals. He is also the creator and maintainer of the 'crawl' R package.

Brett T. McClintock is a Statistician at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. He earned a PhD in Wildlife Biology and MS in Statistics at Colorado State University. His research focuses on the development and application of statistical models for ecological data with a primary focus on marine mammals.

Juan M. Morales is a Researcher from CONICET and a Professor at Universidad Nacional del Comahue in Bariloche, Argentina. He earned a PhD in Ecology at the University of Connecticut and his research focus is on animal movement and spatial ecology.