Mateo earned his BS in Cybersecurity from Harrisburg University of Science and Technology, where he also focused on Natural Language Processing. After graduating at 18, he joined the NCSL, where he has been researching biomarkers for chronic pain in EEG.
Patrick Myers earned his BS, MSE and DEng in Biomedical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins University. His recent research includes creating a network-based biomarker for epilepsy, generated from analyzing scalp EEG recordings. He successfully defended his Doctor of Engineering in 2025. For this program, he collaborated with Dr. Yun Guan to develop a robust closed-loop stimulation system to control chronic pain.