Chore: Update contributor bios and advisors list

Author: neural-loop

content/contributors/melika-payvand/index.md

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-Melika Payvand is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Neuroinformatics,
-University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. She received her PhD in Electrical and Computer
-Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara.
+Melika Payvand is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Neuroinformatics, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich. She received her PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California Santa Barbara.
 
-Her recent research interest is in developing on-device learning systems that
-form themselves to the sensory input in a real-time fashion.  Specifically, she
-exploits the physics of resistive memory for synaptic, neuronal, dendritic and
-structural plasticity, inspired by the structure-function relationship of the
-brain circuits.
+Her recent research interest is in developing on-device learning systems that form themselves to the sensory input in a real-time fashion. Specifically, she exploits the physics of resistive memory for synaptic, neuronal, dendritic and structural plasticity, inspired by the structure-function relationship of the brain circuits.
 
-
-Melika is the recipient of the 2023 “Swiss ERC” starting grant and ''Best Neuromorph''
-award at 2019 Telluride workshop. She has co-coordinated the European project
-[NEUROTECH](https://neurotechai.eu), is the program co-chair of the International
-Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS) and co-organizes the scientific program
-of the Capocaccia Neuromorphic Intelligence workshop.
+Melika is the recipient of the 2023 “Swiss ERC” starting grant and ''Best Neuromorph'' award at 2019 Telluride workshop. She has co-coordinated the European project [NEUROTECH](https://neurotechai.eu), is the program co-chair of the International Conference on Neuromorphic Systems (ICONS) and co-organizes the scientific program of the Capocaccia Neuromorphic Intelligence workshop.

content/contributors/steven-abreu/index.md

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-Steve is doing his PhD on neuromorphic computing theory in the [MINDS](https://www.ai.rug.nl/minds/)
-research group at the new [CogniGron](https://www.rug.nl/research/fse/cognitive-systems-and-materials/about/)
-center for cognitive systems and materials in Groningen. He is funded by the European
-[Post-Digital](http://postdigital.astonphotonics.uk/) research network.
+Steve is doing his PhD on neuromorphic computing theory in the [MINDS](https://www.ai.rug.nl/minds/) research group at the new [CogniGron](https://www.rug.nl/research/fse/cognitive-systems-and-materials/about/) center for cognitive systems and materials in Groningen. He is funded by the European [Post-Digital](http://postdigital.astonphotonics.uk/) research network.
 
-In his PhD, he works with different neuromorphic systems ([Loihi 2](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/research/neuromorphic-computing.html),
-[DynapSE2](https://www.synsense.ai/products/dynap-se2/), and [photonic reservoirs](https://photonics.intec.ugent.be/research/topics.asp?ID=112))
-to develop programming methods for devices that explore a richer set of physical
-dynamics than the synchronous bi-stable switching that (most of) computer science
-relies on. Steve''s background is in computer science and machine learning, with
-a touch of physics.
+In his PhD, he works with different neuromorphic systems ([Loihi 2](https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/research/neuromorphic-computing.html), [DynapSE2](https://www.synsense.ai/products/dynap-se2/), and [photonic reservoirs](https://photonics.intec.ugent.be/research/topics.asp?ID=112)) to develop programming methods for devices that explore a richer set of physical dynamics than the synchronous bi-stable switching that (most of) computer science relies on. Steve's background is in computer science and machine learning, with a touch of physics.

content/neuromorphic-computing/initiatives/founding-advisors.md

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 - Charlotte Frenkel
 - Alexander Hadjiivanov
 - Alexander Henkes
+- Stephen Abreu
 date: 2023-01-01
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 type: initiatives