diff --git a/dandischema/tests/data/metadata/meta_000008.json b/dandischema/tests/data/metadata/meta_000008.json
index cff98888..704dd14d 100644
--- a/dandischema/tests/data/metadata/meta_000008.json
+++ b/dandischema/tests/data/metadata/meta_000008.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     {
       "schemaKey": "Person",
       "name": "Scala, Federico",
+      "email": "fscala@example.com",
       "roleName": [
         "dcite:DataCollector",
         "dcite:Author",
@@ -150,6 +151,7 @@
       "schemaKey": "Person",
       "identifier": "0000-0002-4305-6376",
       "name": "Tolias, Andreas Savas",
+      "email": "atolias@example.com",
       "roleName": [
         "dcite:Author",
         "dcite:ContactPerson"
diff --git a/dandischema/tests/test_datacite.py b/dandischema/tests/test_datacite.py
index 9e918294..40b541a3 100644
--- a/dandischema/tests/test_datacite.py
+++ b/dandischema/tests/test_datacite.py
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ def test_datacite(dandi_id: str, schema: Any) -> None:
                     {
                         "name": "A_last, A_first",
                         "roleName": [RoleType("dcite:ContactPerson")],
+                        "email": "nemo@example.com",
                         "schemaKey": "Person",
                     },
                     {
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ def test_datacite(dandi_id: str, schema: Any) -> None:
                     {
                         "name": "A_last, A_first",
                         "roleName": [RoleType("dcite:ContactPerson")],
+                        "email": "nemo@example.com",
                         "schemaKey": "Person",
                     },
                     {
@@ -245,6 +247,7 @@ def test_datacite(dandi_id: str, schema: Any) -> None:
                     {
                         "name": "A_last, A_first",
                         "roleName": [RoleType("dcite:ContactPerson")],
+                        "email": "nemo@example.com",
                         "schemaKey": "Person",
                     },
                     {
@@ -274,6 +277,7 @@ def test_datacite(dandi_id: str, schema: Any) -> None:
                     {
                         "name": "A_last, A_first",
                         "roleName": [RoleType("dcite:ContactPerson")],
+                        "email": "nemo@example.com",
                         "schemaKey": "Person",
                     },
                     {
@@ -314,6 +318,7 @@ def test_datacite(dandi_id: str, schema: Any) -> None:
                     {
                         "name": "B_last, B_first",
                         "roleName": [RoleType("dcite:ContactPerson")],
+                        "email": "nemo@example.com",
                         "schemaKey": "Person",
                     },
                 ],
@@ -391,6 +396,7 @@ def test_dandimeta_datacite(
 
     dandi_id = metadata_basic["identifier"]
     dandi_id_noprefix = dandi_id.split(":")[1]
+    from pprint import pprint
 
     metadata_basic.update(_basic_publishmeta(dandi_id=dandi_id_noprefix))
     metadata_basic.update(additional_meta)
@@ -401,6 +407,9 @@ def test_dandimeta_datacite(
     validator = Draft7Validator(schema)
     validator.validate(datacite["data"]["attributes"])
 
+    pprint(datacite_checks)
+    pprint(datacite)
+
     # checking some datacite fields
     attr = datacite["data"]["attributes"]
     for key, el in datacite_checks.items():
@@ -409,6 +418,10 @@ def test_dandimeta_datacite(
             # checking length and some fields from the first element
             assert len(attr[key]) == el_len
             for k, v in el_flds.items():
+                print(k, v)
+                pprint(attr[key][0])
+                # pprint(el_flds)
+                # print()
                 assert attr[key][0][k] == v
         else:
             if isinstance(el_flds, dict):