diff --git a/src/modules/submissions.js b/src/modules/submissions.js
index 8b5f9f8a..caad73c0 100644
--- a/src/modules/submissions.js
+++ b/src/modules/submissions.js
@@ -1704,9 +1704,11 @@
 				function prefillBiographyDetails() {
 					var titleParts;
 
-					// Prefill `LastName, FirstName` for Biography if the page title is two words and
+					// Prefill `LastName, FirstName` for Biography if the page title is two words
+					// after removing any trailing parentheticals (likely disambiguation), and
 					// therefore probably safe to asssume in a `FirstName LastName` format.
-					titleParts = afchSubmission.shortTitle.split( ' ' );
+					var title = afchSubmission.shortTitle.replace( / \([\s\S]*?\)$/g, '' );
+					titleParts = title.split( ' ' );
 					if ( titleParts.length === 2 ) {
 						$afch.find( '#subjectName' ).val( titleParts[ 1 ] + ', ' + titleParts[ 0 ] );
 					}