Aurea Ciotti, Brazil.
Marine Biologist, Phytoplankton coo. structure, primary production, optical properties, sea-going
UNESP - CLP/SV, Sao Vicente, Brazil
E-mail: ciotti@usp.br
Web page: http://www.clp.unesp.br/P_pequisa/pesquisadores/prof_aurea.php

Cyndy Chandler, USA.
Former manager of the US JGOFS Data Management Office, and currently co-manager of the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO).
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA.
E-mail: cchandler@whoi.edu
Web page: http://www.whoi.edu/hpb/Site.do?id=932

Jay Cullen, Canada.
Chemical oceanographer, phytoplankton-trace metal interactions with a focus on biogeochemistry of cadmium and iron. 
School of Earth and Ocean sciences, UVic, Victoria, Canada.
Email: jcullen@uvic.ca
Web page: http://web.uvic.ca/~jcullen/people.htm

Gwen Moncoiffé, UK.
Biological Oceanographer. Data scientist at BODC.
British Oceanographic Data Centre, Liverpool, UK.
Email: gmon@bodc.ac.uk
Web page: http://www.bodc.ac.uk

Todd O'Brien, USA.
Marine Ecologist / Oceanographer. Developer and manager of COPEPOD, a global plankton database. Previous experience includes eight years of data quality control and analysis tools development for the World Ocean Database project (US-NODC).
NOAA, NMFS-ST Marine Ecosystems Division, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA.
Email: Todd.OBrien@noaa.gov
Web page: http://www.st.nmfs.gov/plankton/index.html

Alberto Piola, Argentina.
Chair of the DMC, member of the IMBER Scientific Steering Committee.
Physicist, Regional oceanography/Water masses/General circulation and ocean fronts.
Servicio de Hidrografía Naval Dept of Oceanography, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Email: apiola@hidro.gov.ar