Professor Jelle Atema – Boston University, USA – sensory biology and behaviour of presettlement reef fishes
Professor Andrew S. Brierley, – University of St Andrews, Scotland – the impact of global warming on marine ecosystems
Dr Margarita Brandt – University of San Francisco, Quito, Ecuador – Connectivity of reef based populations
Dr Chris Bunt, Canada – Biotactic Consultancy – acoustic tagging of reef fishes
Professor Bruce Fouke – Roy J. Carver Biotechnology Center, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA – carbonate rocks and the deposition of carbonates in biological structures
Professor Gabi Gerlach – University of Oldenberg, Germany – sensory biology and population genetics
Professor Bronwyn Gillanders – University of Adelaide, Australia – elemental chemistry and reef fish ecology
Professor Malcolm McCulloch – University of Western Australia – coral reefs and climate change
David Welch, Cairns, Australia – Consultancy C20 – growth of fish
Dr Ben Walther – Texas A&M, Corpus Christi, USA – elemental chemistry in corals and fishes
Professor Eric Wolanski – Adjunct member of staff with James Cook University – oceanography and biophysical modelling