- Cedric Berney, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France - Eukaryotes
- Nicolas Chomerat, IFREMER, France - Dinoflagellates
- Mona Hoppenrath, Senckenberg Am Meer Wilhelmshaven, Germany - Dinoflagellates
- Raffaele Siano, IFREMER, France - Dinoflagellates
- Marina Montresor, Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, Italy - Dinoflagellates
- Jacob Larsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark - Dinoflagellates
- Carina B. Lange, Universidad de Concepcion, Chile - Diatoms
- Nina Lundholm, Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark - Diatoms
- Diana Sarno, Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, Italy - Diatoms
- Kerstin Hoef-Emden, University of Köln, Germany - Cryptophytes
- Adriana Zingone, Stazione Zoologica di Napoli, Italy - Chlorophytes
- Øjvind Moestrup, University of Copenhagen, Denmark - Chlorophytes
- Adriana Lopes dos Santos, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore - Chlorophytes
- Masanobu Kawachi, NIES, Tsukuba, Japan - Heterokonts
- Ian Probert, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France - Haptophytes
- Bente Edvardsen, University of Oslo, Norway - Haptophytes
- Jeremy Young, University College London, UK - Haptophytes
- Christophe Six, Station Biologique de Roscoff, France - Cyanophytes