Maria Baker, Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton, UK,Eva Ramirez-Llodra, Senior Scientist and Science Coordinator, NIVA and REV Ocean, Norway,Paul Tyler, Emeritus Professor, University of Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, UK

Maria Baker is co-lead for the international Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) and the International Network for scientific investigation of DEEP-sea ecosystems (INDEEP). The overarching aim of these two programmes is to ensure deep-sea science informs national and international policy process in a way that is unique and essential at this critical time for the future of ocean biodiversity. She organises and chairs workshops, meetings and special sessions, writing accessible, translated texts (including policy briefs) on subject areas concerning, for example, impacts of climate change in the deep ocean, encouraging engagement of scientists and reporting and budgets are my current focus. Her research activity focuses on anthropogenic impacts on deep-sea ecosystems and sustaining deep-sea biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

Eva Ramirez-Llodra is a senior scientist at NIVA (Norway) and Science Coordinator at REV Ocean (Norway). Her main expertise is in marine biodiversity and early life history of deep-sea benthic fauna in relation to anthropogenic stressors, as well as in international project management and an established international network of contacts, including leading/advisory roles in INDEEP and DOSI.

Paul Tyler is Emeritus Professors of Deep-Sea Biology at the University of Southampton, UK. He previously worked with John Gage in the NE Atlantic on RRS Challenger examining life history biology of deep-sea organisms. In the late 1980s he started deep-sea experimental work on cruises with Craig Young using submersibles in the Bahamas and Gulf of Mexico. In 1994 he was awarded a DSc and a Personal Chair. The research programme involved the Census of Marine Life and the discovery of hydrothermal vents in the Southern Ocean.

Diva Amon, Natural History Museum, London UK
Maria Baker, University of Southampton, UK
Stace Beaulieu, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
Angelo Bernardino, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Brazil
Abbie Chapman, University of Southampton; Centre for Biodiversity and Environment Research, University College London, UK
Erik Cordes, Temple University, USA
Duncan Currie, Globelaw, New Zealand
Jeff Drazden, University of Hawaii, USA
Matt Gianni, Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, the Netherlands
Kristina Gjerde, International Union for Conservation of Nature; Middlebury Institute of International Studies, USA
Harriett Harden-Davies, University of Woolongong, Australia
Porter Hoagland, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
Aline Jaeckel, University of New South Wales, Australia
Di Jin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA
Daniel Jones, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
Kim Juniper, University of Victoria, Canada
Nadine Le Bris, CNRS, France
Lisa Levin Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, USA
Amanda Netburn, Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA
Eva Ramirez-Llodra, Norwegian Institute for Water Research and REV Ocean, Norway
Ylenia Ranrianarisoa, University of Toamasina, Madagascar
Thomas Schlacher, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Kate Thornborough, Independent Researcher, Manly, NSW, Australia
Andrew Thurber, Oregon State University, USA
Paul Tyler, University of Southampton, UK
Lisette Victorero, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
Les Watling, University of Hawaii, USA