Adjunct researchers
| Name | Affiliation |
| James Childress | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Ed Delong | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Stephen Giovannoni | Oregon State University |
| Peter Girguis | Harvard University |
| Bill Hamner | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Chris Harrold | Monterey Bay Aquarium |
| Chris Kitts | Santa Clara University |
| Larry Madin | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Adina Paytan | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Steve Rock | Stanford University |
| Barbara Romanowicz | Berkeley Seismological Laboratory |
| Leslie Rosenfeld | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Mary Silver | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Geoff Wheat | University of Alaska,
Fairbanks, and West and Polar Regions Undersea Research Center |
| Edith Widder | Ocean Research and Conservation Association |
| Jonathan Zehr | University of California, Santa Cruz |