Adjunct researchers
| Name | Affiliation |
| Ed Delong | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Stephen Giovannoni | Oregon State University |
| Chris Kitts | Santa Clara University |
| Larry Madin | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Victoria Orphan | California Institute of Technology |
| Karen Osborn | Smithsonian Institution |
| Adina Paytan | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Steve Rock | Stanford University |
| Barbara Romanowicz | Berkeley Seismological Laboratory |
| 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 |