| Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Head of the Department, Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Vladimir G. Debabov | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Kurchatov Institute - Russian Scientific Centre, Moscow, Russia |
| Marina V. Donova | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Head of Laboratory, Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia |
| Valery F. Galchenko | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Scientific Head of Department, Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Marina Yu. Grabovich | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia |
| Peter N. Golyshin | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University, United Kingdom |
| Vladimir M. Gorlenko | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Chief Research Scientist, Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Ruslan N. Ivanovskii | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia |
| Irina B. Ivshina | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Head of laboratory, Perm Federal Research Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Perm, Russia |
| Olga V. Karnachuk | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia |
| Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Joint Doctoral Program Director, Department of Biology San Diego State University, California, USA |
| Alexander V. Pinevich | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Professor, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Vladimir K. Plakunov | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Chief Research Scientist, Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Nikolay V. Ravin | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Deputy Director for Research, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Dmitrii Yu. Sorokin | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Chief Research Scientist, Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Michael М. Yakimov | Dr. of Philosophy., Professor, Italian National Research Council, Institute of Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnology, Rome, Italy |
