| Name | Affiliation | Expertise |
| Bill Chadwick | Oregon State U. | Geology |
| Scott Nooner | U. N. Carolina, Wilmington | Geology |
| Will Hefner | U. N. Carolina, Wilmington | Geology |
| Audra Sawyer | U. N. Carolina, Wilmington | Geology |
| Andra Bobbitt | Oregon State U. | Data management |
| Teresa Atwill | Newport High School | Teacher at sea |
| Chris Holm | Oregon State U. | Mooring tech. |
| Morgan Haldeman | Oregon State U. | Geology |
| Matt Cook | Scripps | Geophysics |
| Haley Cabaniss | Univ. of Illinois | Geophysics |
| Kevin Roe | U. Washington | Fluid chemistry |
| Hans Thomas | MBARI AUV group | MBARI Expedition Leader |
| Dave Caress | MBARI AUV group | AUV |
| Erik Trauschke | MBARI AUV group | AUV |
| Emery Nolasco | MBARI AUV group | AUV |
| Jenny Paduan | MBARI AUV group | AUV |
| Tito Collasius | ROV Jason group | Jason Expedition Leader |
| Chris Lathan | ROV Jason group | ROV |
| Jim Varnum | ROV Jason group | ROV |
| Christina Haskens | ROV Jason group | ROV |
| Jim Convery | ROV Jason group | ROV |
| Korey Verhein | ROV Jason group | ROV |
| Jim Pelowski | ROV Jason group | ROV |
| Andrew Billings | ROV Jason group | ROV |
| Victor Nakicki | ROV Jason group | ROV |
| Molly Curran | ROV Jason group | ROV |