| Elizaveta A. Bonch-Osmolovskaya | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Vladimir G. Debabov | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Russian Scientific Centre «Kurchatov Institute», Moscow, Russia |
| Marina V. Donova | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia |
| Valery F. Galchenko | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Marina Yu. Grabovich | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia |
| Peter N. Golyshin | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, United Kingdom |
| Vladimir M. Gorlenko | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Ruslan N. Ivanovskii | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia |
| Irina B. Ivshina | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Perm Federal Research Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Perm, Russia |
| Olga V. Karnachuk | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia |
| Marina G. Kalyuzhnaya | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Department of Biology San Diego State University, California, USA |
| Alexander V. Pinevich | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Prof., St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Vladimir K. Plakunov | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Nikolay V. Ravin | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Prof., Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Dmitrii Yu. Sorokin | Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| Victor Sourjik | Prof., Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Germany |
| Michael М. Yakimov | Prof., Dr. Sci. (Biol.), Institute for Coast Marine Environment, Rome, Italy |
