| Dr. William Buck | New York Botanical Garden | Bryophyte classification, pleurocarp systematics |
| Dr. Cymon J. Cox | Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal | Phylogenomics |
| Trevor Goward | University of British Columbia, Canada | Systematics of Peltigerales |
| Matthew Johnson | Texas Tech. University, USA | Phylogenomics |
| Dr. Thorsten Lumbsch | Field Museum Chicago | Systematics of Lobariaceae |
| Dr. Robert Lücking | Berlin Botanical Garden | Systematics of Lobariaceae |
| Rafael Medina | Augustana College, IL | Evolutionary Biology of Funariaceae and Orthotrichaceae |
| Dr. Jolanta Miadlikowska | Duke University | Evolutionary Biology of Peltigerales |
| Dr. Dietmar Quandt | University of Bonn, Germany | Bryophyte phylogenetics |
| Dr. Emmanuël Sérusiaux | University of Liège, Belgium | Systematics of Peltigerales |
| Dr. Ricardo Rozzi | University of North Texas | Ecotourism with a hand lens/subantarctic Chile |
| Dr. A. Jonathan Shaw | Duke University | Bryophyte evolution |
| Dr. Tor Tønsberg | University of Bergen. Norway | Evolution of Dendriscocaulon |
| Dr. Alain Vanderpoorten | University of Liège, Belgium | Bryophyte evolution |
| Dr. Li Song Wang | Kunming Institute of Botany, China | Systematics of Lepidostromatales |
| Dr. Norman Wickett | Chicago Botanical Garden | Bryophyte phylogenomics |
| Dr. Richard Zander | Missouri Botanical Garden | Evolution of Pottiales |