| Mike Clearwater | The University of Waikato |
| Cate Macinnis-Ng | The University of Auckland |
| Martin Bader | Linnaeus University |
| Matt Watson | University of Canterbury |
| Steve Green | Plant & Food Research |
| Jonghyun Choi | Plant & Food Research |
| Dean Meason | Scion Research |
| Sebastian Leuzinger | Auckland University of Technology |