| Susan McCouch | Lead Investigator Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| Ed Buckler | USDA-ARS, adjunct with Cornell University |
| Jean-Luc Jannink | USDA-ARS |
| Lukas Mueller | Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY |
| Kelly Robbins | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| Mark Sorrells | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| Qi Sun | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| Tobias Krezschmar | IRRI (Philippines) |
| Mike Olsen | CIMMYT (Kenya) |
| Rajeev Varshney | ICRISAT (India) |