Gary M. Wessel, Ph.D., Professor of Biology at Brown University is an experienced researcher in the field of reproduction and early development. He served as Editor-in-Chief and as a member of the editorial board of several journals in the area of reproduction and development.

Julian L. Wong, Ph.D., is an active Scientist working to find therapeutics. He previously worked on fertilization, from the perspectives of the animal egg and plant sperm, and cellular reprogramming and served for a decade as the managing editor for a reproduction journal.

Carmen J. Williams, M.D., Ph.D., Senior Investigator at the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences, studied basic and clinical reproductive biology for over 35 years and published extensively in the field. She was an associate editor for two reproduction journals and co-directed the Frontiers in Reproduction summer research course at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA).

Mark A. Johnson, Ph.D., Professor of Biology at Brown University, studied plant reproduction for 25 years. He is on the Board of the International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research and hosted the 27th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction in 2024.

Harvey Florman, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Cell and Developmental Biology at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. His research focused on aspects of fertilization and sperm physiology in mammals. He was Editor-in-Chief of journals in the field and directed the Frontiers in Reproduction summer research course at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA).