- Makarov, Alexander S. (Chair), Dr. Sci. (Geography), Director of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation - the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (Scopus)
- Matishov, Genady G., Dr. Sci. (Geography), Professor, Academician, Scientific Director of the Federal Research Centre Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SSC RAS), Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation (ORCID) (Scopus)
- Kaminsky, Valery D., Dr. Sci. (Geology and Mineralogy), Academician, Director General of Federal State Budgetary Institution “Academician I.S. Gramberg All-Russia Scientific Research Institute for Geology and Mineral Resources of the Ocean» (FSBI “VNIIOkeangeologia”), St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (Scopus)
- Kotlyakov, Vladimir M., Dr. Sci. (Geography), Professor, Academician, Research Supervisor of the Institute of Geography RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation (ORCID) (Scopus)
- Pugachev, Oleg N., Dr. Sci. (Biology), Academician of RAS, Director of the Zoological Institute of RAS, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (ORCID) (Scopus)
- Rumiantsev, Vladislav A., Dr. Sci. (Geography), Professor, Academician of RAS, Research Supervisor at the Institute of Limnology of RAS, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation (Scopus)
- Tishkov Arkady A., Dr. Sci. (Geography), Professor, Corresponding Member of RAS, Head of Laboratory of biogeography, Vice-director of the Institute of geography of RAS, Moscow, Russian Federation (ORCID) (Scopus)
