| Dr. Niels Harrit, Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen (and Symbion) | Fluorescence-experiments |
| The Beagle 2 team, Mike Sims, University of Leicester, UK | Instrument tests on the ESA Beagle 2 lander. |
| Professor Udo Schwertmann, Technische Universität, München | Iron oxide mineralogy and laboratory experiments on iron oxide formation. |
| Morten Bo Madsen, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen | Magnetic capture of dust particles for The NASA Athena Missions (Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity) |
| Dr. Helmut Lammer, Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz | Mars sample analogue spectroscopy |
| Professor W. Heckl, Inst. f. Kristallopraphie und Angewandte Mineralogie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München | Micro grain damage on particle impact (wind tunnel and AFM method). |
| Professor Steen Mørup, Danish Technical University, Copenhagen | Mössbauer spectroscopy |
| Professor Örn Helgason, Professor Sigurdur Steinpósson, Dr. Leó Kristjánsson, Science Institute, University of Iceland, Reykjavík | Mössbauer spectroscopy, mineralogy, paleomagnetism |
| Assoc. prof. Christian Bender Koch, , Department of Chemistry University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen | Mössbauer spectroscopy, mineralogy |
| Dr. Níels Óskarsson, The Nordic Volcanological Institute, Reykjavík | Volcanic material mineralogy |
| Charles Cockell, British Antarctic Survey, UK | Bacterial response to UV radiation |
| Gerda Horneck, DLR, Germany | Radiation biology, bascillus subtilis spore survival under Martian conditions |
| Petra Rettberg, DLR, Germany | Biological effects of UV radiation |
| Manish Patel, Open University, UK | UV radiation on Mars |
| Daniela Billi, University of Rome, Italy | Cyanobacterial survival under Martian conditions |
| Onofri Silvano, University of Rome, Italy | Response of microfungi to extreme conditions |
| Andrew Schuerger, Kennedy Space Center, USA | Organisms under Martian conditions |
| Carmen Cordoba-Jabonero, Spanish Center for Astrobiology, Spain | UV penetration into surfaces |
| Helga Stan-Lotter, University of Salzburg, Austria | Response of halophilic microbes to Martian conditions |
| Pascal Lee, SETI Institute / NASA Ames, USA | Mars analogue soils and water on present Mars |
| Donat Haeder, Erlangen University, Germany | Cyanobacteria under Martian conditions |
| Gyorgyi Ronto, Semmelweis University, Hungary | Effect of UV radiation on DNA |
| Diedrich Mölhmann, DLR, Germany | Physics of water on Mars |
| Frances Westall, CNRS, France | Fossilization of microorganisms |
| Pascale Ehrenfreund, University of Leiden, Netherlands | Survival of microbes and stability of organic molecules under Martian conditions |
| Elke Rabbow, RWTH Achen, Germany | Microbes under Martian conditions |
| Felipe Gomez, Centre for Astrobiology, Spain | Response of acidophilc microbes to Martian conditions |
| Howell Edwards, University of Bradford, UK | Raman spectroscopy to study organic molecules |
| Astrid Lux-Endrich, University of Munich, Germany | Response of fungi to Martian conditions |
| Monica Grady, Natural History Museum, UK | Mars analogue soil and meteorite material |
