Rebecca Deed holds a PhD in Biological Sciences and is a lecturer in Wine Science at the University of Auckland.

Loic (Pengtao) Li is a graduate of the PhD programme with the Department of Marketing at the Business School.

Nona Hohepa-Taute wants to facilitate better collaboration between Māori communities and non-Māori parties to utilise and develop geothermal resources.

Jarrah Dowrick's research focuses on cardiac mechanics using the Auckland Bioengineering Institute's cardiomyometer.