Mei-Fu Zhou is a research professor at the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. Prof. Zhou obtained a B.Sc. degree from Nanjing University (China) and a Ph.D. degree from Dalhousie University (Canada). He was a postdoctoral researcher at Laurentian University (Canada) before joining the University of Hong Kong, where he taught for more than 25 years. His research includes ophiolites, large igneous provinces, mineral deposits, and regional geology. He has published more than 450 papers in scientific journals with more than 45,000 citations and an H-index of 118 (data from Google Scholar).

Stephen Roberts has worked at the School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, UK, for the past 40 years, serving as chair of the department between 2016 and 2020. Stephen has published more than 100 research articles investigating a wide range of mineral-forming systems. He has taken a particular interest in the formation of sea-floor massive sulfides, exploring the natural laboratories offered by sea-floor hydrothermal vent sites. Research highlights include sailing on the International Ocean Drilling Expedition (IODP) Leg 193 to the PACMANUS hydrothermal vent field in the Manus basin and IODP Leg 376 to the Brothers volcano, located on the Kermadec arc. He also participated in a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) campaign to the deepest known hydrothermal vent sites in the Cayman trough. On-land research has focused on the application of an integrated geologic, mineralogical, and geochemical approach to better understand the processes responsible for the Cu and Co ore deposits of the Zambian Copperbelt.

Joy is a Project Geologist with Snowline Gold Corp., where she leads drilling campaigns in the Selwyn Basin of the Yukon, Canada. She earned both her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in economic geology from the University of Toronto and has over five years of experience in mineral exploration. Joy's field and project work has spanned the Abitibi greenstone belt and currently focuses on Snowline's Valley deposit. She serves on the SEG Early Career Professionals Committee, contributing to initiatives that support and encourage emerging geoscientists.