The scientists listed below constitute the majority of the consultants and researchers at Biosphere 2 during its first two-years of closure (1991-1993) and those who continued research through the six month Transition period that followed. Many of these people volunteered their time to participate in the research, others were hired as SBV staff, and others brought research support to the Biosphere 2 project.

Dr. John Avise (genetics)
Biology Department, University of Georgia

Dr. Michael Balick (rainforest)
Director, Institute of Economic Botany, New York Botanical Garden

Dr. Robert Bechtel, (psychology)
Department of Psychology, University of AZ Health Sciences

Dr. Mike Bender (biogeochemistry)
Professor of Geochemistry, University of Rhode Island

Dr. Ron Benoit (medical)
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Dr. Daniel Botkin (carbon cycle)
University of California, Santa Barbara

Dr. Ed Boyse (microbiology & immunology)
Distinguished Professor, School of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Dr. Brandon (food crops)
California Coop Rice Foundation

Dr. Andrew Brittain (modeling)
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Dr. Wallace Broecker (oxygen cycle)
Professor of Geochemistry, Lamont-Doherty

Kurt Bumiller (analytics)
AeroVironment, Monrovia, California

Dr. Tony Burgess (desert/savannah ecology)
Coordinator Desert Laboratory, Tucson, Arizona

Dr. Benjamin Burrows (respiratory disease)
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Dr. James Byers (microbiology)
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Dr. William Chaloner (stomete/CO2)
Dept. of Geology, Royal Bedford Holloway College, UK

Dr. Jack Corliss (global modeling)
Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center

Dr. Bill Crump (medical)
Department of Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston

Craig Degenhardt (analytics)
ACCU-CHEM Laboratories, Richardson, Texas

Dr. Phil Dustan (ocean)
Dept. of Biology, College of Charleston

Victor Engel (systems modeling)
Doctoral student, University of Florida

Matt Finn (marsh)
Doctoral student, University of Maryland

Dennis Fitz (analytics)
AeroVironment, Monrovia, California
Dr. Robert Frye (carbon dioxide modeling)
Independent Research Consultant, Tucson, Arizona Desert

Dr. O.G. Gazenko (human factors)
Academician, Previous Director of Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow

Dr. Gelenberg (medical)
Head, Psychiatry Dept., Univ. of Arizona

Dr. Will Getz (animals)
Winrock International

Dr. Josef Gitelson (closed systems)
Director of Institute of Biophysics, Siberia Academy of Sciences

Dr. A.I. Grigoryev (closed systems)
Director of Institute of Biomedical Problems, Moscow

Dr. Mark Gunion (medical)
Department of Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles

Alan Haberstock (biomass studies)
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

Dr. Peter Hackett (medical)
Denali Medical Research Project Alaska

Dr. Steven Harris (internal medicine)
Department of Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles

Dr. Jason Hamilton (carbon modeling)
Center for study of the Environment, Santa Barbara, CA

Dr. Richard Harwood (agriculture)
Chairman of Sustainable Agriculture, Crop & Soil Sciences Dept., Michigan State University

Dr. Bob Howarth (ocean)
Atkinson Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology, Cornell University
Dr. Steve Hoyt (analytics)
Environmental Analytical Services, San Luis Obispo, California

Dr. Kay Izard (primates)
Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

James Jungles (analytics)
BC Analytical, Glendale, California

Dr. Sam Keim (medical)
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Dr. Pat Kangas (marsh)
University of Maryland, S.C.

Richard Kruse (analytics)
P.E., Kruse Engineering, Flushing, Michigan

Dr. Judy Lang (ocean)
Coral Reef Biologist, Texas Memorial Museum

Dr. John L. Laseter (toxicology)
ACCU-CHEM Laboratories, Richardson, Tx

Dr. Norman Levine (dermatology)
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Dr. Dan Levinson (medical)
University Medical Center, University of Arizona College of Medicine

Dr. Jim Litsinger (integrated pest managment) Agricultural Systems Consultant

Dr. John Lonsdale (rainforest)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

Dr. Ganna Maleshko (closed systems)
Head, Closed Ecological System Research, Inst. Biomedical Problems, Moscow

Roxanne Marino (ocean)
Analytical Chemist, Cornell University

Dr. Michael A. McClure (IPM)
Professor of Plant Pathology at the U of AZ

Dr. Harvey Mieslen (medical)
Chief, Emergency Medicine at U of AZ

Dr. Scott Miller (entomology)
Bishop Museum, Hawaii

Dr. Harold Morowitz (closed systems)
Robinson Prof, George Mason University

Dr. Steve O'Brien (genetics)
National Cancer Research Institute

Dr. Howard Odum (systems modeling)
Professor of Environmental Engineering Science, University of Florida, Gainesville

Dr. David Ogden (medical)
University of Arizona College of Medicine

William Olkowski (analytics)
Bio-Integrate Resource Center, Berkeley, California Analytics

Dr. Carl Olsen (entomology)
Dept. of Entomology, University of Arizona

Dr. Barbara Page (animal system)
Veterinarian, Tucson, AZ

Dr. Donald Paglia (medical)
Department of Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles

Robert Peak (analytics)
BC Analytical, Glendale, California

Dr. Nicholi Pechurken (closed systems)
Associate Director of Institute of Biophysics, Siberia Academy of Sciences

John Peterson (biomass studies)
Doctoral Candidate at University of Maryland

Dr. Jacob Pinnas (immunology)
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Dr. Dan Polhemus (entomology)
Technical Entomology Advisor, Bishop Museum

Dr. Sir Ghillean Prance (rainforest)
Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K.

Dr. Reinhardt Rasmussen (atmospheric gases) Oregon Research Inst of Science & Technology

Dr. Eric Ravissen (medical)
Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health

Dr. George Ray (infectious disease)
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Dr. S. K. Runcorn (geochemical)
University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Robert Scarborough (soils)
Soils Consultant, Tucson, Az.

Dr. Jon Shaffer (modeling)
Closed Ecosystems Technology, NY

Dr. Jeff Severinghaus (oxygen cycle)
Doctoral Student, Lamont-Doherty Columbia University

Dr. Thomas Siccama (biomass studies)
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

Dr. Alvin Smucker (soils)
Soil Sciences, Michigan State University

Dr. Lydia Somova (microbiology)
Institute of Biomedical Problems,
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia

Dr. Don Spoon (microbiology)
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Georgetown University

Julian Sprung (ocean)
Aquarium Specialist

Dr. Michael E. Stanghellini (IPM)
Professor of Plant Pathology at the U of AZ

Troy Todd (analytics)
AADCO Instrument, Clearwater, Florida

Dr. Roy Verdery (medical)
Arizona Center for Aging, Dept of Geriatrics, U of AZ

Dr. Kristina Vogt (biomass studies)
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

Dr. Daniel Vogt, (biomass studies)
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

Dr. Martin Wahlen (oxygen cycle)
Professor of Geochemistry, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Dr. Roy Walford (medical)
Department of Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles

Dr. Peter Warshall (savannah & vertabrates)
Office of Arid Land Studies, University of Arizona

Dr. Waterhill (food crops)
Tuskegee University, Alabama

Lawrence Weber (medical)
Department of Pathology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles

Dr. Diana Wheeler (entomology)
Associate Professor of Entomology, University of AZ

Dr. Mark Yoshino (medicine)
University of Arizona College of Medicine

Dr. Sherrlyn Young (gynecology)
Private practice, Tuscon, Arizona