Chris D. Metcalfe is a Senior Advisor for Latin America and Caribbean at the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health in Canada. He is also a Professor in the School in the School of the Environment at Trent University in Canada.

Mirta L. Menone has been a Lecturer at the University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP) since 2000. Since 2005, she has been a Researcher supported by the National Research Council of Argentina working at the Institute of Marine and Coastal Research at UNMDP.

Pablo Collins is a Researcher supported by the National Research Council of Argentina, working at the National Institute of Limnology, and is also a Professor at the National University of El Litoral, both in Santa Fe, Argentina.

José G. Tundisi has been a Full Professor of Environmental Quality at FEEVALE University in Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil since 2009.