Professor John Crawford leads the environment theme of the University of Sydney Institute for Sustainable Solutions. He is the inaugural holder of the Judith and David Coffey Chair in Sustainable Agriculture.

Gavin Birch is an associate professor in Geosciences at the University of Sydney, and initiator of the Environmental Geology course. He has worked at the University of Cape Town and Esso/Exxon Corporation.

Alex McBratney is a professor of Soil Science in the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources at the University of Sydney, and director of the Australian Centre for Precision Agriculture.

Robyn Overall is a professor in Plant Cell Biology and Head of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney. She is an executive of the Australian Society of Plant Scientists.

Professor Rick Shine is an ARC Federation Fellow at the University of Sydney. He is one of the world's most highly cited authors and the recipient of the 2008 Macfarlane Burnet Award from the Academy of Science.

Professor Stephen Simpson is an ARC Federation Fellow at the University of Sydney. He has made significant contributions to obesity, gerontology, immunology, livestock nutrition, ecology and conservation biology.

Richard Trethowan is a professor of Plant Breeding at the University of Sydney, and director of the Plant Breeding Institute in Narrabri (NSW).