WG Deep Sea members form a multidisciplinary group of experts from natural marine sciences, socio-economics, marine law and governance. Many members have links with industry and the Working Group will also organize targeted interaction with representatives from deep-sea industry sectors.
- Alex Rogers - WG Chair, University of Oxford, UK
- Antje Boetius, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), Germany
- Andy Brierley, University of St. Andrews, UK
- Peter Croot, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- Marina Cunha, University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Roberto Danavaro, Polythecnic University of Marche, Italy
- Colin Devey, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
- Andre Freiwald, Senckenberg Institute, Germany (withdrew membership October 2014)
- Alf Haakon Hoel, Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway
- Henry Ruhl, National Oceanography Institute (NOC), UK
- Pierre-Marie Sarradin, French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer), France
- Seline Trevisanut, University of Utrecht , Netherlands
- Helena Vieira, University of Lisbon - formely at Bioalvo (SME), Portugal
- Martin Visbeck, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany
- Sybille van den Hove, MEDIAN SCP (SME), Spain