☆ Associate Professor Xinqiang Chen (Associate editor) (Shanghai Maritime University, China)

Associate Professor, Ph.D., Research fields: Video data - driven intelligent transportation environment perception and understanding, Visual navigation for IGV under unmanned port, smart shipping, Large-scale transportation data analysis (traffic flow data, AIS, etc.), Traffic Safety, Connected Vehicle, Smart Ship/Autonomous port and Maritime traffic Management;

☆ Alexander B. Ezersky (University of Caen/Rouen University, France)
Professor, research fields: nonlinear waves in the ocean, interaction of waves and structures, interaction of surface waves with bottom & edge waves and freak waves;

☆ A.K.M. Saiful Islam (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields:  River and Coastal Hydraulic & Climate change;

☆ Bai Wei (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Water wave interaction, Complex free surface flow simulation & Ice floe;

☆ Benjamin Fearing Akers (Air Force Institute of Technology, US)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Nonlinear Wave;

☆ Bob You (Ludong University, China)
Professor, research fields: Ocean and Coastal Engineering, Physical Oceanography, Coastal Management & Coastal structure designs;

☆ Cheung-Chieh Ku (National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)

Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Fuzzy Control, Stochastic Systems, LPV Systems, Mixed performance Control;

☆ Corrado Schenone (University of Genoa, Italy)
Professor, research fields: Applied Physics, Environmental Control,onboard and external airborne noise & sustainable energy management;

☆ Dr Craig Laverick (Northumbria University, uk)
PhD/Dr, Research fields: Maritime Law, Maritime Safety, International Trade/Commercial Law;

☆ Decheng Wan (School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering,Shanghai Jiao Tong University,China)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields:Marine Hydrodynamics;

☆ Dezhi Ning  (Dalian University of Technology, China)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Water wave mechanics, coastal and offshore hydrodynamics, wave-current-structure interaction and marine renewable energy;

☆ Evangelia A. Karagianni (Hellenic Naval Academy, Greece)
Assistant Professor, research fields:  Microwaves, Antennas, Navigation Radars, MMIC, RF, EMC, RFI, Microwave Filters & Low Noise Amplifiers;

☆ Evi Plomaritou (Lloyds Maritime Academy, Greece)
Ph.D., research fields: Chartering, Shipping Marketing & Shipping Management;

☆ Gang Chen (Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at Aalborg University (Copenhagen campus))
Associate Professor,Ph.D., research fields: shipping/logistics operations, shipping business studies, vessels performance management and Big Data in shipping logistics;

☆ Haixiao Liu (Tianjin University, China)

Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Deepwater mooring techniques, Deepwater anchors, Offshore structures embedded in seabed soils & Offshore geotechnical Engineering;

☆ Dr. Hyo Choi (Atmospheric & Oceanic Disaster Research Institute,  Korea (South);Gangneung-Wonju National University, Korea;South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (CAS), China)
Research fields: Numerical modeling on Marine Meteorology, Physical Oceanography, and Atmospheric Pollution Modeling & Analysis;

☆ Hwung-Hweng Hwung (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan)
Professor, research fields:  Wave Dynamics, Coastal Engineering, Physical Oceanography & Coastal Utilization;

☆ I KETUT ARIA PRIA UTAMA（Department of Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding Engineering）
PhD (from the University of Southampton UK), Research fields: Naval Architecture, Ship Hydrodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Marine Technology, Ocean Renewable Energy, and Maritime Education;

☆ Jiale Li (Hebei University of Technology ,China)
Ph.D/ Associate Professor, Research fields: Offshore wind turbine, offshore structure

☆ Jin WANG (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
Professor, research fields: Maritime safety & security;

☆ Jingjing Xu (Plymouth University, UK)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Maritime law, policy & management;

☆ John Dzielski (Stevens Institute of Technology, USA)

Professor, Ph.D., research fields:  Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV);

☆ JOSE MARIA ESPINOSA GUTIERREZ (UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA, Spain)

DR, research fields: Port´s enviromental monitoring plans, marine pollution, port´s enviromental impacts, marine enviromental impacts, plankton, seagrass beds, maerl beds, heavy metals enviromental impacts;

☆ Jun Zang (University of Bath, UK)

Assistant Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Water wave mechanics, coastal and offshore hydrodynamics, fluid-structure interaction, wave impact on offshore structures & marine renewable energy;

☆ Justyna Nawrot (University of Gdańsk, Poland)

PhD, Associate Professor, research fields: maritime law, European Union law;

☆ Kuo-Ping Chiang (Institute of Marine Environment and Ecology, National Taiwan Ocean University)
Professor, research fields: biological oceanography, Marine microbial ecology;

☆ Lalith Edirisinghe (Associate Dean, Faculty of Management and Social Sciences)
Doctor, PhD in Transportation Planning and Logistics Management; Masters degree in International Trade and logistics; Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management; Executive Diploma in Marketing
Research fields: Marketing, Transportation and Logistics management;

☆ Levent Bat (Sinop University, Turkey)
Professor, research fields: Marine Biology, Aquatic Toxicology & Marine pollution;

☆ Lian Shen  (University of Minnesota, USA)
Professor, research fields: Fluid Mechanics;

☆ Liang Yun (MARIC, China)
Professor, research fields: HPMV, ACV, SES, WIG, HSMH, HSCAT & HYC;

☆ Ning Wang (Dalian Maritime University, China)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, Offshore Robotics;

☆ M. Arockiasamy (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
Professor, research fields: Ocean Engineering & Marine Renewable Energy;

☆ Maciej Pawłowski (Technical University of Gdansk, Poland)
Professor, research fields:  ship safety in the damaged condition, ship stability and ship theory, ship hydromechanics & fluid mechanics;

☆ Mammadov M. Ramiz (Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Azerbaijan)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Oceanology, hydrometeorology & ecology;

☆ Masoud Hayatdavoodi (University of Dundee, UK)

Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Marine hydrodynamics, wave-structure interaction, water wave mechanics, marine renewable energy

☆ Mohd Shahir Liew (Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia)

Professor, Ph.D., research fields:  Structural Dynamics, Design of Offshore Structures & Facilities, Metocean & Seismic Impact of Subsea Structures;

☆ Mouncef Sedrati (Life and Earth Sciences Department)
Associate Professor,Ph.D., research fields:Coastal and offshore hydrodynamics, Coastal Morphodynamics and Engineering, Coastal zone management;

☆ Myung-Il Roh (Seoul National University, Korea)

Associate Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Ship and offshore plant design, optimization, simulation, computerization & integration;

☆ Nallamuthu Godhantaraman (University of Madras, India)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Ocean Science- Biological Oceanography, Climate change impacts on marine / coastal ecosystems, marine pollution & coastal zone management;

☆ NGO VAN HE (Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam)

Ph.D., research fields: Ship hydro-dynamic; CFD; Ship resistance; New advances ship design;

☆ Nikolaos P. Ventikos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece)
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Marine Safety, Risk Engineering, Oil Spills, Marine Environment, Human Centered Design, Human Factors, Maritime Sustainability, Salvage Engineering & Maritime Transport;

☆ Olga A. Stepanova (Institute of Natural and Technical Systems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

Professor, Ph.D., research fields: biology and ecology of viruses in hydrosphere;

☆ Pengfei Zhang (Jimei University,China)
Professor, research fields: Nautical Studies, Maritime Studies, Maritime Law, Maritime Safety and Ship Operation, Prevention of Ship Collisions, Operation of Fire-fighting Equipment;

☆ Peter Trenkner (University of Applied Sciences, Technology, Business and Design, Germany)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields:  Maritime English/Communication, Ships External & On-board Communication;

☆ Régis XHARDÉ（Environmental hydraulics laboratory）
PhD/Research associate; Research fields: Coastal engineering, beach nourishment, coastal dynamics, marine geology;

☆ R.M. Chandima Ratnayake (Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science)
PhD, Professor in Mechanical Engineering; Research fields: Mechanical, offshore, industrial and manufacturing engineering;

☆ Dr. Robert Latorre (Catholic University of America Washington, USA)

Professor, research fields: Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering;

☆ R. Venkatesan (ESSO-National Institute of Ocean Technology, India)
Ph.D., research fields:  Ocean observation, marine corrosion, marine fouling, materials ocean management &　marine Policy;

☆ Ronglei Zhang (Energy Technology Company Chevron Corporation, USA)
Ph.D., research fields:  Numerical Reservoir Simulation, Reservoir Engineering, CO2 sequestration & Pressure Transient Analysis;

☆ Ruthy Gertwagen (Byzantine and modern Hellenic Studies and History, Israel) 

Dr. Senior Lecturere, research fields: Maritime History and underwater archaeology of the Byzantine, medieval and early modern periods focusing on: Nautical technology, ports and port-towns, trade and naval warfare, Venice and its maritime empire, Genoa, marine environmental history;

☆ Shengnan Jia (University of London, uk)
Doctoral Researcher, Research fields: Civil and Commercial Law; Maritime Law;

☆ Shih-Ang Hsu (Louisiana State University, USA)
Professor, research fields: Marine Meteorology, Physical Oceanography & Ocean Engineering;

☆ Shuqing WANG (Ocean University of China, China)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Coupled dynamic analysis of floater and mooring systems, Float-over analysis of offshore structures & Damage identification and safety assessment of offshore structures;

☆ Songhai Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Noise & bioacoustics;

☆ Stella KYVELOU-CHIOTINI (Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (GR))
Associate Professor, Research fields: Spatial planning, Sustainable development, Maritime Spatial Planning, Blue Economy, Ecosystem-based management, Development Economics;

☆ Sulisz Wojciech (Institute of Hydroengineering, Polish Academy of Sciences,Gdańsk)
Ph.D.,research fields:mathematical modeling of wave forecasting and hindcasting problems, generation and propagation of nonlinear waves, freak waves and extreme wave kinematics, interactions of nonlinear waves with structures, interactions of waves with wave energy converters;

☆ Tatiana Georgievna Talipova (RAS; Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University, Russia)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Nonlinear sea wave, ripple, swell and tsunami, surfacetant sea films & their effects on the wind ripple;

☆ Tatjana Stanivuk (Chair of general subjects, Croatia)
PhD/Associate Professor, research fields: Traffic and Transport Technology;

☆ Tetsuya Hiraishi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Professor, research fields: Coastal Engineeering & Offshore Engineering;

☆ Vanina Macowski Durski Silva (Vanina Macowski Durski Silva, Brazil)
PhD  Industrial Engineering - Logistics and Transportation, Research fields: shipping, maritime transportation, collaborative maritime transportation, logistics, port optimization

☆ Vehbi Selim Ataergin (Near East University Law School, Cyprus)

Professor, LLB, LLM, Ph.D., research fields: Carriage of Goods by Sea, Admiralty Law, Marine Insurance Law, International Trade Law, Maritime Arbitration (London);

☆ Viacheslav Manukalo (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine)

Ph.D., Dr, research fields: surface hydrology (hydrological measurement, forecasting and warnings), standardization in the hydrology;

☆ Vincenzo Franzitta  (DEIM- University of Palermo,Italy ) 
Associate Professor, Research fields:Renewable Energy, Sea Wave Energy, Energy Saving

☆ Viktor Ivanovich Odintsov (Marine engineering faculty, department of marine power plants, Russia) 

Dr, Professor, research fields: Marine power plants, development of a combined method for calculating the parameters of the fuel supply process for the purpose of applying the general algorithm for diagnosing a high-pressure diesel fuel pump,  studies in thermal stress in marine diesel engines;

☆ Wei Liu (Shanghai Maritime University, China)
Associate Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Satellite navigation technology (GNSS), Maritime monitoring and detection & Ocean remote sensing;

☆ Xianbo Xiang (School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering,Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)
Associate Professor, Ph.D., research fields:Guidance and control of ship and autonomous marine vehicles;

☆ Xuefeng Zhao (Dalian University of Technology, China)

Associate Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Structural Health Monitoring, Cloud Monitoring and Evaluation, Smart Structures, Earthquake Evaluation wind-induced dynamic disaster & Safety assessment for offshore platform;

☆ Yong Ma (Ocean University of China, China)

Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Marine Education, Marine Higher Education, Marine Interdisciplinary Education, Education Theory and Higher Education Management

☆ Yongliang Cai (Shanghai Maritime University, China)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields: Language planning and policy & Bilingual education;

☆ Zaili Yang (Liverpool John Moores University, UK)
Professor, Ph.D., research fields:  Maritime safety assessment, Maritime security assessment, Marine engineering reliability analysis, Risk based decision making, Shipping operations & Formal Safety Assessment;

☆ Zhen Jing (Bangor University, UK)

Ph.D., research fields: International sale of goods, carriage of goods by sea, marine insurance, insurance law, contract law, tort law and Chinese commercial law;

☆ Zheng Zeng (Institute of Oceanology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Ph.D.,research fields:Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (AUV, Glider and ROV);UUV Path Planning; UUV Adaptive Guidance and Control; Adaptive Sampling; Cooperation of Multi-UUV systems;