| Training Program Participants | 
| Leg 1 | 

| NAME | POSITION | AFFILIATION | |
| Masao Fukasawa | Chief Scientist | JAMSTEC, Japan | fksw@jamstec.go.jp | 
| Brian Irwin | Bio-optical Scientist | Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Canada | brian.irwin@ns.sympatico.ca | 
| Andreas Albertino | Trainee | Bogor Agricultural Univ. Indonesia | andreas04@mailcity.com | 
| Kanthi Yapa | Trainee | Univ. Ruhuna, Sri Lanka | kanthi@phy.ruh.ac.lk | 
| Elena Barbieri | Trainee | Estacion de Fotobiologia Playa Union, Argentina | elena@efpu.com.ar | 
| Leg 2 | 

| NAME | POSITION | AFFILIATION | |
| Shuichi Watanabe | Chief Scientist | JAMSTEC, Japan | swata@jamstec.go.jp | 
| Gadiel Alarcon | Bio-optical Scientist | Univ. Concepcion Chile | gadiel@profc.udec.cl | 
| Alexander Galan | Trainee | Univ. Concepcion Chile | agalan@udec.cl | 
| Serkan Sancak | Trainee | Middle East Technical University, Turkey | sancak@ims.metu.edu.tr | 
| Dante Matellinii | Trainee | IMARPE, Peru | dmatellini@imarpe.gob.pe | 
| Leg 3 | 

| NAME | POSITION | AFFILIATION | |
| Naomi Harada | Chief Scientist | JAMSTEC, Japan | haradan@jamstec.go.jp | 
| Vivian Lutz | Bio-optical Scientist | INIDEP, Argentina | vlutz@inidep.edu.ar | 
| Gustavo Martinez | Trainee | Univ. Montevideo Uruguay | gmpuljak@dinara.gub.uy | 
| Luis Conti | Trainee | Univ. Sao Paulo Brazil | lconti@usp.br | 
| Ana Dogliotti | Trainee | Ciudad Universitana Argentina | adogliotti@iafe.uba.ar | 
| Kathleen Peard | JAMSTEC Observer | Fisheries Namibia Namibia | kpeard@mfmr.gov.na | 
| Leg 4 | 

| NAME | POSITION | AFFILIATION | |
| Yasushi Yoshikawa | Chief Scientist | JAMSTEC, Japan | yoshikaway@jamstec.go.jp | 
| Vivian Lutz | Bio-optical Scientist | INIDEP, Argentina | vlutz@inidep.edu.ar | 
| Valeria Segura | Trainee | Univ. Nacional de Mar del Plata, Argentina | vsegura@mdp.edu.ar | 
| Jaqueline Madruga | Trainee | Univ. Sao Paulo Brazil | jack@dge.inpe.br | 
| Kathleen Peard | JAMSTEC Observer | Fisheries Namibia Namibia | kpeard@mfmr.gov.na | 
| Leg 5 | 

| NAME | POSITION | AFFILIATION | |
| Masao Fukasawa | Chief Scientist | Japan Marine Science & Technology Center, Japan | fksw@jamstec.go.jp | 
| Pru Bonham | Bio-optical Scientist | CSIRO Australia | pru.bonham@csiro.au | 
| Margareth Kyewalyanga | Trainee | IMS Tanzania | maggie@ims.udsm.ac.tz | 
| Ben Wigley | Trainee | Univ. Cape Town South Africa | wglben001@mail.uct.ac.za | 
| Leg 6 | 

| NAME | POSITION | AFFILIATION | |
| Suichi Watanabe | Chief Scientist | JAMSTEC, Japan | swata@jamstec.go.jp | 
| Robert Frouin | Bio-optical Scientist | SCRIPPS Institute of Oceanography, USA | rfrouin@ucsd.edu | 
| K. Wickramasinghe | Trainee | NARA, Sri Lanka | pwick@nara.ac.lk | 
| Milton Kampel | Trainee | INPE, Brazil | milton@itid.inpe.br |