Personal investigators responsible have been identified for the core MBP outputs. MBP Principal Investigators:
| Name | Position | Institution | Team | Taxonomy | Team Role | |
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Brent Mishler | Professor | University of California, Berkeley | Plants | General | Co-team leader |
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Chris Meyer | Research Zoologist, Curator | Smithsonian Institution | Marine invertebrates | Mollusks | Project Director |
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Claude Payri | Professor | IRD New Caledonia | Algae | General | Team leader |
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Craig Moritz | Professor | University of California, Berkeley | Terrestrial vertebrates | General | Team leader |
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George Roderick | Professor | University of California, Berkeley | Terrestrial invertebrates | General | Team leader |
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Gustav Paulay | Professor | University of Florida | Marine invertebrates | General | Team leader |
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Jean-Yves Meyer | Research Officer | Government of French Polynesia Research Department | Plants | General | Co-team leader |
| John Deck | IT | University of California, Berkeley | IT Component | Co-team leader | ||
| Joyce Gross | IT | University of California, Berkeley | IT Component | Co-team leader | ||
| Leonard Hirsch | Researcher | Smithsonian Institution | ABS | Team leader | ||
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Matteo Garbelotto | Adjunct Assistant Professor | University of California, Berkeley | Fungi | General | Team leader |
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Neil Davies | Executive Director | University of California, Berkeley | General | General | Principal investigator |
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Richard Pyle | Associate Zoologist | Bishop Museum | General | ||
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Rosemary Gillespie | Professor | University of California, Berkeley | General | ||
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Serge Planes | Professor | CNRS-EPHE: CRIOBE | Marine vertebrates | Marine vertebrates | Team leader |