Rick Brandenburg is a Wm. Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor at North Carolina State University. He has spent the last 30 years developing cost effective insect management programs for a number of systems including turfgrass.
Peter Dernoeden, Ph.D. is an emeritus professor of Turfgrass Science in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture at the University of Maryland. His research and extension components involved turfgrass pathology, weed management and management of turfgrass for low maintenance sites.
Scott McElroy is a professor of weed science in the Department of Agronomy and Soils at Auburn University. His primary research areas include weed management in turfgrass systems, and physiology and molecular biology of herbicide resistant weed species.
Micah Woods is Chief Scientist at the Asian Turfgrass Center and an adjunct professor in the Department of Plant Science at the University of Tennessee. After completing his Ph.D. at Cornell University, he moved to Asian where he conducts research and consults with golf courses and turfgrass professional in more than 20 countries.