Cavalcanti, Adriano
- CEO, Chairman, CAN Center for Automation in Nanobiotech; researches nanobioelectronic architecture integration to use nanorobots for biomedical problems: diabetes, cancer, cardiology, aneurysms.
- http://www.nanorobotdesign.com/adrianocavalcanti/

Freitas, Robert A. Jr.
- Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Manufacturing; wrote Nanomedicine Vol. 1, 2, first book-length technical treatment of medical nanorobotics; Molecular Assemblers and Nanofactories.
- http://www.rfreitas.com/

Taylor, Russell M. II
- Research Associate Professor at UNC, Chapel Hill. Researching nanoscale tools.
- http://www.cs.unc.edu/~taylorr/

Alaca, Erdem
- Assistant Professor, Koc University, Istanbul. Researches cross-disciplinary solid mechanics and materials, including self-assembled nanostructures, MEMS, materials testing, microstructure characterization.
- http://home.ku.edu.tr/~ealaca/

Drexler, K. Eric
- Co-founder, Chairman, Foresight Institute. Wrote many publications, and books including "Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation", "Engines of Creation: The Coming Era of Nanotechnology". Coauthored "Unbou
- http://e-drexler.com/p/idx04/00/0404drexlerBioCV.html

Smalley, Richard E.
- Gene and Norman Hackerman Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Physics, 1996 Chemistry Nobel Prize Winner. His research laboratory is best known for discovering C60 and the Fullerenes in 1985, and much following development of this field.
- http://smalley.rice.edu/

Merkle, Ralph C.
- Nanotechnolgy researcher, Alcor Director (Cryonics), Zyvex Principal Fellow, Foresight Institute advisor, Nanotechnology journal executive editor, public key cryptography co-inventor. Xerox PARC former Research Scientist.
- http://www.merkle.com/

Tomanek, David
- Professor of theoretical condensed matter physics, Michigan State University. Researching fundamental properties of nanostructured materials using advanced numerical techniques. Nanotechnology animations, images, conferences, and people.
- http://www.pa.msu.edu/~tomanek/

Peterson, Christine L.
- President of Foresight Institute. Writes, gives lectures, briefs the press and organizes conferences on powerful emerging technologies. Serves as an interface between technologists and the broader public, including business and policymakers. Co-authored &
- http://www.foresight.org/FI/Peterson.html