Carol W. Witham is a recognized expert in vernal pools. She is self-educated in botany and vernal pool ecology. Her personal studies began with a general curiosity about the plants found in vernal pools. Eventually, through reading, exploring, and working with other experts, she learned a little about nearly every field of study related to vernal pools.
Christopher Rogers is an Invertebrate Zoologist, which is a scientist who studies animals without backbones. Specifically, he studies the invertebrates that live in vernal pools. Mostly, he studies the fairy shrimp, tadpole shrimp and clam shrimp.