Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada is a Professor in Remote Sensing in the Faculty of Science (FoS) and in the Faculty of Engineering (FEIT), University of Melbourne. He leads the HyperSens Laboratory, focusing on biotic and abiotic crop and forest stress detection using hyperspectral and thermal images acquired by piloted and uncrewed aircraft systems. His main interests are developing innovative technology and methods to retrieve chlorophyll fluorescence and vegetation biochemistry remotely, linking physiological indicators of vegetation condition with plant photosynthesis in the context of precision agriculture, precision forestry and natural resources. He received a degree in Engineering from Spain, an M.Sc. in Remote Sensing from the U.K., and a PhD in Earth and Space Science from Canada. He has been a faculty member in remote sensing at the University of California, Davis, CA, USA, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, National Research Council (CSIC, Spain), and Senior Scientist at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. Highly Cited Researcher since 2019, he is the author of more than 150 papers published in international journals. He is Associate Editor of Remote Sensing of Environment and European Journal of Agronomy journals and has received awards in Spain, the United Kingdom, and Canada.

Dr Michael Watt is a Principal Scientist who specialises in remote sensing and development of models to characterise growth, health and wood quality of the forest resource. He has published over 190 refereed papers around these and other topics within forestry. Michael works extensively with the New Zealand forest industry and has a track record of undertaking science that has been adopted by the industry. He is co-leader of the Remote Sensing cluster group which is one of the most well attended industry focus groups within the New Zealand forestry sector. Michael has many international links with other research groups in Europe, Australia and South America.