| name | institute | WG | metals | techniques | resources | expt/comp |
| Peter Comba | Univ. of Heidelberg | WG 3, WG 4 | Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu | Synthesis, structures, UV-vis-NIR, EPR, NMR, IR, Raman, Kinetics, LFT | Preparative labs, UV-vis-NIR, EPR, NMR, Computational Chemistry | Exp. |
| Serena DeBeer | Max Planck Institute CEC, Mülheim | WG 1, WG 2, WG 4 | Fe, Mn | - | - | Exp. |
| Daniel Escudero | Max Planck Institute KOFO, Mülheim | WG 2 | - | - | - | Comp. |
| Martin Kaupp | Techncal Univ. Berlin | WG 4 | - | - | - | Comp. |
| Hans-Jörg Krüger | TU Kaiserslautern | WG 3 | - | - | - | Exp. |
| Christian Limberg | Humboldt-Univ. Berlin | WG 4 | FeII, FeIII, NiI, NiII, CrII-CrVI, CuI, CuII, MoIV-MoVI | Modeling metal-oxygen systems; Biomimetic O2 activation and oxidation; Activation of N2, H2 and CO2; Functional materials | GC/MS, ESI/MS, UV-Vis, Raman Spectrometer, closed cycle cooled 57Fe-Mössbauer | Exp. |
| Franc Meyer | Georg-August-University Göttingen | WG 3, WG 4 | Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ru | Synthesis, Spectroscopy | NMR, EPR, UV/vis/NIR, IR, Raman, Mössbauer Spectr., Single crystal X-ray diffraction, SQUID magnetometry, Mass Spectr. | Exp. |
| Karsten Meyer | Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen - Nürnberg | WG 3 | U, Mn, Fe, Co | EPR, Magnetism, Mössbauer | Low temp. X-ray, NMR, EPR, Mössbauer Spect., VT-VF SQUID magnetometer | Exp. |
| Frank Neese | Max Planck Institute CEC, Mülheim | WG 2 | - | - | - | Comp. |
| Dimitrios A. Pantazis | Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion | WG 2, WG 4 | Mn, Co, Cu | Theoretical EPR spectroscopy, DFT, CC, LPNO methods | CPUs | Comp. |
| Kallol Ray | Humboldt-University Berlin | WG 4 | Fe, Co, Ni, Cu | Synthesis, Kinetics, High-Valent Metal-Oxo, Metal-Nitrenes, Dioxygen activation, water oxidation | UV-Vis fitted with cryostat (-100 to +100 °C), X-ray absorption spectroscopy | Exp. |
| Biprajit Sarkar | Freie Universität Berlin | WG 3, WG 4 | Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ru | Electrochemistry, UV-vis-NIR Spectroscopy, IR Spectroscopy, EPR Spectroscopy, Spectroelectrochemistry, Synthesis | Potentiostats, Spectroelectrochemical Cells, UV-vis-NIR Spectrometer, IR Spectrometer, EPR Spectrometer, NMR Spectrometers, Diffractometers, Mass Spectrometers | Exp. |
| Matthias Stein | Max Planck Institute, Magdeburg | WG 2 | Ni, Fe, Rh, Cu | DFT, MD, Theoretical Spectroscopy (EPR, IR, Raman, NMR, Mössbauer), Protein Design, Brownian Dynamics | CPUs | Comp. |
| Birgit Weber | Univ. Bayreuth | WG 3 | - | - | - | Exp. |
