| name | institute | WG | metals | techniques | resources | expt/comp | 
| Aidan McDonald | Univ. of Dublin, Trinity College | WG 4 | Fe, Ni, Cu | Synthesis, High-valent oxidants, UV-Vis, EPR, Raman, NMR, XPS, FT-IR | NMR, low temperature UV-vis, Raman | 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. |