The following is a list of researchers associated with the Limnological Research Center from its inception to present day.
| Name | Years | Current Organization | Status |
| Herb Wright | 1956-2015 | University of Minnesota | (deceased) |
| Ed Cushing | 1956-2016 | Ecology- University of Minnesota | (deceased) |
| Jock McAndrews | 1957-1963 | Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON | (retired) |
| Magnus Fries | 1958-1959 | (deceased) | |
| Harvey Patten | 1958-1961 | Covington, LA | |
| Tom Winter | 1958-1962 | USGS, Denver, CO | (deceased) |
| Lou Maher | 1958-1961 | Geology- University of Wisconsin | (deceased) |
| Anne McKnight Bent | 1958-1961 | Raleigh, NC | |
| Bob Bright | 1958-1963 | (deceased) | |
| Saskia Jelgersma | 1959-1960 | Geological Survey of The Netherlands | |
| Dick Baker | 1960-1964 | Geology- University of Iowa | (retired) |
| Willem van Zeist | 1960-1961 | Groningen Institute of Archaeology, Groningen, The Netherlands | |
| Richard West | 1960 | Botany School- Cambridge University | |
| Bill Watts | 1961 | Trinity College, Dublin | (retired) |
| Barbara Hansen | 1961 | ||
| Red Watson | 1961-1963 | Washington University | |
| Roel Janssen | 1961-1964 | Lab. Palaeobotany, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands | |
| Tom Shay | 1962-1970 | Anthropology- University of Manitoba | |
| Bob Megard | 1962-1966 | Ecology- University of Minnesota | (deceased) |
| Kerstin Olson Griffin | 1963-1968 | Museum of Archaeology, Stavanger, Norway | |
| Henry Quade | 1963-1965 | Biology- Mankato State University, Minnesota | |
| Joe Shapiro | 1964-2000 | (retired) | |
| Maj-Britt Florin | 1964-1965 | (deceased) | |
| Vern Rampton | 1964-1969 | Terrain Analysis and Mapping Services, Carp, Ontario | |
| Krystyna Wasylikowa | 1964-1965 | Polska Akademia Nauk | |
| Kazik Wasylik | 1965 | Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland | (deceased) |
| Alan Jacobs | 1965 | Pittsburgh | |
| Jean Waddington | 1965-1974 | Minneapolis | |
| Elizabeth Haworth | 1966-1967 | Freshwater Biological Association, Ambleside, England | |
| Donna Stark | 1966-1971 | Lakeland, FL | |
| Jim Yanko | 1966 | Chicago | |
| Bob Carlson | 1966-1972 | Biology- Kent State University | |
| Johanna Gruger | 1967-1969 | Gottingen, Germany | |
| Junko Ogawa | 1967 | Kyoto, Japan | |
| Liisa Koivo | 1967-1970 | University of Tempere, Finland | |
| Eberhard Gruger | 1968-1969 | Inst. Palynology, U. Gottingen, Germany | |
| Alan Craig | 1968 | National Parks and Monuments, Dublin, Ireland | |
| Mel Whiteside | 1968 | Biology- University of Minnesota, Duluth | |
| Al Swain | 1968-1972 | Madison, WI | |
| David Adam | 1968 | USGS, Menlo Park, CA | |
| Steve Tarapchak | 1968-1973 | ||
| Judy Barrett | 1968-1969 | Fond du Lac, WI | |
| Steve Anthony | 1968-1971 | Minneapolis | |
| John Platt Bradbury | 1968-1973 | USGS, Denver, CO | (deceased) |
| Paul Glaser | 1968 | ||
| Gail Garrison | 1968-1970 | ||
| Donna Amundson | 1969-1974 | MD, Minneapolis | |
| Chris Synerholm | 1969-1972 | California | |
| Fletcher Driscoll | 1969-1975 | Geraghty & Miller, Minneapolis | |
| Dragica Matulova | 1969-1970 | Prague | |
| Kay Baker | 1970-1973 | ||
| Rocky Colingsworth | 1970-1972 | ||
| Dick Wright | 1970-1974 | Norwegian Institute of Water Research, Olso, Norway | |
| John Birks | 1970-1971 | Bot. Institute, University of Bergen, Norway | |
| Hilary Birks | 1970-1971 | Bot. Institute, University of Bergen, Norway | |
| Mark Mantuani | 1970-1971 | ||
| Nancy Sather | 1970-1974 | Natural Heritage Program | |
| Paula Mellott | 1971-1973 | Butler, PA | |
| Vince Lamarra | 1970-1975 | Logan, UT | |
| David C. Foster | 1971-1974 | Minnesota Health | |
| George Jacobson | 1971-1975 | Quaternary Research Institute, University of Maine, Orono | |
| Jan Mangerud | 1972 | ||
| Mike Lynch | 1972-1977 | University of Oregon, Eugene | |
| Greg Lie | 1973-1977 | Hennepin County, MN | |
| Mark Saporito | 1973-1975 | Hutchinson Cancer Research, Seattle, WA | |
| Mary Rutter | 1973-1975 | ||
| Nancy Eyster-Smith | 1973-1979 | Natural Sciences, Bentley College, Waltham, MA | |
| Roxanne Martin | 1973-1975 | ||
| Greg Lie | 1973-1977 | ||
| Mark Sheehan | 1974 | ||
| Hazel Delcourt | 1974-1978 | Ecology- University of Tennessee | |
| Paul Delcourt | 1974-1978 | Geology- University of Tennessee, Knoxville | |
| Bruce Forsberg | 1975-1980 | Manaus, Brazil | |
| Dick Brugam | 1975-1978 | Biology- Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville | |
| Tom Crisman | 1975-1977 | Environmental Engineering, University of Florida, Gainsville | |
| Barbara Speziale | 1975 | ||
| Norio Fuji | 1975 | ||
| Eric Grimm | 1975 | Illinois State Museum, Springfield | (deceased) |
| George Zoto | 1975-1976 | Department of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts | |
| Norman Allott | 1976-1978 | Botany- Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland | |
| Henry Lamb | 1976-1978 | Institute of Earth Sciences, U. College, Aberystwyth, Wales | |
| Gunilla Lindmark | 1976-1977 | ||
| Val Smith | 1976-1982 | University of Kansas, Lawrence | |
| Barry Goldstein | 1976-1978 | Geology- University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA | |
| John Almendinger | 1976-1985 | U.S. Forest Service, Deer River, MN | |
| John King | 1976-1980 | School of Oceanography, Kingston, RI | |
| Ed Swain | 1977-1984 | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, St. Paul, MN | |
| Linda Shane | 1978-2002 | (retired) | |
| Dan Engstrom | 1978-1995 | St. Croix Research Station, Science Museum of Minnesota | (retired) |
| Sheri Fritz | 1978-1994 | University of Nebraska - Lincoln | |
| Eric Smeltzer | 1978-1980 | Vermont | |
| David R. Foster | 1978-1983 | Harvard Forest, Harvard University, Petersham, MA | |
| Jim Almendinger | 1978-1988 | ||
| Nancy Radle | 1978-1981 | Minnesota Department of Transportation, St. Paul, MN | |
| George King | 1979-1987 | E.P.A. Environmental Sciences, Corvallis, OR | |
| Dave Wright | 1979-1988 | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | |
| John Halfman | 1980-1982 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | |
| Kerry Keen | 1980-1983 | University of Wisconsin, River Falls | |
| Dora Barlaz | 1980-1982 | New York City | |
| John Kingston | 1980-1982 | Northside Resident Redevelopment Council, University of Minnesota | (deceased) |
| Jan Janssens | 1980-1989 | Ecology- University of Minnesota | |
| Cathy Whitlock | 1981 | Montana State University | |
| Kristine Bradof | 1981-1985 | ||
| Rick Battarbee | 1981-1982 | Geology- University College, London, England | |
| Svante Bjorck | 1981-1982 | University of Stockholm, Sweden | |
| Amy Loiselle | 1981-1984 | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | |
| Scott Murchie | 1981-1984 | ||
| Pietra Gardetto-Mueller | 1981-1986 | Illinois State Museum, Springfield | |
| Kevin Edwards | 1983 | Geography, University of Birmingham, UK | |
| George Ganf | 1982 | University of Adelaide, SA, Australia | |
| Geoff Seltzer | 1982-1990 | Syracuse University | (deceased) |
| Jim Clark | 1984-1988 | Duke University | |
| Liz Almgren | 1984-1988 | Institute of Quaternary Geology, University of Goteborg, Sweden | |
| Heather Almquist-Jacobson | 1984-1986 | ||
| Joan Lennon | 1984-1986 | England | |
| Bill Lamberts | 1985-1997 | St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN | |
| Jeff Groen | 1986-1990 | ||
| Amy Ollendorf | 1987-1993 | ALO Associates, Minneapolis, MN | |
| Sharon Locke | 1987-1994 | Bates College | |
| Roger Dunon | 1987 | ||
| Juanjuan Xia | 1987-1995 | Travelers Insurance | |
| Virginia Card | 1988-1994 | Environmental Science- Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN | |
| Karin Ahlberg | 1989-1995 | ||
| Katrina Allen Kennedy | 1989-1991 | Geraghty & Miller, Minneapolis | |
| Kate Laird | 1990-1994 | Queen's Univeristy, Kingston, ON | |
| Dirk Verschuren | 1990-1995 | Ghent University | |
| Ingemar Renberg | 1991 | Umea University, Sweden | |
| Kerry Kelts | 1991-2001 | University of Minnesota | (deceased) |
| Emi Ito | 1991- | University of Minnesota | |
| Brian Haskell | 1991-2006 | ||
| Blas Valero-Garces | 1991-2010 | Pyrenean Institute of Ecology | |
| Lora Stevens | 1991-1998 | California State University, Long Beach | |
| Yue Han | 1991-1993 | ||
| Dave Olson | 1991-1994 | ||
| Jun-Qing Yu | 1991-1994 | ||
| Kristina Miller Beuning | 1991-1998 | University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire | |
| Babette Truze | 1991-1993 | ||
| Shannon Lotthammer | 1992-1993 | ||
| Zhigang (Eric) Gong | 1992-1995 | ||
| Michael Rosen | 1992-1993 | USGS, Reno, Nevada | (deceased) |
| Charlie Tiller | 1992-2001 | Westwood Professional Services | |
| Elena Litchman | 1992-1994 | Carnegie Institution | |
| Mark Abbott | 1992-1995 | University of Pittsburgh | |
| Becky Teed | 1992-2001 | Wright State University | |
| Antje Schwalb | 1993-1996 | Technische Universität Braunschweig | |
| Brian Cumming | 1993-1994 | Queen's Univeristy, Kingston, ON | |
| Rik Jansen | 1993 | Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands | |
| Gideon N'gobi | 1994-1999 | ||
| Feng Sheng Hu | 1994-1998 | Washington University in St. Louis | |
| Lensyl Urbano | 1995-2001 | The Fulton School at St. Albans | |
| Sarah Wilson | 1995 | ||
| Russanne Low | 1995-2004 | Institute for Global Environmental Strategies | |
| Mark Shapley | 1996- | University of Minnesota, Idaho State University | |
| Andy Breckenridge | 1996-2005 | University of Wisconsin-Superior | |
| Amy Myrbo | 1996-2019 | Amiable Consulting LLC | |
| An Liu | 1997-2001 | ||
| Sarah Nicholas | 1998-2000 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | |
| Karen Hays | 1999-2001 | ||
| Doug Schnurrenberger | 1995- | University of Minnesota | |
| Jim Russell | 1998-2005 | Brown University | |
| Chad Wittkop | 1999-2004 | Minnesota State University, Mankato | |
| Sara Mueller | 2000-2004 | Minnesota Pollution Control Agency | |
| Laura Triplett | 2000-2004 | Gustavus Adolphus College | |
| Rebecca Clotts | 2001 | University of Saint Thomas | |
| Randy Calcote | 2001- | University of Minnesota | |
| Victor Zabielski | 2001-2004 | Northern Virginia Community College | |
| Ahmet Celenli | 2001 | ||
| Steve Colman | 2001 | Large Lakes Observatory, University of Minnesota-Duluth | (retired) |
| Ivanka Stefanova | 2002- | University of Minnesota | |
| Jack Williams | 2003-2004 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | |
| Anders Noren | 2002- | University of Minnesota | |
| Jo Belvedere | 2002-2005 | College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota | |
| Bryan Shuman | 2003-2007 | University of Wyoming | |
| Kristina Brady Shannon | 2003- | University of Minnesota | |
| Avery Cook Shinneman | 2003-2008 | University of Washington Bothell | |
| Marylee Murphy | 2003-2010 | ||
| Colin Plank | 2004 | Burns & McDonnell | |
| Anna Henderson | 2005 | The Morgan Family Foundation | |
| Ioan Lascu | 2005-2011 | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | |
| Ana Moreno Caballud | 2006 | Pyrenean Institute of Ecology | |
| Dylan Blumentritt | 2003-2013 | Winona State University | |
| Rene Dommain | 2006-2007 | University of Potsdam | |
| Javier Marco Barba | 2006 | Tribute Earth | |
| Paul Reyerson | 2013-2014 | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | |
| Phil Woods | St. Croix Watershed Research Station | (deceased) | |
| Abigail Williams | Environmental Resources Management, Atlanta, Georgia | ||
| Ryan O'Grady | 2008- | University of Minnesota | |
| Jessica Heck | 2007- | University of Minnesota | |
| Jessica Rodysill | 2013-2014 | USGS, Florence Bascom Geoscience Center | |
| Alexander Stone | 2014- | University of Minnesota | |
| Brian Grivna | 2016- | University of Minnesota |