The SAB will provide counsel with regard to the Center's operations to the Center's Director, the Steering Committee, and cognizant administrators of Peking University and Yale University. The Scientific Advisory Board will periodically evaluate the progress of the Center's research and make recommendations to the Director, the Steering Committee, and the Universities for changes in research direction, operations, or personnel.

Professor Nai-Hai Chua
Rockefeller University, USA

Professor Adrienne E. Clark
University of Melbourne, Australia

Professor Wilhelm Gruissem
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland

Professor Elliot Meyerowitz
California Institute of Technology, USA

Professor Ray Wu
Cornell University, USA

Professor Zhihong Xu
Peking University, China

Professor Qifa Zhang
Huazhong Agriculture University, China