The Advisory Committee is designed to provide suggestions for IAS on strategic development, scientific research, training programs, academic standards, recruitment and evaluation of professors, and cooperation with industry in teaching and scientific research. The valuable opinions of the committee contribute to the development of IAS in teaching and scientific research, as well as strengthening links with industries.

The Advisory Committee is generally composed of distinguished people from the local, domestic and overseas academia and industry. Well-known scholars in related fields are nominated by the dean and the dean advisor, and are appointed by the president. The Advisory Committee assists the Institute in recruiting Principal Investigators (PIs), providing evaluation on the research capabilities and development potential of applicants; guides the establishment of the research direction of the Institute, the application of research projects, and the construction and development of disciplines; and participates the assessment of the tenure-track system for PIs.

The members of the Advisory Committee are as follows:

CHAN, Raymond Hon-fu

Vice-President and Lam Man Tsan Chair Professor of Scientific Computing, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

HE, Chuan

John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor, The University of Chicago

LUO, Yi

Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering

Professor, Tsinghua University

WU, Chi

Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Emeritus Wei Lun Professor of Chemistry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Distinguished Professor, Shenzhen University

XIA, Keqing

Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Chair Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology

XIE, Heping

Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering

Distinguished Professor, Shenzhen University

ZHANG, Pingwen

Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences

President and Professor, Wuhan University

ZHAO, Guo-ping

Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Molecular Microbiologist, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences

(Listed in alphabetical order.)