The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) is a multi-disciplinary international board with expertise in broad areas of technology. SAB convenes annually in Singapore to advise on NRF’s policies and programmes.
The SAB’s role is to:
- Highlight critical issues and emerging global trends in basic and investigator-led research where Singapore could fill a gap or meet a need;
- Identify, with the NRF, new areas of research where Singapore can reap the benefits of cutting edge science and build the foundation for enterprise and industry growth;
- Review and advise on the proposals and plans prepared by the NRF; and
- Assist and advise the NRF on the management of R&D, including the allocation of funding and the assessment of research outcomes.
SAB members are appointed by the Chairman of the NRF Board. The SAB is chaired by Sir Richard Friend, Cavendish Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge.
The SAB comprises the following members:
Professor Bertil Andersson
Adviser to NRF
Former President of Nanyang Technological University
Professor Paul Blom
Director, Max Planck Institute for
Polymer Research
Sir Leszek Borysiewicz
Chairman, Cancer Research UK
Sir Richard Friend
Chairman of SAB
Cavendish Professor of Physics,
University of Cambridge
Professor Jean-Lou Chameau
President Emeritus,
California Institute of Technology
Professor Harvey Fineberg
President, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
Professor Anthony Finkelstein
Chief Scientific Adviser
for National Security, UK
Professor Anne O'Garra
Associate Research Director,
The Francis Crick Institute
Dr Goh Eng Lim
Senior Vice President,
Chief Technology Officer
(Artificial Intelligence),
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Mr Michael Idelchik
Former Vice President (Advanced Technologies),
GE Global Research
Professor Cherry Murray
Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Professor of Physics, Emerita, Harvard University
Professor Ulrich Suter
Emeritus Professor, ETH Zurich
Professor Zhang Tong
Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics,
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology