The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) advises the CEO and the Science Directors on the scientific and technical questions impacting on the specification, design, commissioning and operation of Diamond Light Source; experimental and user support facilities; opportunities for scientific exploitation of the facility and other matters identified by the Diamond Executive.

• Prof Alexander Korsunsky (Chair) University of Oxford
• Dr Andrew Leslie (Vice Chair), MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Cambridge (UK)
• Dr John Barker, Evotec (DISCo Representative)
• Prof Janet Smith, University of Michigan (USA)
• Prof Chris Jacobsen, Argonne National Lab (USA)
• Dr Murray Gibson Northeastern University, Boston (USA)
• Dr Christoph Quitmann SLS (Switzerland)
• Dr Heinz Graafsma DESY (Germany)
• Prof Des McMorrow UCL
• Dr Jörg Zegenhagen ESRF (France)
• Prof John Parise State Univ. of New York (USA)
• Prof Frank de Groot Univ. of Utrect (Netherlands)
• Prof Rasmita Raval, Univ. of Liverpool
• Prof Anthony Cheetham, Univ. of Cambridge
• Prof Paul Freemont, Imperial College London
• Prof Richard Pattrick, University of Manchester