The 5th COMI International Academic Advisory Committee (IAAC) was set up by October, 2018. The 5th COMI IAAC, consists of leading experts in diverse research areas from all over the world. The IAAC provides guidance and suggestions to COMI on its development strategy, scientific research, education programs and capacity building activities etc. The IAAC members meet in Xiamen University annually to review the work progress in the past year and working plan in the next and also give numbers of lectures to the faculty and students of COMI during their visits.

The 5th COMI IAAC includes the following members:

• Prof. Alice Newton, University of Algarve (Ualg), Portugal

• Prof. Anthony Charles, Saint Marys University, Canada

• Prof. Chai Fei, Xiamen University, China

• Prof. Gil Jacinto, University of Philippines, Philippines

• Prof. Hong Huasheng, Xiamen University, China

• Prof. Lin Jiun-Chuan, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, China

• Prof. Luky Adrianto, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia

• Prof. Michael Elliott, University of Hull, UK

• Prof. Tracey Dalton, University of Rhode Island, USA

• Prof. Ulf Dieckmann, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria