The work of the MPL is supervised by the MPL Scientific Advisory board. This group of eminent scientists oversees the activities of the MPL and reviews applications by potential MPL visitors. The Board members include: 

• Prof. So Iwata, MPL Director,  Imperial College London
• Dr. Isabel Moraes, MPL Group Leader, Diamond Light Source
• Dr. Gwyndaf Evans, Diamond Light Source
• Dr Clair Braybrook, Wellcome Trust
• Prof. Dave Stuart, University of Oxford
• Prof. Simon Phillips, Research Complex at Harwell
• Prof. Peter Henderson, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Astbury Centre for Structural
• Prof. Jim Naismith, St. Andrews University

• Prof. Paul Freemont, Imperial College London