Mile Gu is presently associate professor and deputy director of the Nanyang Quantum Hub at Nanyang Technological University. Prior to his current position, Gu grew up on Waiheke Island New Zealand, obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Queensland in 2009 and spent 3 years as faculty the Institute of Interdisciplinary information sciences at Tsinghua university. He is also fellow of the Centre for Quantum technologies, member of the Foundational Questions Institute and principal investigator of the French-Singapore joint institute Majulab. Gu’s previous awards include the National Research Foundation Fellow, the National Research Foundation Investigator, the Young 1000 talent award, and was also winner of the 2020 IBM Quantum Pitch Contest.