Ali Akil started his postdoctoral position at City University of Hong Kong with Professor Oscar Dahlsten, after a postdoc at the University of Hong Kong. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Lebanese University (2015), a Master of Science in Theoretical Physics from Durham University (2016), and a Master’s in Graph Theory and Matrix Analysis from the Lebanese University (2017). He completed his PhD jointly between the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and SUSTech in 2023. His research focuses on the intersection of quantum information and gravity, with particular interests in the black hole information paradox, the bottom-up approach to quantum gravity, quantum reference frames, and dark matter physics. Beyond academia, he enjoys philosophy, politics, rock climbing, and music analysis and composition.