Ali Akil is Postdoctoral Research Fellow 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 degree in Graph Theory and Matrix Analysis from the Lebanese University (2017). He completed his Ph.D. 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, Ali enjoys philosophy, politics, rock climbing, and music analysis and composition.
Cosimo Bambi is currently Xie Xide Junior Chair Professor at the Department of Physics at Fudan University. He received the Laurea degree from Florence University in 2003 and the Ph.D. degree from Ferrara University in 2007. He worked as a postdoctoral research scholar at Wayne State University, IPMU/the University of Tokyo, and LMU Munich. He joined Fudan University at the end of 2012 under the 1000 Young Talents Program. His research interests include black holes, X-ray astronomy, computational astrophysics, and tests of general relativity. He has published several books with Springer, either as author and editor.