Min Gu (; born 1960) is a Chinese-Australian physicist who currently serves as the Executive Chancellor and Professor at the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology. Previously he was Distinguished Professor and Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research Innovation & Entrepreneurship at RMIT University. Gu is an elected fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) (2007), the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) (2006), the Australian Institute of Physics (FAIP) (1998), the Optical Society of America (FOSA) (2004), the International Society for Optical Engineering (FSPIE) (2003), the Institute of Physics (FInstP) (2008), the International Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE) (2015), and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (foreign member, 2017). Early life and education Gu was born in 1960 in the outskirts of Shanghai, China, to parents who were both primary school teachers. He entered school in 1966, the year that the Cultural Revolution began. His education was severely disrupted in the chaotic period, and he "graduated" from high school after only nine and half years, with just two and half years of uninterrupted schooling. He was working as a farmer in rural Shanghai when the National College Entrance Examination was resumed in late 1977, a year after the end of the Cultural Revolution. He took the exam and was admitted to the Department of Applied Physics of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. After earning his B.S. in 1982, he pursued graduate studies at the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, obtaining an M.S. in 1984 and a Ph.D. in 1988. He moved to Australia in 1988, initially as a visiting scholar. Career Gu was a Laureate Fellow of the Australian Research Council and a University Distinguished Professor in optoelectronics and Foundation Director of the Centre of Micro-Photonics (2000-2015) at Swinburne University of Technology. He was appointed as Pro Vice-Chancellor for International Research Collaboration (2009-2010), Research Innovation (2010), and Research Capacity (2011-2015) at Swinburne. He was also the Foundation Director of the Victoria-Suntech Advanced Solar Facility from 2010-2015. From 2003-2015 he was a Node Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Optical Systems. From 2005 - 2010, he was a node leader of the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Polymers. Previously, he was the Special Advisor to Swinburne’s Vice-Chancellor, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Development) and Vice President, Dean of Science, Acting Dean and