Philip Gu is the founder and director of Stemcell United (SCU) in Australia. He was the formal Food and Agriculture Organisation of United Nations(FAO) consultant for sustainable marine food development. Under his leadership, SCU obtained Singapore Food Agency (SFA) approval to set up the first sea grape and seaweed seed bank in Marine Aquaculture Centre on St John's island. Partnering with Temasek Polytechnics, he established a joint laboratory for future Marine Food Nutrition researchand development. Singapore government granted a special license to SCU to carry out Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) and establish a more sustainable and resilient circular farming system, called Vertical Integrated Smart Seaweed Cultivation & Application System (VISSCAS), focus on using the ocean as airable land to address food security and climate change to support Singapore achieving its 30x30 goal. He is engaged with INFOFISH as a senior consultant for the sustainable next generation marine food resource development for Asia Pacific countries.