Professor Albert Cheung Hoi Yu is a world-renowned bio-entrepreneur and scientist with over 30 years of experience in the field of neuroscience and molecular diagnostics. He received his PhD from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada and spent subsequent years in UCSF, Stanford, HKUST and Peking University. He has published 174 peer review scientific papers, several commentaries in NEJM, Science and Nature Biotechnology, and 14 books. He founded HKLife and is leading a research team to develop the BioRadar® System, an automatic diagnostic platform. He has invented numerous technologies including 76 global patents. Professor Yu has many awards such as “National Science and Technology Progress Award”, “China Cooperative Innovation Award”, “Asia Pacific Frost & Sullivan Product Differentiation Excellence Award for In-Vitro Diagnostics”, “Hong Kong Industry Award”.  

His broad cross-cultural experience and an active involvement in both the academic and business create an extensive global network and contacts in China. He is now an important facilitator of dialogue regarding the development of biotechnology in Asia, putting Hong Kong onto the global biotechnology map. Recently, he pushes forward a major international biotech convention - BIOHK, so as for all of us to have a global biotech platform in Asia to showcase the accomplishments, exchange ideas, trade our products, fundraising, and more.