Professor Yung’s expertise is in neuroscience, molecular biotechnology and nanomedicine. His current research is on neural stem cell and development of new treatments of brain neurodegenerative diseases. He has obtained over US$ 3 million research funding from National Foundation of Science and Hong Kong sources and holding over 15 patents. His research work does not come to the academic end. Granted ‘Technology Startup Support Scheme for Universities’ funding, he commercializes his academic research work for clinical use through the establishment of OPER Technology Limited with his research partner, with an aim to provide more cost-efficient medical alternatives for neurodegenerative diseases.