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Members

Ir Professor Yin To Ricky CHIU  
招彥燾

YFHKEng [2025]

Chairman & CEO, Phase Scientific International Limited

Areas of expertise
Expertise on clinical sample preparation such as purify and concentration biomarkers
Key research areas: disease diagnostics for women health such as HPV and cancer diagnostic and monitoring
Development of rapid test for infection diseases
Appointments & Affiliations
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Member, Innovation and Technology Advisory Committee, Hong Kong Trade Development Council
  • Member, Board of Trustees of the United College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Member, Court, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Chairman, Advisory Committee of the Department of Management, The City University of Hong Kong
  • Member, Advisory Committee of the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
  • Deputy Chairman, Hong Kong Startup Council, Federation of Hong Kong Industries
  • Fellow, Biomedical Division, The Hong Kong Institution of Engineer, Jan 2024 - Present
Profile

Ricky Chiu is a trailblazing biomedical engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, recognized for his pioneering work in diagnostic technology. As Founder and CEO of PHASE Scientific, he led the development of PHASiFY™, a patented liquid-phase extraction platform that has set new standards in liquid biopsy and infectious disease diagnostics. Dr. Chiu’s engineering breakthroughs include the world’s first urine DNA-based HPV test, which won the 2025 ASCCP Thomas V. Sedlacek Prize. He also serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, actively fostering talent and innovation through academic appointments, public lectures, and industry-academia collaboration in Hong Kong.

Education

BS
Bioengineering
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
2005

PhD
Bioengineering
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
2014