Albert is an experienced engineer, accomplished entrepreneur, innovative educator and a well-
respected humanitarian worker. His research interests include robot-assisted search and rescue systems,
critical infrastructure management, rural technologies for sustainable development, and emergency
water and sanitation systems.
Albert was the first Hong Kong engineer to join Medecins Sans Frontiers’ field missions in 2000. He
volunteered in South Sudan during the civil war, Uzbekistan during 911, Indonesia during the South-
East Asia Tsunami, Pakistan during the Kashmir earthquake, and Sichuan during the Wenchuan
earthquake. Albert has completed 13 months of field mission and served as board members and
advisors for major international relief organizations, including MSF and Red Cross, for nearly 10
years. Throughout his career, Albert has travelled to over 100 cities in 25 countries and given over 300
talks to schools, professional bodies and the general public, in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau and
Mainland China.
Albert co-founded INSIGHT Robotics with 2 friends in 2009 and developed world’s most accurate
wildfire detection robot to protect valuable natural resources. The Company now has over 50 staff from
12 nationalities based in 5 offices around the globe. In China alone, over 70 robots are currently
operating in 5 provinces. IBM named INSIGHT Robotics as Global Entrepreneur of the Year in 2015
for its cutting-edge technology and social responsibility. In addition to a successful tech startup, Albert
established a NGO in Guangzhou to empower university social activists to promote social innovation
in China. The project was later supported by Rockefellers Foundation in 2004.
Albert is also an inspiring role model for the youth. In 2006, he solo-cycled 2000 km across the
Qinghai-Tibet plateau to raise $200,000 for Medecins Sans Frontiers. Prior to the Sichuan Earthquake,
Albert organized the first “Emergency Engineering” course in 2006 with HK Institution of Engineers to
prepare young engineers for demanding emergency relief operations. Some of the participants later
contributed to the relief work in Sichuan. “Advanced Emergency Engineering” was organized the
following year. Albert is highly regarded by engineers and humanitarian workers as the “latrine expert”
in Hong Kong.
Albert is keen in promoting volunteerism and global citizenship to younger generations. He joined
HKU as a staff in 2007 and shared his extensive NGO network and relief experience to support
service-learning activities around the world. In recent 5 years his team has supported over 18,000
students serving more than 92,000 people through 600 projects worldwide.