Dr. Kee Moon Jang is a postdoctoral researcher at MIT Senseable City Lab and an incoming assistant professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) Thrust of Urban Governance and Design starting in January 2026.

He completed his PhD with focus on urban design and analytics at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in 2022. He also holds a B.S. (2016, minor in Business Technology Management) and M.S. (2018) degrees from KAIST. Working at the interface between cities, people, data and design, his research interest is in leveraging data-driven approaches to understand the interaction between urban environment and people, and draw implications for future planning based on quantitative evidence.

Research Interests: place identity, urban perception, environmental exposure (green space, air quality, etc.), urban design for future autonomous cities, generative AI for urban studies.