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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Assistant Professor of Urban Design and Analytics

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Thrust of Urban Governance and Design

✉️ keemoonjang@hkust-gz.edu.cn
📍 W4(C8) L3 310

Kee Moon Jang, PhD

  • Dr. Kee Moon Jang is an assistant professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) Thrust of Urban Governance and Design. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at MIT Senseable City Lab and completed his PhD with focus on urban design and analytics at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). He also holds a bachelor and master 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/placemaking, green space accessibility/exposure, visual AI application to cities, LLM-augmented urban planning and design, future smart cities

Meet the Team

  • Keran Li

    Keran Li

    PhD Student (2026-)

    Keran earned a Master of Architecture from China University of Mining and Technology and a Bachelor of Engineering from Tianjin University, specializing in urban science and design.

    Research Interests:
    - mobility-based sensing
    - urban informatics
    - healthy city

  • Ziqing Yuan

    PhD Student (2026-)

    Ziqing holds a Master of Urban Design from The University of Hong Kong and a Bachelor of Arts in Design from City University of Macau.

    Research Interests:
    - urban public spaces
    - human behavior
    - user perception
    - AI-driven analysis

  • Jiqian Huang

    Research Assistant (2026-)

    Jiqian earned a Master of Engineering from South China University of Technology and a Bachelor of Architecture from Hunan University, specializing in Urban Analysis and Design.

    Research Interests:
    - Human Mobility
    - Urban Equity
    - Digital Heritage

  • Prospective Student

Join the Team

If you are interested, please email me (keemoonjang@hkust-gz.edu.cn) with the following materials:

1. CV
2. One page research statement (including past experience and future idea)
3. (Optional) A representative publication

*Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview; successful candidates will receive instructions for the formal online application.

**Application deadline: please refer to the university’s admission website.