Jaeyoung Ha

Jaeyoung Ha is an Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture at Virginia Tech. His primary areas of focus for research, teaching, and practice lie in three domains. The first is the exploration of how the built and natural environments affect people's mental and physical well-being, with an emphasis on advancing our understanding of these mechanisms. The second area of his expertise revolves around the utilization of immersive visualization technology (e.g., Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality) to develop advanced research and teaching methodologies that facilitate evidence-based design. Lastly, he engages in interdisciplinary and collaborative research across various disciplines with a focus on climate resilience design and planning. He is a licensed landscape architect in Korea and managed numerous landscape and urban design projects, including urban parks, recreational, commercial, and community development.