Summary
Kai Lukoff is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at Santa Clara University who researches, designs, and builds human-centered technologies to improve digital wellbeing. With 11 years of experience spanning product roles at mobile startups in China and a PhD from the University of Washington, he blends field experiments, design interventions, and real-world product changes to study how app features affect user agency and meaning. His work has influenced redesigns of platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter and been published in top HCI venues including CHI, CSCW, IMWUT, and Mindfulness Journal. Comfortable shifting between rigorous academic methods and product-minded implementation, he brings a rare mix of cross-cultural product experience and empirical HCI scholarship to address attention and wellbeing in everyday devices.
11 years of coding experience
BA, BA at Stanford University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at University of Washington
University of Michigan - School of Information
Certificate, Certificate at Shanghai Jiao Tong University
German, English, Chinese