Dr. Thomas Kang is a professor in the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering and the Interdisciplinary Program in Artificial Intelligence at Seoul National University, Korea. Prior to that, he was a professor in the School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA. He has held various affiliated positions in the USA, Japan and South Africa, including an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, UCLA, the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the University of Tokyo and the University of Cape Town. Prof. Kang received his PhD from UCLA, his MS from Michigan State University, and his BS from Seoul National University. Prof. Kang is a fellow of Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) and a fellow of American Concrete Institute (ACI).

Prof. Kang received the Kenneth B. Bondy Award for Most Meritorious Technical Paper as Lead Author twice from PTI in 2012 and 2023, and the Wason Medal for Most Meritorious Paper as a lead author from ACI in 2009 with the subject of post-tensioned concrete. Prof. Kang is an editor-in-chief for Wind and Structures and an associate editor for PTI Journal of Post-Tensioning Institute. Prof. Kang published more than 175 international journal papers, including 55 in ACI Structural Journal. He has chaired many sessions/symposiums of structural engineering; delivered many keynote/invited speeches; and organized international conferences/workshops as a chair.

Additionally, Dr. Kang has done a lot of practice as a consulting engineer in Korea and the USA prior to joining the academia, he had a working experience in California, USA (e.g., John A. Martin & Associates) and was a licensed Professor Engineer (PE) in California.