Yeong Jae Kim is a professor at the KDI School of Public Policy and Management in Korea and an affiliated scientist at EIEE. An empirical environmental economist, he studies low-carbon innovation, technology transfer, green growth, and the socioeconomic impacts of energy and climate policies. He now uses RCTs and microeconometrics to study data centers and EV charging. He has been a visiting professor at KAIST and a senior researcher at the Tyndall Centre. He holds a Ph.D. from Georgia Tech.