Leonard Schrage

I'm a researcher, engineer, and designer — interested in cities, computation, and climate change.

I run Living Systems and have held research positions at MIT, Northeastern, TU Berlin, and Fraunhofer Institute. I studied at MIT, Harvard, the Architectural Association, and TUM.

I research how computational tools can help generate essential data for sustainable development, break down urban complexity, and inform climate-resilient design and policy interventions. My work integrates human-computer interaction, software engineering, geospatial data science and visualisation, machine learning, computer vision, and high-performance computing.

Previously, I started Material Guide and 1×1, following a decade of building digital products for NGOs, start-ups, corporates, and governments. Clients and collaborators include WWF, WHO, Microsoft Research, Intel, and SAP. One of my favourite past projects is Water Sense—a low-cost, open source IoT solution for small-holder farmers.

Find out more on LinkedIn, GitHub, Hugging Face, Bluesky, and Are.na. Or just email me — I’m always open for conversation and collaboration.