Published/Accepted Papers

26). Tran, D.Q. & Kurkalova, L.A. Estimation of the continuity of tillage choices with aggregate and incomplete data: An application of Entropy approach. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (JAAEA). Accepted.

25). Tran, D. Q. & Le, K. N. (2025). The costs of nature-based solutions for controlling saltwater intrusion. Global Water Forum.

23). Tran, D.Q., Le, K. N., Durand-Morat, A., Nguyen, N.T. N., Bairagi, S., Huynh, V.T. M & Tran, V. T. 2025. Is it worth It? land-fallowing and saltwater intrusion control under uncertainty. Science of the Total Environment. 966 (2025), 1-15.

21). Pathak, S., Wang H., Tran, D. Q & Adusumilli, N., C. 2023. Persistence and disadoption of sustainable agricultural practices in the Mississippi Delta region. Agronomy Journal. 116(2), 765-776.

19). Tran, D.Q., Nguyen, N.T. N., Huynh, V.T. M., Bairagi, S., Le, N. K., Tran, V. T & Durand-Morat, A. 2023. Modeling Saltwater Intrusion Risk in the Presence of Uncertainty. Science of the Total Environment. 908, 168140. Preprint version can be accessed here.

18). Ali, A.M. A., Tran, D.Q., Kovacs, K & Dahlke, H. 2023. Hydro-economic modeling of managed aquifer recharge in the lower Mississippi. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 00 (0): 1– 22

17). Nemati, M., Tran, D.Q & Schwabe, K. 2023. Residential Water Conservation and the Rebound Effects: A Temporal Decomposition and Investigation. Water Resources Research, 59 (4), 1-18.

14). Tran, D. Q., Beggs, K., Cosgray, C & MacPherson, D. 2022. Volume 2: Annual Assessment of Florida’s Water Resources: Supply, Demand, and Quality. Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Florida Legislature.

13). Nemati, M & Tran, D. Q. 2022. The impact of COVID-19 on urban water consumption in the United States. Water. 14(19), 3096.

12). Bairagi, S.K., Mishra, A. K & Tran, D. Q. 2021. Disentangling gender-differentiated impact on food security and poverty: empirical evidence from Vietnam. Journal of International Development, 34(3), 493– 511.

11). Babcock, B., Nemati, M., & Tran, D. Q. (2021). Will citrus survive SGMA? Understanding California grower crop choice. Citrograph, 12(4).32–37.

10). Tran, D.Q. & Kovacs, K. 2021. Climate uncertainty and optimal groundwater augmentation. Water Resources Research, 57 (9), 1-19.

9). Tran, D.Q., Kovacs, K & West, G. 2020. Spatial economic predictions of managed aquifer recharge for an agricultural landscape. Agricultural Water Management, 66 (4), 666-682.

8). Tran, D.Q., Kovacs, K & Wallander, S. 2020. Water conservation with managed aquifer recharge under increased drought risk. Environmental Management, 241, 1-11.

7). Tran, D.Q., Kovacs, K & Wallander, S. 2019. Long-run optimization of landscape-level irrigation through managed aquifer recharge or expanded surface reservoirs. Journal of Hydrology, 579 (2019), 1-12.

6). Tran, D.Q. & Kurkalova, L.A. 2019. Persistence in tillage decisions: aggregate data analysis. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 7 (2), 109-118.

5). Huynh, V. T. M., Avtar, M. R., Kumar, P., Tran, D.Q., Tran, T. V., Behra, H. C & Masaaki, K. 2019. Groundwater Quality Assessment using Fuzzy-AHP in An Giang province of Vietnam. Geosciences, 9 (330), 1-23.

4). Huynh, V. T. M., Masaaki, K., Tran, T. V., Tran, D.Q., Le, K. N., Avtar, M. R & Osaki, M. 2019. Effects of Multi-Dike Protection Systems on Surface Water Quality in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Water, 11 (1010), 1-23.

3). Kurkalova, L.A & Tran, D.Q.“Impact of stover collection on Iowa land use.” In: Li, R, and Monti, A (Eds.), Land Allocation for Biomass: Challenges and Opportunities, 2018.

2). Le, K. N ., Manoj K. J., Jeong, J., Gassman, P, W., Reyes, M, R., Doro, L., Tran, D.Q. & Hok, L. 2018. Evaluation of long-term SOC and crop productivity within conservation systems using GFDL CM2.1 and EPIC. Sustainability, 10 (2665), 1-18.

1). Kurkalova, L.A. & Tran, D.Q. 2017. Is the use of no-till continuous or rotational? Quantifying tillage dynamics from time-ordered spatially aggregated data. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 72(2), 131-138.

Papers Under Review and Preparation

8). Tran, D.Q. & Kurkalova, L.A. Cost of continuous conservation tillage: an application of Network Flow. Under review.

7). Tran, D.Q & Le, N. K. Groundwater depletion and economic value of managed aquifer recharge in the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer. Under review.

6). Babcock, B., Nemati, M & Tran, D. Q. Estimation of supply elasticities for non-exchange traded commodities. Under review. Preprint version available here.

5). Tran, D. Q. & Borisova, T. Quantifying effects of climate extremes and socioeconomic dynamics on future water demand and water supply investment: a hybrid machine learning approach. In preparation.

4). Tran, D.Q., Le, N. K., Durand-Morat, A., Nguyen, N.T. N., Bairagi, S., Huynh, V.T. M & Tran, V. T. Simulating the impact of water demand management options on saltwater intrusion in a mega-delta under uncertainty. In preparation.

3). Nemati, M., Tran, D.Q & Schwabe, K. Effect of water-reduction mandate during drought on hourly residential water use. In preparation.

2). Tran, D.Q & Le, N. K. Does corn move north? An assessment of recent changes in crop rotation in the U.S. Corn Belt using remote sensing data. In preparation.

1). Tran, D.Q., Nguyen, N.T. N., Bairagi, S., Le, N. K., Huynh, V.T. M. A regional hydro-economic model for estimating the costs of increased saltwater intrusion risk on agriculture. In preparation.

Conferences: please see my CV