THANH DUC DANG, PhD

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA 33620

(813) 573 9478 • ddt21@usf.edu • thanhiwer@gmail.com

Education (Most recent first):

College or University	Department and/or Major	Dates Attended	Degree
University of Canterbury	Civil Engineering	03/2014-03/2018	PhD
University of New South Wales	Civil Engineering	06/2009-12/2010	ME
Thuyloi University	Hydraulic Engineering	09/2002-06/2007	BE

Professional Experience:

Dates	Organization	Position
04/2021- Present	University of South Florida	Researcher
07/2021-Present	University of Tokyo	JSPS Research Fellow
04/2018-03/2021	Singapore University of Technology and Design	Research Fellow
07/2007-03/2014	Thuyloi University	Researcher

10 most pertinent Publications (of 34 journal articles total):

Siala, K., Chowdhury, K., Dang, T.D., Galelli, S. 2021. Solar energy and regional coordination as a feasible alternative to the ’Battery of Asia’ plan. Nature Communications, 12, 4159.

Chowdhury, K., Dang, T.D., Nguyen, T.T.H., Koh, R., Galelli, S. 2021. The Greater Mekong's climate - water - energy nexus: how ENSO-triggered regional droughts affect power supply and CO₂ emissions. Earth's Future, 9(3).

Tran, A.T., Dang, T.D., Nguyen, H.T., Van, P.H.T. 2021. Moving towards sustainable coastal adaptation: Analysis of hydrological drivers of saltwater intrusion in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Science of the Total Environment, 770, 145125.

Dang, T.D., Vu, T.D., Chowdhury, K., Galelli, S. 2020. A software package for the representation and optimization of water reservoir operations in the VIC hydrological model. Environmental Modeling and Software, 126, 104673.

Chowdhury, K., Dang, T.D., Bagchi, A., Galelli, S. 2020. Expected benefits of Laos hydropower development curbed by hydro-climatic variability and limited transmission capacity-opportunities to reform. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management ASCE, 146(10), 05020019

Dang, T.D., Chowdhury, K., Galelli, S. 2020. On the representation of water reservoir storage and operations in large- scale hydrological models: implications on model parameterization and climate change impact assessments. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(1): 397-416.

Latrubesse, E., Park, E., Sieh, K., Dang, T.D., Lin, Y.N., Yun S. 2020. Dam failure and a catastrophic flood in the Mekong Basin (Bolaven Plateau), southern Laos, 2018. Geomorphology, 362, 107221.

Hecht, J., Lacombe, G., Arias, M., Dang, T.D., Piman, T. 2019. Hydropower dams of the Mekong River basin: a review of their hydrological impacts. Journal of Hydrology, 568: 285-300.

Dang, T.D., Cochrane, T.A., Arias, M.E., Van, P.D.T. 2018. Future hydrological alterations in the Mekong Delta under the impact of water resources development, land subsidence and sea level rise. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 15: 119-133.

Dang, T.D., Cochrane, T.A., Arias, M.E., Van, P.D.T., de Vries, T. 2016. Hydrological alteration from water infrastructure development in the Mekong floodplains. Hydrological Processes, 30: 3824-3838.

Recent Activities

• Outstanding reviewer, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 2020.
• Outstanding contribution in reviewing activities, International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation,
• Guest Editor and Topic Editor Board, Remote
• Active Reviewer: 34 journals (Vietnam Science, Technology and Engineering, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management ASCE, Computer Software & Modeling, Water Resources Research, Environmental Research Letters, Geophysical Research Letters, Hydrological Processes, ).