Dr. Quan Dau

Dr. Quan Dau is a sessional instructor and postdoctoral research associate at the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. He has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Khon Kaen University and has worked as a research assistant at the Water Resources and Environmental Institute in Thailand, a research associate at Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom, a postdoctoral fellow at the National Research Institute of Agriculture-Food-Environment in France, and a consultant at UNESCO Vietnam. Dr. Dau’s research mainly focuses on water science and global climate change, including the hydrological cycle, water resources planning and management, remote sensing, artificial intelligence, climate change adaptation, irrigation water management, socio-economic projection, and reservoir operating management.

Teaching Experiences

• ENV 2130/BIO 2130 – Integrated Watershed Management
• ENV 3320 – Environmental Innovation and Change Management
• ENV 2040 – Methods of Environmental Inquiry
• ACC 3010 – Global Climate Systems/Science
• ACC 4020 – Uncertainty and Probability in Climate Change
• ACC 1020 – Introduction to Climate Adaptation Tools and Technologies
• ACC3060L – Remote Sensing and Climate Change

Publications

• Basheer, S., Wang, X., Dau, Q.V., Awais, M., Kinay, P., Pang, T., Mahmood, M.Q. (2024). Quantification of carbon flux patterns in ecosystems: A case study of Prince Edward Island. Land, 13, 1692. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13101692
• Dau Q.V, Wang X, Aziz F, Nawaz R.A., Pang T, Mahmood M.Q. (2024). Pluvial flood modeling for coastal areas – A case study for Prince Edward Island, Canada, Journal of Hydrology, 641, 131769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131769
• Liu K, Raisolsadat A, Wang X, Dau Q.V. (2024). Quantitative assessment of G7’s collaboration in Sustainable Development Goals, Nature Communication. 15, 7274. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51663-5
• Pang T, Mohammad S, Dau Q.V, Wang X. (2024). Assessing the social risks of flooding for coastal societies: A case study for Prince Edward Island, Canada, Environmental Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ad61c8
• Zhang S, Wang X, Kinay P, Dau Q.V.  (2024). Climate change impacts on potato storage, Food, 13(7):1119. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13071119
• Wang, X., Dau Q. V, and Aziz, F. (2023). Real-time peak flow prediction based on signal matching. Environmental Modelling & Software, 172, 105926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2023.105926
• Dau Q.V., Wang X, Shad M.A.R, Kinay P. & Basheer S. (2023). Assessing the potential impacts of climate change on coastal ecosystems – A Canadian case study. Remote Sensing, 15, 4742. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15194742.
• Dau QV, Kangrang A, Kuntiyawichai K. (2023). Probability-based rule curves for multi-purpose reservoir system in the Seine river basin, France. Water, 15(9):1732. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15091732
• Adeloye JA. &  Dau Q.V. (2023). A system-based probing of climate and societal perturbations on water resources management. Development in Environmental Science, 14, 107-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18640-0.00003-1
• Rustum R, Adeloye JA. & Dau Q.V. (2022). Water resource planning and climate change. Water and Climate Change. p. 27-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99875-8.00004-5
• Dau Q.V& Adeloye A. (2021). Influence of reservoir joint operation on performance of the Pong-Bhakra multipurpose, multi-reservoir system in northern India. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 147(11): 04021076.  https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)wr.1943-5452.0001462
• Dau Q.V., Kuntiyawichai, K. (2021). Potential impacts of climate and socio-economic changes on future water demand in the Himalayas, India. Geographia Technica, 16(2):1-8. https://www.doi.org/10.21163/GT_2021.162.01
• Dau Q.V& Adeloye A. (2021). Water security implications of climate and socio-economic stressors. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 66:7, 1097-1112.  https://www.doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2021.1909032
• Dau Q.V, Momblanch A. & Adeloye A. (2021). Adaptation in a Himalayan water resources system under a sustainable socio-economic pathway in a high-emission context. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 26(3), 04021003, 1-21.  https://www.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0002064
• Dau Q.V, Kuntiyawichai K & Adeloye JA. (2021). Future changes in water availability due to climate change projections for Huong Basin, Vietnam. Environ. Process. 8, 77–98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-020-00475-y
• Dau Q.V& Kuntiyawichai K. (2020). Identifying adaptive reservoir operation for future climate change scenarios: A case study in Central Vietnam. Water Resources, 47(2): 189-199. https://www.doi.org/10.1134/S009780782002013X
• Dau Q.V& Adeloye JA. (2020). Effects of climate and socio-economic changes on basin water resources management: A case study in the Beas-Sutlej River Basin, India. Hydrology and Water Resources In Nigeria, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) – ISSN:231-6686, pp.141-158.
• Adeloye JA, Wuni I, Dau Q.V, Soundharajan B-S, Kasiviswanathan KS. (2019). Height-Area-Storage functional models for evaporation loss inclusion in reservoir planning analysis. Water, 11, 1413. https://www.doi.org/10.3390/w11071413
• Adeloye JA & Dau Q.V. (2019). Hedging as an adaptive measure for climate change induced water shortage at the Pong reservoir in the Indus Basin Beas River, India. Science of the Total Environment, 687: 554-566.https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.021
• Dau Q.V, Kuntiyawichai K, & Fransiscus XS. (2018). Drought severity assessment in the lower Nam Phong river basin, Thailand. Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology, 40(4):985-992. https://www.doi.org/10.14456/sjst-psu.2018.99
• Dau Q.V, Kuntiyawichai K, & Vichian P. (2017). Quantification of flood damage under potential climate change impacts in Central Vietnam. Irrigation and Drainage, 66(5): 842-853. https://www.doi.org/10.1002/ird.2160
• Kuntiyawichai K, Dau Q.V, & Saengdavanh I. (2017). Community engagement for irrigation water management in Lao PDR. Journal of Water and Land Development, No.35: 121-128. https://www.doi.org/10.1515/jwld-2017-0075
• Kuntiyawichai K, Vichian P, Ramasamy J, & Dau Q.V. (2017). Climate change vulnerability for the Greater Mekong Sub-region. Chiang Mai University Journal of Natural Science. 16(3):165-173. https://www.doi.org/10.12982/CMUJNS.2017.0013
• Kuntiyawichai K. Dau Q.V, Winai S, & Fransiscus XS. (2016). An assessment of flood hazard and risk zoning in the lower Nam Phong river basin. International Journal of Technology, 7: 1117-1124. https://www.doi.org/10.14716/ijtech.v7i7.4871
• Dau Q.V& Kuntiyawichai K. (2015). An assessment potential of climate change impacts on flood risk in Central Vietnam. European Scientific Journal, 1: 667-681
• Kuntiyawichai K, Vichian P, Ramasamy J, & Dau Q.V. (2015). Climate change vulnerability mapping for Greater Mekong Sub-region. UNESCO Bangkok, TH/SC/15-01, pp.49.