Dr. Quan Dau, EIT

Dr. Quan Dau is a scientist, researcher, instructor, and data and geospatial professional with more than 15 years of international experience across environmental science, engineering, climate and water resources, GIS, data science, statistics, and technology development.

He currently serves as:

• Research and Statistical Officer 3 with Vital Statistics, Service Nova Scotia, Government of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Canada.
• Research Associate at the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada.
• Sessional Instructor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada.

Teaching Experiences

• ACC 1020 – Introduction to Climate Adaptation Tools and Technologies
• PHYS 2800 – Climate Change
• ACC 3010 – Global Climate Systems/Science
• ACC 3060L – Remote Sensing and Climate Change
• ACC 4020 – Uncertainty and Probability in Climate Change
• ENV 2130/BIO 2130 – Integrated Watershed Management
• ENV 2040 – Methods of Environmental Inquiry
• ENV 3320 – Environmental Innovation and Change Management

Research Articles

• Dau Q.V, Nawaz R.A., and Wang X. (2026). Hindcasting Compound Coastal-inland Flood Events Caused by Post-tropical Storms, Journal of Hydrology, 678, 136049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.136049
• Shad M.A.R., Dau Q.V., Wang X. (2025). Social-ecological vulnerability and risk to coastal flooding and erosion in major coastal cities. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 105286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105286
• 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

Book/Chapters

• 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.
• 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. &  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.
• Kuntiyawichai K, Vichian P, Ramasamy J, & Dau Q.V. (2015). Climate change vulnerability for the Greater Mekong Sub-region. TH/SC/15-01, 49p, UNESCO Library. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000243557

Conference Proceedings

• Dau Q.V & X .Wang (2025). Assessing compound flooding risks in coastal cities: A global analysis of storm surge and precipitation dependencies. CSCE Winnipeg 2025. https://doi.org/10.3138/csce-2025-0147
• Dau Q.V, Dorchies, D.  Bader, J. (2021). Many-objective risk assessment framework for guiding operational decisions on multiple reservoirs. EGU General Assembly,19–30 Apr 2021, EGU21-10676, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-10676.
• Dau Q.V& Adeloye JA (2020). Understanding the effects of climate change and socio-economic changes in water allocation adaptation in Indian Himalayas. Water Conclave 2020, Roorkee, India. https://www.iitr.ac.in/rwc2020/pdf/papers/RWC_178_Dau_Adeloye.pdf
• Dau Q.V& Adeloye JA (2019). Performance benefits of Integrated operation for multipurpose reservoirs system. International Conference on Clean Water, Air and Soil, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. https://inwascon.org.my/cleanwas/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/FINAL-ABSTRACT-BOOK-REVISED-2019.pdf
• Dau Q.V& Kuntiyawichai K. (2016). Potential impacts of climate change on reservoir flood control in the Huong river basin, Vietnam. Proceeding in 4^th APG Symposium and 9^th EADC. Hokkaido, Japan, pp. 41-46. https://jcold.sakura.ne.jp/cm/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/9th_web-APG-EADC_2016_Proceedings

Reports

• Wang, X, Dau Q.V, &,  Nawaz R.A. (2025). Technical Report for Historical Flood Mapping of Hurricanes Dorian and Fiona in PEI.  Climate Smart Lab, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada (https://chris.peiclimate.ca/reports/PEI_Historical_Flood_Maps_for_Hurricanes_Fiona_and_Dorian_by_UPEI.pdf).
• Wang, X, Nawaz R.A. & Dau Q.V. (2025). Technical Report on the Identification of Flood Isolated areas in PEI.  Climate Smart Lab, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada (https://chris.peiclimate.ca/reports/Identification_of_Flood_Isolated_Areas_in_PEI_by_UPEI.pdf).
• Wang X, Dau Q.V, Aziz F, Nawaz R.A, Pang T. Mahmood M.Q. (2024). Technical report for PEI pluvial flood mapping Climate Smart Lab, Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada (https://chris.peiclimate.ca/reports/PEI_Pluvial_Flood_Mapping_Final_Report_by_UPEI.pdf).