Keyvan Malek

Education

• Ph.D., Biological and Agricultural Engineering - Washington State University (2016)
• M.Sc., Agricultural Engineering - Bu Ali Sina University, Iran - (2008) 
• B.Sc., Agricultural Engineering - University of Tehran, Iran - (2006)

Academic Positions

• Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Agricultural and Biological Engineering (2022 - present)
• Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell University, Civil and Environmental Engineering (2019 - 2021)
• Instructor and Postdoctoral Associate, Washington State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering (2017 - 2018)
• Graduate Research Assistant, Washington State University, Biological and Agricultural Engineering (2011 - 2016)

Other Professional Employment

• Sr. Principal Data and Computational Scientist, Nutrien Ag Solutions, Inc. (2021 - present)

Research Interests

• Decision Analytics for Complex Systems
• Statistical Analysis and Artificial Intelligence
• Simulation of Agricultural Processes and Biogeochemical Cycles
• Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering
• Institutional and Infrastructural Adaptations to Climate Change

Books Authored or Co-Authored (Original Editions)

• Reed, P.M., Hadjimichael, A., Malek, K., Karimi, T., Vernon, C.R., Srikrishnan, V., Gupta, R.S., Gold, D.F., Lee, B., Keller, K., Thurber, T.B., & Rice, J.S. (2022). Addressing Uncertainty in Multisector Dynamics Research.

Selected Articles in Journals

• Yourek, M., Liu, M., Scarpare, F.V., Rajagopalan, K., Malek, K., Boll, J., Huang, M., Chen, M. and Adam, J.C., 2023. Downscaling global land-use/cover change scenarios for regional analysis of food, energy, and water subsystems. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11, p.86.
• Yan, H., Sun, N., Eldardiry, H., Thurber, T.B., Reed, P.M., Malek, K., Gupta, R., Kennedy, D., Swenson, S.C., Wang, L. and Li, D., 2023. Characterizing uncertainty in Community Land Model version 5 hydrological applications in the United States. Nature Scientific Data, 10(1), p.187.
• Yan, H., Sun, N., Eldardiry, H., Thurber, T.B., Reed, P.M., Malek, K., Gupta, R., Kennedy, D., Swenson, S.C., Hou, Z. and Cheng, Y., 2023. Large ensemble diagnostic evaluation of hydrologic parameter uncertainty in the Community Land Model Version 5 (CLM5). Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 15(5), p.e2022MS003312.
• Flores, J., S. Cole, J. Valero Fandino, K. Malek, T. Karimi, H. Zeff, A. Escriva-Bou, J. Medellin-Azuara. (2023). Global Sensitivity Analysis for a Coupled Hydro-Economic Model under a Groundwater Management Policy in Kern County, California. Water Resources Management.
• Karimi, T., P. Reed, K. Malek, & J. Adam. (2022). Diagnostic Framework for Evaluating How Parametric Uncertainty Influences Climate Change Projections of Crop Yields Using Agro-Hydrologic Modeling. Water Resources Research.
• Malek, K., P. Reed, H.Zeff, A. Hamilton, M. Wrzesien, N. Holtzman, S. Steinschneider, J. Herman, T. Pavelsky. (2022) Bias Correction of Hydrologic Projections Strongly Impacts Inferred Climate Vulnerabilities in Institutionally Complex Water Systems. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 148, 04021095.
• Lin, CY, E. Yang, K. Malek, and J. Adam. (2022). An Investigation of Coupled Natural Human Systems Using a Two-Way Coupled Agent-Based Modeling Framework. Environmental Modelling & Software 155: 105451.
• Malek, K., J. Adam, J. Yoder, J. Givens, C. Stockle, M. Brady, T. Karimi, K. Rajagopalan, M. Liu, and P. Reed. (2021). Impacts of irrigation efficiency on water-dependent sectors are heavily controlled by region-specific institutions and infrastructures. Journal of Environmental Management 300: 113731.
• Zeff, H., A. Hamilton, K. Malek, J. Herman, J. Cohen, J. Medellin-Azuara, P. Reed, and G. Characklis. (2021). California Food-Energy-Water System: An Open Source Simulation Model of Adaptive Surface and Groundwater Management in the Central Valley. Environmental Modelling & Software 141: 105052.
• Malek, K., P. Reed, J. Adam, T. Karimi, & M. Brady. (2020). Water Rights Shape Crop Yield and Revenue Volatility Tradeoffs for Adaptation in Snow Dependent Systems. Nature Communications, 11(1): 1–10.
• Malek, K., J. Adam, C. Stockle, M. Brady, & K. Rajagopalan. (2018). When Should Irrigators Invest in More Water‐Efficient Technologies as an Adaptation to Climate Change? Water Resources Research 54(11): 8999–9032.
• Malek, K., C. Stockle, J. Adam, & T. Peters. (2018). Climate Change Reduces Water Availability for Agriculture by Decreasing Non-Evaporative Irrigation Losses. Journal of Hydrology, 561: 444–460.
• Malek, K., C. Stockle, K. Chinnayakanahalli, R. Nelson, M. Liu, K. Rajagopalan, M. Barik, & J. C. Adam. (2017). VIC-CropSyst-v2: A Regional-Scale Modeling Platform to Simulate the Nexus of Climate, Hydrology, Cropping Systems, and Human Decisions. Geoscientific Model Development, 10(8): 3059.
• Malek, K., & R. Peters. (2011). Wetting Pattern Models for Drip Irrigation: New Empirical Model. J. Irrig. Drain. Eng., 137: 530–536.
• Kandelous, M. M., J. Simunek, M. T. van Genuchten, & K. Malek. (2011). Soil Water Content Distributions between Two Emitters of a Subsurface Drip Irrigation System. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., 75: 488.

Recent Courses Taught

• ABE 498 JG1 - Data & Uncertainty Analysis