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(434) 243-8865
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Olsson 113A

Majid Shafiee-Jood

Research Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Director of Graduate Studies
Contact
Office
(434) 243-8865
Location
PO Box 400747
Lab
Olsson 113A
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About

Majid Shafiee-Jood is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia, where he also serves as the Director of Graduate Studies. Shafiee-Jood conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of climate risk management, water management, decision making, and policy. 

Shafiee-Jood has a Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he focused on advancing forecast-informed decision making in water resources and agricultural systems by bridging the gap between theoretical and empirical studies. Before joining UVA in August of 2020, he spent was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign leading an interdisciplinary project funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Program Office on improving seasonal drought forecast information in rainfed agricultural systems in the US Midwest. 

Shafiee-Jood also has a master's degree in Water Resources Engineering and a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering, both from Sharif University of Technology in Iran.

Education

B.S. Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2010

M.S. Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2012

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, 2019

"I use interdisciplinary and systems-based approaches to study complex human-nature systems for the benefit of society and policy making."

Majid Shafiee-Jood

Research Interests

Climate Risk Management
Modeling of Coupled Human-Natural Systems
Resilience in Complex Systems
Water Resources Systems Analysis, Planning, and Management
Forecast-informed Decision Making
Controlled Decision-Making Experiments

Selected Publications

Modeling Users’ Trust in Drought Forecasts. Weather, Climate, and Society, M. SHAFIEE-JOOD, T. DERYUGINA, AND X. CAI (2021)
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Socio-hydrology: A new understanding to unite or a new science to divide. Water, K. MADANI AND M. SHAFIEE-JOOD (2020)
Hierarchical decision modeling framework to meet environmental objectives in biofuel development. J. Water Resources Planning and Management, 144 M. SHAFIEE-JOOD, M. HOUSH AND X. CAI (2018)
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Understanding and managing FEW nexus: Opportunities for water resources research. Advances in Water Resources, 111 X. CAI, K. WALLINGTON, M. SHAFIEE-JOOD AND L. MARSTON (2018)
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Reducing food loss and waste to enhance food security and environmental sustainability. Environmental Science & Technology, 50 M. SHAFIEE-JOOD, AND X. CAI (2016)
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Awards