Prof. Josué Medellín-Azuara

Civil and Environmental Engineering

University of California, USA

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications
2006 Ph.D., University of California, Ecology Environmental Policy Analysis

2003 M.Sc., University of California, Agricultural and Resource Economics

1993 B.Sc., ITESM, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering

Publications (Selected)

1. Salomon-Vera, M. A., Medellin-Azuara, J., Arizmendi-Echegaray, G., et al. (2025). Interregional Water Systems: An Alternative for Integrated Water Management Through Game Theory Application. Water, 17(24), Article 3562.
2. Guevara-Polo, D. E., Patino-Gomez, C., Medellin-Azuara, J., et al. (2025). Insights from Hydro-Economic Modeling for Climate Resilience in the Nazas-Aguanaval Watershed in Mexico. Water, 17(21), Article 3183.
3. Li, L., Cole, S., Rodriguez-Flores, J. M., et al. (2025). Synergies Between Agricultural Production and Shorebird Conservation With Climate Change in the Central Valley, California, With Optimized Water Allocation and Multi-Benefit Land Use. Global Change Biology, 31(6), Article e70304.
4. Li, L., Dogan, M. S., Maskey, M., et al. (2025). Optimized water allocation with managed groundwater recharge and prioritized wetland deliveries to moderate human-nature water use tradeoffs under climate change. Journal of Hydrology-Regional Studies, 60, Article 102496.
5. Abatzoglou, J. T., Parker, L. E., Viers, J. H., et al. (2025). Shorter growing seasons may moderate climate change effects on crop water demands. Environmental Research Letters, 20(3), Article 034017.
6. Dourado, G. F., Medellin-Azuara, J., Fortier, M. O., et al. (2025). Knowledge gaps, water caps and regulatory traps: policies, practices, and lessons from environmental flow requirements in the San Joaquin River, California. Environmental Research Letters, 20(2), Article 021002.
7. Bonilla-Lopez, E., Lobato-Sanchez, R., Medellin-Azuara, J., et al. (2025). Satellite precipitation product assessment and correction technique selection at sub-basin scale for maximum annual events. Case study: Acaponeta River basin. Atmosfera, 39, 49–75.
8. Beutel, M., Mendoza-Espinosa, L., Medina, C., et al. (2024). Achieving Responsible Reclaimed Water Reuse for Vineyard Irrigation: Lessons from Napa Valley, California and Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California. Water, 16(19), Article 2817.
9. Erfani, M., Maskey, M. L., Dogan, M. S., et al. (2024). Hydroeconomic Optimization and Reoperation of Folsom Reservoir for Flood-Managed Aquifer Recharge Implementation. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 150(10), Article 04024038.
10. Dogan, M. S., Fefer, M. A., Herman, J. D., et al. (2024). Integrated water operations under climate change: Uluova Micro Basin example (Vol 15, pg 3689, 2024). Journal of Water and Climate Change, 15(9), 4918.
11. Medellin-Azuara, J., Escriva-Bou, A., Gaudin, A. C. M., et al. (2024). Cultivating climate resilience in California agriculture: Adaptations to an increasingly volatile water future. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(32), Article e2310079121.
12. Peterson, J. T., McCreless, E., Duarte, A., et al. (2024). Prototyping structured decision making for water resource management in the San Francisco Bay-Delta. Environmental Science & Policy, 157, Article 103775.
13. Yao, Y., Lund, J. R., & Medellin-Azuara, J. (2024). Combining Crop and Water Decisions to Manage Groundwater Overdraft over Decadal and Longer Timescales. Water, 16(9), Article 1223.
14. Dogan, M. S., Medellin-Azuara, J., & Lund, J. R. (2024). Hydropower Reservoir Optimization with Solar Generation-Changed Energy Prices in California. Water Resources Management, 38(6), 2135–2153.
15. Dalcin, A. P., Marques, G. F., Tilmant, A., et al. (2024). An electricity market-based approach to finance environmental flow restoration. Journal of Environmental Management, 353, Article 120231.
16. Rodriguez-Flores, J. M., Fernandez-Bou, A. S., Ortiz-Partida, J. P., et al. (2024). Drivers of domestic wells vulnerability during droughts in California's Central Valley. Environmental Research Letters, 19(1), Article 014003.
17. Rodriguez-Flores, J. M., Gupta, R. S., Zeff, H. B., et al. (2023). Identifying robust adaptive irrigation operating policies to balance deeply uncertain economic food production and groundwater sustainability trade-offs. Journal of Environmental Management, 345, Article 118901.
18. Hernandez-Cruz, A., Sandoval-Solis, S., Mendoza-Espinosa, L. G., et al. (2023). Assessing Water Management Strategies under Water Scarcity in the Mexican Portion of the Colorado River Basin. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 149(9), Article 04023042.
19. Klassert, C., Yoon, J., Sigel, K., et al. (2023). Unexpected growth of an illegal water market. Nature Sustainability, 6(11).
20. Ortiz-Partida, J. P., Fernandez-Bou, A. S., Maskey, M., et al. (2023). Hydro-Economic Modeling of Water Resources Management Challenges: Current Applications and Future Directions. Water Economics and Policy, 9(1).

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WOS ResearcherID: AAH-4059-2020