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Megan Konar

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UIUC

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The Grainger College of Engineering

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Megan Konar is currently serving as a Civil & Environmental Engineering Associate Professor at Uiuc.

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UIUC

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agricultural economics water resource management water resources environmental science economics geography international trade trade food policy hydrological process water scarcity climate change water science sustainability science hydrology environmental economics water supply global policy agricultural water management united states water-energy-food nexus economic geography sustainable development food distribution food security water footprinting production economics water reallocation water markets water footprint environmental impact assessment agricultural impacts virtual water trade environmental planning economic analysis water sustainability water governance drought management climate-smart agriculture hydrometeorology ecohydrology economic modelling food transport irrigation trade patterns trade policy virtual water agricultural production climatic change urban water management food chain production groundwater management water security drought resilience drought risk management flood risk management hydrological sciences water consumption groundwater overexploitation water-energy nexus economic integration supply chain trade openness water conservation water demand agricultural systems crop yields food flows drought impacts food flow model scientific challenges water sustainability problems difficult sustainability challenges multisector dynamics soil moisture panta rhei water resource policy groundwater water footprints

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Agricultural Productivity and Trade Over the Last Half Century. Environmental Research: Food Systems (2025)

Megan Konar

production economicsagricultural economicstradeeconomic historylast half centuryagricultural impactseconomicsagricultural historyworld economic history

Agri-Food Corporations’ Role in Water Sustainability and Water Resilience of Global Supply Chains. EarthArXiv (California Digital Library) (2025)

Carole DalinKyle DavisElena De PetrilloFelice DiekelPaolo D'OdoricoRick HogeboomMegan KonarMaria Cristina RulliMarta TuninettiLandon Marston

climate changefood systemsagricultural economicssustainable agriculturewater resource managementenvironmental scienceagri-food corporationssupply chainfood policywater scarcitysustainable food systems

Drought Impacts to Water Footprints and Virtual Water Transfers of Counties of the United States. Water Resources Research (2025)

P. J. RuessJ. HanleyM. Konar

water resource policyhydrological processagricultural productionwater resourcesagricultural economicswater resource managementblue water footprintsdrought risk managementenvironmental sciencewater footprintingwater footprintsdroughtagricultural water management

Multimodal and Multicereal Grain Transportation Patterns in the United States Across Cost, Emission, and Adaptability Optimization Scenarios. Environmental Science & Technology (2025)

Deniz Berfin KarakocMegan Konar

infrastructure engineeringagricultural economicsenvironmental economicstransportation researchmobilitytransport modellingfood transporttransport efficiencydata-driven decision supportunited statesenvironmental impact assessmentsustainability sciencelogistics managementtransportation engineeringfood systemssustainable productionadaptability optimization scenarioscereal grainstransport geographylogistics

Panta Rhei: A Decade of Progress in Research on Change in Hydrology and Society. Hydrological Sciences Journal (2025)

Heidi KreibichMurugesu SivapalanAmir AghaKouchakNans AddorHafzullah AksoyBerit ArheimerKarsten Arnbjerg-NielsenCynthia Vail-CastroChristophe CudennecMariana Madruga de BritoGiuliano Di BaldassarreDavid C. FingerKeirnan FowlerWouter KnobenTobias KruegerJunguo LiuElena MacdonaldHilary McMillanE. Mario MendiondoAlberto MontanariMarc F. MullerSaket PandeFuqiang TianAlberto ViglioneYongping WeiAttilio CastellarinDaniel Peter LoucksTaikan OkiMaría J. PoloHuub SavenijeAnne F. Van LoonAnkit AgarwalCamila Alvarez-GarretonAna AndreuMarlies H. BarendrechtManuela BrunnerLouise CavalcanteYonca CavusSerena CeolaPedro ChaffeXi ChenGemma CoxonZhao DandanKamran DavaryMoctar DembéléBenjamin DewalsTatiana Frolova (Bibikova)Animesh K. GainAlexander GelfanMohammad GhoreishiThomas GrabsXiaoxiang GuanDavid M. HannahJoerg HelmschrotBritta HöllermannJean HounkpèElizabeth KoebeleMegan KonarFrederik KratzertSara LinderssonMaria Carmen LlasatAlessia MatanóMaurizio MazzoleniAlfonso MejiaPablo MendozaBruno MerzJenia MukherjeeFarzin Nasiri SalehBertil NlendRodric Merime NonkiChristina OrieschnigKaterina PapagiannakiGopal PennyOlga PetrucciRafael PimentelSandra PoolElena RidolfiMaria RuscaNivedita SairamAdarsh Sankaran NamboothiriAna Carolina Sarmento BuarqueElisa SavelliLukas SchoppaKai SchröterAnna ScolobigMojtaba ShafieiAnna E. Sikorska-SenonerMagdalena SmigajClaudia TeutschbeinThomas ThalerAndrijana TodorovicFaranak TootoonchiRoshanak TootoonchiElena TothRonald van NooijenFranciele Maria VanelliNicolás VásquezDavid W. WalkerMarthe WensDavid J. Yu

flood risk managementhydrological processearth sciencesurface-water hydrologywater resourceswater resource managementurban hydrologywater problemenvironmental scienceecohydrologypanta rheihydrological scienceswater sciencehydrological behaviourhydrology

Resilience, Sustainability, and Cost Trade-Offs in Agri-Food Transportation Infrastructure in the United States. Nature Food (2025)

Megan Konar

agri-environmental policyresilienceunited statesinfrastructure engineeringagricultural economicssustainability sciencesustainable developmentagri-food transportation infrastructureeconomicssustainable food systemsfood transportcost trade-offs

Trade-Offs Between Resilience, Sustainability and Cost in the Us Agri-Food Transportation Infrastructure. Nature Food (2025)

Deniz Berfin KarakocMegan Konar

food systemsagri-environmental policyinfrastructure engineeringagricultural economicssustainable agriculturesustainability scienceresource policysustainable developmentfood policyeconomicssustainable food systemsfood transport

Urban Groundwater Supplies Facing Dual Pressures of Depletion and Contamination in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025)

Siao SunHui LiuMegan KonarGuangtao FuChuanglin FangZhongwei HuangGuagndong LiWei QiQiuhong Tang

environmental hazardshydrological processgroundwaterwater qualityquality challengesgroundwater pollutionwater resourceswater resource managementgroundwater qualityenvironmental sciencegeographygroundwater managementenvironmental engineeringurban groundwater suppliesdual pressuressustainable groundwater management

Hydro-Economic Risk and Resilience to Supply Chain Water Scarcity in Chinese Cities. Environmental Science & Technology (2024)

Ziyan FuSiao SunMegan Konar

water resource policyurban water managementwater resourceswater resource managementdisaster risk reductiongeographywater supplysupply chainwater scarcityeconomicshydro-economic riskwater securityamplification effect

Impact of Current and Historical Climate Shocks on Crop Diversification in Zambia: Insights From Household- and District-Level Observations. Climate Risk Management (2024)

Junren WangMegan KonarPatrese Nicole AndersonProtensia HadunkaBrian Mulenga

climate changeagricultural policydistrict-level observationsland degradationagricultural economicssustainable agricultureafrican economyclimatic changecrop diversificationagricultural impactscrop intensificationgeographyhistorical climate shocksland useagricultural historyglobal change

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Megan Konar

Associate Professor

UIUC

Affiliations

The Grainger College of Engineering

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Megan Konar is currently serving as a Civil & Environmental Engineering Associate Professor at Uiuc.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Megan Konar

UIUC

Associate Professor

You can click a keyword to filter the displayed items

Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Agricultural Productivity and Trade Over the Last Half Century. Environmental Research: Food Systems (2025)

Megan Konar

production economicsagricultural economicstradeeconomic historylast half centuryagricultural impactseconomicsagricultural historyworld economic history

Agri-Food Corporations’ Role in Water Sustainability and Water Resilience of Global Supply Chains. EarthArXiv (California Digital Library) (2025)

Carole DalinKyle DavisElena De PetrilloFelice DiekelPaolo D'OdoricoRick HogeboomMegan KonarMaria Cristina RulliMarta TuninettiLandon Marston