Dr. Kieu Le is interested in field- and watershed-scale modeling to simulate soil organic carbon, water balance, and crop productivity outcomes, thereby improving the understanding of sustainable farming practices and promoting resilient agricultural systems. She is currently working on creating and testing multiple datasets using the EPIC and APEX models. Before joining Texas AgriLife Blackland Research & Extension Center, she was an environmental modeler at Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, a Lecturer at Can Tho University in Vietnam, and a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas – Fayetteville. Her teaching focused on environmental management in agriculture, as well as the application of software and tools in biological engineering. Dr. Kieu Le holds a Ph.D. in Energy and Environmental Systems,  a M.S. in Plant Soil and Environmental Science, a B.S. in Education and Foreign Language (English), and a B.E. in Hydraulic Engineering. She used the Agricultural Policy/Environmental eXtender (APEX) model in her Master's Thesis to simulate vegetable and corn management under organic and chemical systems combined with conventional and conservation tillage. She utilized the Environmental Policy Integrated Climate (EPIC) model in her dissertation to simulate crop yields and soil organic carbon for rice, soybeans, cassava, and corn under conservation tillage and conservation agriculture systems.

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

B.S. in Education and Foreign Language (English), Can Tho University, Vietnam

B.E. in Hydraulic Engineering, Can Tho University, Vietnam

GRADUATE EDUCATION

M.S. in Plant Soil and Environmental Science, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University

Ph.D. in Energy and Environmental Systems, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University