We use a variety of well-tested and novel approaches to understanding how to balance economic, social and environmental objectives.  From cost-benefit analysis to machine learning, CEOS members use and advance methods to model complex social-environmental systems, estimate impact of interventions and design optimal policy solutions to enable us to build a more sustainable society.

Research Output

Title Publication Authors Year Published Category Method Status
An agent-based modeling tool supporting bioenergy and bio-product community communication regarding cellulosic bioeconomy development Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews Yang, P., Cai, X., Hu, X., Zhao, Q., Lee, Y., Khanna, M... 2022 EE (PD) Policy Design, (SM) System Modeling (PR) Peer Reviewed
Repeal of the clean power plan: Social cost and distributional implications American Journal of Agricultural Economics Khanna, M., Chen, X., Wang, W., & Oliver, A. 2021 EE (SM) System Modeling
Assessing the returns to land and greenhouse gas savings from producing energy crops on conservation reserve program land Environmental Science & Technology Chen, L., Blanc-Betes, E., Hudiburg, T.W., Hellerstein, D., Wallander, S., DeLucia, E.H., & Khanna, M. 2021 EE (SM) System Modeling
Economic viability and carbon footprint of switchgrass for cellulosic biofuels: Insights from a spatial multi‐feedstock procurement landscape analysis GCB Bioenergy Sesmero, J.P., Trull, N.U, & Gramig, B.M 2021 EE (SM) System Modeling, (OM) Other
The economic and environmental costs and benefits of the renewable fuel standard Environmental Research Letters Chen, L., Debnath, D., Zhong, J., Ferin, K., VanLoocke, A., & Khanna, M. 2021 EE (SM) System Modeling (PR) Peer Reviewed
Repeal of the Clean Power Plan: Social Cost And Distributional Implications American Journal of Agricultural Economics X. chen, W. Wang and A. Oliver 2020 EE (SM) System Modeling
Potential for large-scale CO2 removal via enhanced rock weathering with croplands Nature Beerling, D.J., Kantzas, E.P., Lomas, M.R., Wade, P., Eufrasio, R.M., Renforth, P., Sarkar, B., Andrews, M.G., James, R.H., Pearce, C.R., Mercure, J.F., Pollitt, H., Holden, P.B., Edwards, N.R., Khanna, M., Koh, L., Quegan, S., Pidgeon, N.F., Janssens, I.A., Hansen, J., & Banwart, S.A. 2020 EE (SM) System Modeling
Assessing the additional carbon savings with biofuel Bioenergy Research Khanna, M., Wang, W. & Wang, M. 2020 EE (SM) System Modeling
Multi-objective optimization for sustainable renewable jet fuel production: A case study of corn stover based supply chain system in Midwestern U.S. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews Huang, E., Zhang, X., Rodriguez, L., Khanna, M., de jong, S., Ting, K.C., Ying, Y.
2019 EE (SM) System Modeling
Adopting energy crops: Does farmers' attitude toward loss matter? Agricultural Economics Anand, M., Miao, R. & Khanna, M. 2019 FA, EE (PD) Policy Design, (SM) System Modeling
Is wood pellet-based electricity less carbon-intensive than coal-based electricity? It depends on perspectives, baselines, feedstocks, and forest management practices Environmental Research Letters Dwivedi, P., M. Khanna and M. Fuller 2019 EE (SM) System Modeling
Spatial distribution of welfare costs of renewable portfolio standards in the United States electricity sector Letters in Spatial and Resource Sciences Oliver, A.C. , & Khanna, M.
2018 EE (SM) System Modeling
Effect of corn ethanol production on conservation reserve program acres in the US Applied Energy Chen, X., & Khanna, M.
2018 LW, EE (SM) System Modeling
Multicriterion optimal electric drive vehicle selection based on lifecycle emission and lifecycle cost Energy Economics Ahmadi, P., Cai, X.M., & Khanna, M.
2018 EE (SM) System Modeling
Costs of Meeting a Cellulosic biofuel mandate with perennial energy crops: Implications for policy Energy Economics Miao, R., & Khanna, M.
2017 FA, EE (SM) System Modeling
Demand for Biomass to meet renewable energy targets in the US: Implications for land use Global Change Biology Bioenergy Oliver, A.C., & Khanna, M.
2017 EE (SM) System Modeling
Effectiveness of the biomass crop assistance program: Roles of behavioral factors, credit constraint, and program design Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy Miao, R., & Khanna, M.
2017 FA, EE (SM) System Modeling
The social inefficiency of regulating indirect land use change due to biofuels Nature Communications Khanna, M., Wang, W., Hudiburg, T., & DeLucia, E.
2017 EE (SM) System Modeling
What is the cost of a renewable energy-based approach to greenhouse gas mitigation? Land Economics Oliver, A.C., & Khanna, M.
2017 EE (SM) System Modeling
Efficacy of carbon and bioenergy markets in mitigating carbon emissions on reforested lands: A case study from southern United States Forest Policy and Economics Dwivedi, P., Khanna, M., Sharma, A., & Susaeta, A.
2016 EE (SM) System Modeling
Impacts of a 32 billion gallon bioenergy landscape on land and fossil fuel use in the US Nature Energy Hudiburg, T.W., Wang, W., Khanna, M., Long, S. P., Dwivedi, P., Parton, W. J., Hartmann, M., & DeLucia, E.H.
2016 EE (SM) System Modeling
Who pays and who gains from fuel policies in Brazil? Energy Economics Khanna, M., Nunez, H., & Zilberman, D.
2016 EE (SM) System Modeling
Carbon savings with transatlantic trade in pellets: Accounting for market-driven effects Environmental Research Letters Wang, W., Dwivedi, P. Abt, R., & Khanna, M.
2015 EE (SM) System Modeling
Cost of abating greenhouse gas emissions with cellulosic ethanol Environmental Science and Technology Dwividi, P., Wang, W., Hudiburg, T., Jaiswal, D., Parton, W., Long, S., DeLucia, E., & Khanna, M.
2015 EE (SM) System Modeling
Managing multiple mandates: A system of systems model to analyze strategies for producing cellulosic ethanol and reducing riverine nitrate loads in the upper Mississippi River basin Environmental Science and Technology Housh, M., Yaeger, M., Cai, X., McIsaac, G., Khanna, M., Sivapalan, M., Ouyang, Y., Al-Qadi, I., & Jain, A. 2015 EE (SM) System Modeling
Mix of first and second generation biofuels to meet multiple environmental objectives: Implications for policy at a watershed scale Water Policy Economics Housh, M., Khanna, M., & Cai, X.
2015 EE (SM) System Modeling
Optimal mix of vertical integration and contracting for energy crops effect of risk preferences and land quality Applied Economic Policy and Perspectives Yang, X., Paulson, N. D., & Khanna, M.
2015 FA, EE (SM) System Modeling