Biography and education
Dr. Eunsang Cho joined Texas State University (TXST) in the Fall 2023 as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Cho’s research background is primarily in hydrology and remote sensing, emphasizing quantifying climate and anthropogenic impacts on water resources, extreme events (e.g., floods, drought, & wildfire), and water-related infrastructure in natural and human systems. As a research tool, he uses field observations, remote sensing techniques (from UAV, aircraft, and satellite platforms), land surface and climate modeling, big-data analytics, and machine learning techniques. He obtained his B.S. (2010) and M.S. degrees (2014) from Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea, and Ph.D. (2020) from the University of New Hampshire, USA. Prior to joining TXST, he worked as a Postdoctoral and Assistant Research Scientist in the Hydrological Sciences Laboratory at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), also affiliated with the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), University of Maryland College Park from 2020 to 2023. He has published more than 25 peer-reviewed articles in renowned journals in hydrology, water resources, and geosciences including Water Resources Research, Remote Sensing of Environment, and Geophysical Research Letters. Several of his recent articles have been highlighted in AGU’s EOS ScienceMagazine, ScienceDaily, and other outlets. As PI and Co-PI, Dr. Cho has secured $5.7M in U.S. federal grants from NASA, USDA, the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of the Interior (DOI), and the Department of Transportation (DOT) to address pressing challenges related to water, climate, and society. He also serves as an Executive Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Remote Sensing Technical Committee, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Hydrology Committee, and the Eastern Snow Conference (ESC), as well as an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio) and Frontiers in Big Data.
Research Interests
Featured grants
- Cho, Eunsang (Principal), Percent Contribution: %60, Das, Subasish (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %40. Identification of Unprecedented Coastal Flooding Hotspots for Highway Network Durability and Social Justice, USDOT (via CREATE UTC), Federal, $99995. (Funded: September 1, 2024 - December 31, 2025). Grant.
- Hwang, Sangchul Scott (Principal), Cho, Eunsang (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal), Mandal, Sujata (Co-Principal). Multidisciplinary Research and Workforce Development on Fate and Transport of PFAS, DOE, Federal, $3520000. (Funded: April 2024 - March 2027). Grant.
- Cho, Eunsang (Principal). Groundwater Impact on S2S Snowmelt Flood Predictability, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Federal, $648596. (Funded: January 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026). Grant.
- Cho, Eunsang (Principal). Sub-field Crop Yield Prediction using Satellite Remote Sensing and Machine Learning [Continued], USDA, Federal, $56092. (Funded: August 26, 2025 - August 25, 2026). Grant.
- Hwang, Sangchul Scott (Principal), Cho, Eunsang (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal). Performance of the Existing Best Management Practices for PFAS Control in Stormwater Runoff in San Marcos, TX, Texas State University, $80000. (Funded: June 1, 2025 - May 31, 2026). Grant.

Featured scholarly/creative works
- Cho, E., Verfaillie, M., Jacobs, J. M., Hunsaker, A. G., Sullivan, F. B., Palace, M., & Wagner, C. (2025). Characterizing Spatial Structures of Field-Scale Snowpack using Unpiloted Aerial System (UAS) Lidar and Structure-from-Motion (SfM) SfM Photogrammetry. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 29, 4539–4556. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-4539-2025
- Mortimer, C., Mudryk, L., Cho, E., Derksen, C., Brady, M., & Vuyovich, C. (2024). Use of multiple reference data sources to cross validate gridded snow water equivalent products over North America. The Cryosphere, 18, 5619–5639. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-5619-2024
- Pflug, J. M., Wrzesien, M. L., Kumar, S. V., Cho, E., Arsenault, K. R., Houser, P. R., & Vuyovich, C. M. (2024). Extending the utility of space-borne snow water equivalent observations over vegetated areas with data assimilation. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 28(3), 631–648. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-1603
- Johnston, J., Jacobs, J. M., & Cho, E. (2024). Global Snow Seasonality Regimes from Satellite Records of Snow Cover. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 25(1), 65–88. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-23-0047.1
- Gu, X., Han, S. Y., Myint, S. W., Cho, E., Zhu, Y., & Kim, J. (2025). Exploring Dynamic Human Mobility of Diverse Social Groups Under Heat Conditions: A Simulation-Based Approach. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284317901
Featured service activities
- Editorial Review Board Member
Nature Scientific Reports
- Member
ISoE IT Committee
- Member
American Meteorological Society (AMS) Committee on Hydrology
- Member
ISoE Scholarship Committee
- Member
New Faculty Search Committee (Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering: Geotech)
- Chair
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) Annual Meeting Special Session & Panel Discussion