Researchers and Staffs
Dr. Ram Devi Tachamo Shah
Researcher/Co-Investigator
Education: PhD, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany
Current Research: Long-term biodiversity assessment, development of holistic environmental flows
Interest: Bi- assessment and monitoring, Environmental flows, Freshwater ecology, Climate change, Species distribution modelling
Mr. Rajendra Bhandari
Project Coordinator
Ph.D. Scholar, Kathmandu University, Nepal and Linköping University, Sweden
Education: M.Sc. Environment and Natural Resources, KU.
Current Research: Fate of organic carbon in small mountain rivers in Nepal: implications for soil erosion and climate change
Interest: Biogeochemistry, Paleolimnology, and Environment Pollution
Mr. Moti Poudel
Project Coordinator
Ph.D. Scholar, Kathmandu University, Nepal
Education: M.Sc. Environment and Natural Resources, KU
Current Research: Developing indicators to measure the resilience of water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) to climate change in Nepal
Interest: Climate change, Drinking water quality, Indigenous approach to cope with climate change, waste management
Mrs. Prativa Poudel
PhD. Scholar, Kathmandu University
Education: M.Sc. Environment and Natural Resources, Kathmandu University
Current Research: Sanitation and climate: Assessing resilience and emissions (SCARE)
Research Interests: WASH and Climate change, Climate resilience, GHGs emissions
Mr. Suman Prakash Pradhan
Research Associate and Project Coordinator
Education: M. Sc. Environmental Science (2020-2022), Kathmandu University
Roles and Responsibilities: Fieldworks, lab works, analytical works, data analysis, reports preparation, and manuscript preparation
Current Research: Assessment of Lichens as a bio-indicator of pollution; alternation in physiochemical response, gene expression, metabolomics, and biochemical activities of Lichens
Research Interests: Plant ecology, Medicinal plants, Analytical techniques, Aquatic ecology, Geospatial Science, Soil ecology, Microbial ecology, and Natural product chemistry
Mr. Prayon Joshi
Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc. Environmental Science, Kathmandu University
Roles and Responsibilities: Field planning and sampling, sample processing, data analysis and report writing
Research Interests: Hydrogeochemistry, Environmental Modeling, Data Science and Analytics, Geospatial Science, Microbial ecology, and Natural product chemistry
Ms. Junu Maharjan
Research Assistant
Junumjn@gmail.com
Education: B. Sc. honors in Environmental Science (2017-2020), University of Northampton, NAMI College
Roles and Responsibilities: Field works, data analysis, reports preparation.
Research Interests: Fresh water ecology (macroinvertebrates, fish, and phytoplankton)
Mr. Hirendra Bista
Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc. Environmental Science, Kathmandu University
Roles and Responsibilities: Field works, Data analysis, Report preparation, Lab works
Research Interests: Lichenology, Air pollution, Plant ecology, Soil chemistry, Geographic Information System (GIS)
Ms. Smritee Subedi
Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc. Environmental Science, Kathmandu University
Roles and Responsibilities: Field works, Data analysis, Report preparation, Lab works
Research Interest: Rainwater harvesting, Drinking water quality, Gender and climate change, Urban environment and sustainability
Mr. Bishal Lamsal
Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc. Environmental Science, Kathmandu University
Roles and Responsibilities: Field works, Data analysis, Report preparation, Lab works
Research Interest: Soil quality, Forest and Plant ecology, Wildlife
Ms. Sarana Tuladhar
Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc. Environmental Science, Kathmandu University
Roles and Responsibilities: Field works, Data analysis, Report preparation, Lab works
Research Interest: Water resources and ecology, WASH, Wastewater (waste to energy), Climate change, Pollution
Ms. Bigyapti Nepal
Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc. Environmental Science, Kathmandu University
Roles and Responsibilities: Fieldwork, Data analysis, Report preparation
Research Interest: Green House Gases and Climate change, Disaster Risk Assessment, Reduction and management.
Ms. Anusha K.C.
Research Assistant
Education: B.Sc. Environmental Science, Kathmandu University
Roles and Responsibilities: Fieldwork, Data analysis, Report preparation, Lab work
Research Interest: Water and soil analysis, Hydrogeological assessments, Climate change and crisis
Post-doctoral fellow
Dr. Richard Storey
Position: Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: Richard.storey@ku.edu.np
Project Name: Assessing concentrations, sources and options for reducing contaminants in Pokhara Valley lakes
Duration of the Project: 1-2 years
Project Summary
The Lake Cluster of Pokhara Valley (LCPV), a Ramsar site, consists of nine lakes supporting high biodiversity values, important inland fisheries and a diverse tourist industry. However, all lakes are degrading due to human activities. The LCPV management plan (2018-23) states that lake restoration requires scientific baseline data and regular monitoring, and wide community collaboration. At present none of the lakes are being monitored regularly, and institutional capacity for monitoring is limited. We are looking into the potential to monitor the lake water quality using remote sensing and/or “citizen science” (involving local communities in collecting data). We hope to use this information to determine trends in water quality and identify sources of contaminants.(Fig: Research Site-Begnas Lake)
Administrative Staffs
Mrs. Sangita Maharjan
Position: Project Administrative Staff
Email: sangita.maharjan@ku.edu.np
Education: Bachelor of Business Administration
Roles and Responsibilities: Financial works of projects and reporting
Experiences: Six years and five months experience as administrative assistant in Kathmandu University project finance.
Mrs. Sarswoti Thapa
Position: Project supporting staff
Roles and Responsibilities: Office help
Alumni
- Sikha Karki (September 2010 to 2011)
- Urshula Bajracharya (September 2010 to 2011)
- Ayush Joshi Gyawali (September 2011 to 2014)
- Anisha Tuladhar (September 2011 to 2012)
- Asmita Poudel (September 2012 to August 2013)
- Saroj Thapa (September 2012 to August 2013)
- Rupesh Subedi (July 2013 to 2014)
- Nisha Gautam (July 2013 to 2014)
- Suman Acharya (July 2014 to 2016)
- Sumitra Paudel (July 2014 to 2015)
- Jhuna Katel (August 2015 to 2016)
- Shova Shrestha (August 2015 to 2016)
- Sindhu Karki (August 2015 to 2016) M.Sc. Environment and Natural Resources, KU
- Bibek Shrestha (2018 to 2019) B.Sc. Environmental Science, KU
- Samikshya Chhetri (2018 to 2019) Sc. Environmental Science, KU
- Anu Rai (2018 to 2019) B.Sc. Environmental Science, NAMI
- Nischal Devkota (2018 to 2019) B.Sc. Environmental Science, NAMI
- Tapasya Subedi (2019) B.Sc. Environmental Science, NAMI
- Nilisha Khadgi (2019) Sc. Environmental Science, KU
- Sheila Dangol (2021 to 2023)