Research Portfolio
Outreach and collaboration
Fellowship | Grants | Awards
Workshop | Conference | Trainings
Experience | Services
Outreach and Collaboration
2017
Principal investigator | Rufford Small Grant Project | United Kingdom | £4830
2016
Contributor: Flora of Pan Himalaya Chinese Academy of Sciences | China
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Taxonomic treatments of the Leguminosae (Sub-family–Mimosoideae) using legacy herbaria records, to be published in ‘Flora of Pan Himalaya (vol.19) (Leguminosae: Sub-family–Mimosoideae).
2013
Independent Researcher Cornell Nepal Study Programme | Cornell University, Ithaca, USA and Tribhuvan University, Nepal
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Assisted Alexander R. O’Neill (USA) in investigating “Parasitic and Mycoheterotrophic Plants in Nepal: Ethnobotany, Ethnoecology and Management Strategies”.
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Investigated the ethnic use, ecology, and management strategies of parasitic and mycoheterotrophic plants in Nepal.
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Conducted the first ethnobotanical analysis on parasitic plants in the Nepal Himalayas.
Botanist Joint programme of IUCN, Nepal and CGN, Nepal
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Biodiversity Inventory in Panchase area, Nepal
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Sampled the Panchase Biodiversity Area for Ecological restoration and biodiversity assessment using ecological sampling, participatory rural appraisal, and mapping strategies.
2012
Botanist PP Bio Australasia | Griffith University, Australia and Tribhuvan University, Nepal
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Involved as a Botanist from Tribhuvan University, Nepal for the project “Program for Planned Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research”
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Performed the preliminary biodiversity investigation of the Langtang National Park, Nepal.
Fellowship | Awards | Grants
2022
Investigator | Research Fund for International Young Scientists | National Natural Science Foundation of China, China
“Adaptive polymorphic evolution and the differentiation mechanism of the cryptic species Stellera L.” | 2022/01–2022/12 | ¥ 200,000.
2021
Investigator | IAPT Research grant | International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Slovakia
“From morphology to molecular through ecological niche analysis: An integrative approach for the cryptic species delimitation in the genus Stellera L.” | 2021/06 – 2022/06 | $2,000.
President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) | Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
“Differentiation mechanism and evolution of the cryptic species Stellera L.” | 2020/07–2022/07 | ¥ 505,000.
2020
Excellent International Graduate | University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2020/09/04 | ¥ 2,000.
2019
Excellent International Student | University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2019/07/16 | ¥ 2,000.
2018
Outstanding Student Award | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2018/05 | No. 4187652.
2016
UCAS Fellowship for International Doctoral students | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China | 2016/07 | ¥ 2,500+ /month.
2013
Scholar and Research assistant | Cornell Nepal Study Programme: Cornell University, Ithaca, USA and Tribhuvan University, Nepal
2013/11 – 2014/11 | NRs. 10,000 thesis grants+full living cost for MSc year.
Workshop | Conference | Trainings
2024
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Botany 2023 | 15-19 June 2024 | Grand Rapids, MI
Presentation: Pleistocene glaciation advances the cryptic speciation of Stellera chamaejasme L. in a major biodiversity hotspot
Host: Botanical Society of America
2023
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Botany 2023 | 22-26 July 2023 | Boise, Idaho
Presentation: Grassland habitat suitability in North America for long-term restoration success
Host: Botanical Society of America
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NSF Proposal Writing Workshop | 23rd July 2023 | Boise, Idaho
Organizer: Judy Stone and Shannon Fehlberg, , National Science Foundation
Host: Botany2023 | Botanical Society of America
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Climate Solution Symposium |22-23rd May 2023 | State College, PA
Poster: Ensemble species distribution modeling: a decision-making tool for climate-informed grassland restoration
Host: The Pennsylvania State University
2022
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2022 Adaptation Genomics | 30th May–3rd June 2022 (Online) Host: Physalia Courses, Berlin
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2022 Introduction to genome-wide association (GWAS) studies| 16th–20th May 2022 (Online) Host: Physalia Courses, Berlin
2021
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XTBG Population Genomics Workshop | 9th–15th March 2021 | XTBG, Yunnan
Host: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanic Garden, Xishuangbanna and Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, CAS at Xishuangbanna, China.
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Youth Academy Forum of the Key Laboratory | 20th Jan. 2021 | Kunming
Presentation: Dynamics of biogeographic evolution for the montane genus Incarvillea.
Host: Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China.
2018
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International Workshop for Young Scientists of the HKH | 4–6 Nov. 2018 | Beijing
Presentation: Ensemble suitability in response to climate change of ‘Himalayan Gloxinia’ Incarvillea arguta in the Himalayan-Hengduan
Mountain.
Host: University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Yanqi Lake
Campus, Beijing, China.
2016
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Mountain Futures Conference: Nurturing seeds for change in the Anthropocene | 1–4, Mar. 2016 | Kunming
Presentation: Predicting the impact of climate change on the potential distribution of medicinal plants of Liliaceae in Nepal.
Host: Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS & World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kunming, China
2013
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Workshop on “Flora Writing Skills” | 10–14 June 2013 | Nepal
Host: National Academy of Science and Technology, Khumaltar, Lalitpur; Department of Plant Resource, Kathmandu, and Central Department of
Botany, T.U., Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Special package training course in statistical computer applications including SPSS, ArcGIS, and R-programming | ReSoN (Research Solution Nepal), Kathmandu, Nepal.
Experience | Services
2023 -onward
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Mentor: Master student at Arkansas State University (Population dynamics of wild sugarcane)
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Mentor: PhD student at Kunming Institute of Botany (Evolution of the Himalayan plants); The Pennsylvania State University (Population genomics & landscape connectivity across grassland species)
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Member: Botanical Society of America, USA; Society of Herbarium Curators, USA
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Member: International Association of Plant Taxonomy (IAPT)
2017 -onward
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Reviewer: Diversity and Distributions, Ecological Indicators, Ecology and Evolution, Environmental Conservation, Evolutionary Applications, Global Ecology and Conservation, Nature Communications; Plant Diversity, PloS One, Industrial Crops & Products, Frontiers in Plant Science (Review editor)
2018 - 2019
Graduate ambassador: Nepal | The Society for Economic Botany Student Council, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA
2014 - 2016
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Botany lecturer (Higher secondary) at Kathmandu Model College, Bagbazar, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2015
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Intern at Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal.
2010
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Teacher (Secondary Level): Academy Boarding High School, Kathmandu, Nepal