Dr. Uttam Babu Shrestha
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Primary Email:
Founder/Director
Global Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (GIIS), Kathmandu, Nepal
ubshrestha@yahoo.com
Fields of Expertise:
Human use of natural resources, Climate change, Biodiversity and ecosystem services, and Land use change.
Education:
University of Massachusetts Boston, USA 2008-2014
Ph.D. in Environmental Biology with Outstanding Graduate Research Award (Dissertation: ‘Chasing Interconnections: Mountains, Mushrooms and People’ (Advisor: Kamal Bawa)
Northeastern University, USA 2006-2008
M.Sc., Geographic Information Technology with Graduate Academic Excellence Award
Tribhuvan University, Nepal 2000-2002
M.Sc., Botany
Professional Experience (Research/management):
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow – 2020-2023
Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Senior Research Fellow (Senior Lecture) – 2017-2020
Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow – 2014-2017
Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Research Associate – 2006-2012
Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University, USA
Research Assistant – 2005-2005
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, University of Maine, USA
Research Assistant – 2004-2005
Chair of Forest Yield Science, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Senior Research Fellow (Senior Lecture) – 2017-2020
Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow – 2014-2017
Institute for Agriculture and the Environment, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Research Associate – 2006-2012
Harvard University Herbaria, Harvard University, USA
Research Assistant – 2005-2005
Cooperative Forestry Research Unit, University of Maine, USA
Research Assistant – 2004-2005
Chair of Forest Yield Science, Technical University of Munich, Germany