PhD students

Name: Rabin Acharya

Email: rabin.acharya@pakc.tu.edu.np

Education:

• M.Sc.(Animal Nutrition);  Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2013)
• B.V.Sc., Tribhuvan University, Nepal (2010)

Research field: Sustainable Livestock Production System

Research interests:

• Development of alternative and novel feed regimes for livestock
• Metabolomics and proteomics

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Name: Rudra Prasad Upreti

Email: rudra.upreti@ku.edu.np

Education:

• M.Phil. Kathmandu University, Nepal (2016)
• M.Sc. (Tribhuvan University, Kirtiptur, Nepal (2006)
• B.Sc. (Trichandra Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal)

Research field: Pollution Chemistry, Phytochemistry

Research interests:

• Analysis of POPs
• Chemical and nutritional analysis of insect biomass
• Circular economy

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Name: Subodh Luitel

Email: subodh.luitel@ku.edu.np

Education:

• M.Sc. (Environmental Engineering and Technology); Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT), Thammasat University, Thailand (2017)
• B.Tech. (Environmental Engineering), Kathmandu University, Nepal (2015)

Research field: Bioconversion systems, Waste management, Environmental Assessment, Life Cycle Assessment

Research interests:

• Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) based bioconversion system
  
• Assessment of GHG emissions
  
• Life cycle assessment
  

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Name: Bhola Gautam

Email: bgautam@afu.edu.np

Address: Birendranagar-2, Surkhet, Nepal

Designation: Assistant Professor

Institution: Faculty of Agriculture (FOA), CNRM,  Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Puranchuar, Kaski, Nepal

Email: bgautam@afu.edu.np

Education:

• M.Sc.Ag. (Entomology); AFU, Nepal (2015)
• B.Sc. Ag. Nepal (2013)

Research field: Entomophagy and mass production techniques, Molecular biology, and Integrated Pest Management

Research interests:

• Industrial Entomology and Mass rearing of beneficial Insects
• Integrated Pest management and field diagnoses of pests
• Biological Control Agents and Mass production techniques

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Name: Chet Raj Pathak

Email: crpathak@afu.edu.np

Address: Ajayameru-1, Dadeldhura, Nepal

Designation: Assistant Professor (Veterinary Parasitology)

Institution: Faculty of Animal Science, Veterinary Science, & Fisheries (FAVF), Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Nepal

Email: crpathak@afu.edu.np

Education:

• M.V.Sc. (Parasitology); IAAS, TU, Nepal (2018)
• B.V.Sc. IAAS, TU, Nepal (2016)

Research field: Microbiology, Parasitology, and Molecular Biology

Research interests:

• Molecular biology and its application in the area of parasitology & microbiology
• Serological diagnosis technique for screening of parasitic diseases among animal & birds
• Advanced Microbiological and parasitological research for rapid, economic, & feasible detection of various diseases of livestock and poultry
• Genetics & genetic makeup of major microbes & parasites impairing livestock/poultry production and productivity
• Parasitic zoonosis