Scholars

A curated list of Nepali scholars and scientists around the world.

Environmental and Energy Science
Dipesh Rupakheti
Atmospheric Science
Postdoctoral Researcher at NIEER, CAS Lanzhou, China

Air Quality (ambient and indoor), aerosol optical depth, atmospheric chemistry, emissions from traditional and improved cook stoves, environmental issues in developing countries

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Hom Nath Gharti
Climate change, Geomechanics, Seismology, Hydroinformatics
Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, United States

Computational geomechanics, including elastic-gravitational wave propagation, postearthquake relaxation, glacial isostatic adjustment, and microearthquakes.

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Prakash Manandhar
Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging Informatics and Physics
Industry Research Scientist at Bose Corporaton, United States

High power ultrasonics, AcousticsSignal Processing, Computational Materials Science

Biology and Medicine
Bishal Gyawali
Clinical Medicine
Clinical Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, United States

Medical Oncology, Global Oncology, Cancer Policy

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Danda Pani Paudel
Computer Vision and Robotics
Postdoctoral Researcher at Computer vision lab (CVL), ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Computer Vision, Visual SLAM, Optimization

Maths and Physics
Bishnu Lamichhane
Applied Mathematics Numerical Methods
Lecturer at School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Mathematics), The University of Newcastle Australia, Australia

Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Mixed and Hybrid Finite Element Methods, Domain Decomposition Methods, Non-conforming Discretization Techniques, Nearly Incompressible Elasticity, Approximation Theory, Subset Selection & Variational Methods in Image Processing.

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Sharib Ali
Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging Informatics and Physics
Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Image Analysis, Computer Vision, Medical and Biomedical Image Processing, Image Registration, Image Segmentation

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Suvash Sedhain
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing
Industry Research Scientist at Twitter, United States

Machine Learning, Data Science, Recommender Systems, Collaborative Filtering, Deep Learning and Software Engineering

Maths and Physics
Prem P Chapagain
Applied Mathematics Biology and Biophysics
Associate Professor at Department of Physics, Florida International University, United States

Dynamics and photophysical properties of fluorescent proteins using detailed all-atom molecular dynamics simulations

Biology and Medicine
Sujaya Neupane
Neuroscience
Postdoctoral Researcher at McGovern Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

Neuroscience, eye movement, vision, perception

Maths and Physics
Mukesh Dhamala
Applied Mathematics Computational Neuroscience
Associate Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy, Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, United States

NeuroPhysics of the brain: Brain Networks and Dynamics, Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroimaging (EEG/fMRI) of human cognition, Nonlinear Dynamics

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Dhilung Kirat
Cyber Security
Industry Research Scientist at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, United States

Cognitive security analytics, cyber security, threat intelligence, malware analysis

Biology and Medicine
Rojeet Shrestha
Biochemistry
Assistant Professor at Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan

Lipid, Lipoprotein, Cardiovascular Disease

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Prem Raj Adhikari
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing
Postdoctoral Researcher at Turku Center for Disease Modeling, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Finland

Machine Learning, Data Mining, Big data, Bio-informatics, computational biology.

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Durga Lal Shrestha
Climate change, Geomechanics, Seismology, Hydroinformatics
Associate Professor at CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia

Hydrological modelling, forecasting, Risk and uncertainty analysis of hydrological models. Machine learning, data driven modelling, Bayesian networks

Chemistry
Rameshwar Adhikari
Polymers
Associate Professor at Central Dept. of Chemistry, TU, Nepal

Nanochemistry, Biopolymers, Polymer Microscopy, Deformation Mechanisms, Nanostructured Polymers

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Sabita Maharjan
Communication, Network Theory and Applications
Associate Professor at Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo, Norway

Smart grid, Vehicle-to-grid (V2G), Network security and resilience, Vehicular communication, 5G, machine-to-machine communications, software defined wireless networking

Chemistry
Hem Raj Khatri
Organic Chemistry
Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, United States

Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Maths and Physics
Shiva P Pudasaini
Applied Mathematics Geophysics
Associate Professor at Department of Geodynamics and Geophysics, Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Bonn, Germany

Physical-Mathematical Modelling, Scientific Computing, Three-Dimensional Free-surface Flows, Fliud dynamics, Modeling and Simulation, Landslides, Avalanches

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Shusil Dangi
Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging Informatics and Physics
PhD Candidate at Rochester Institute of Technology, United States

Medical Imaging, Computer Vision, Image Segmentation, Multimodal/Monomodal Image Registration

Maths and Physics
Tanka Nath Dhamala
Theoretical Mathematics
Professor at Central Department of Mathematics, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Graph theory, optimization and Scheduling applied to industry, society and sustainable development

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Yadav Sapkota
Bioinformatics and Genomics
Clinical Researcher at Department of Epidemiology & Cancer Control, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States

Statistical Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, Bioinformatics

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Amrit Tamrakar
Computer Vision and Robotics
Industry Research Scientist at SRI International Vision Technologies, United States

Building a real-time system that parses the non-verbal elements of communication in concert with the speech parsing activity, computer vision, machine learning

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Suresh Manandhar
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing
Reader at University of York, United Kingdom

Natural language processing (NLP), Latent variable models (including quantum models) for compositional distributional semantics, community discovery using content and link analysis, answering complex questions, unsupervised learning of morphology, named entities and semantic relations

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Kushal Kafle
Computer Vision and Robotics
PhD Candidate at Rochester Institute of Technology, United States

Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Visual Question Answering, NLP

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Taman Upadhaya
Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging Informatics and Physics
Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of nuclear medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Poitiers, France

Radiomics and cancer imaging

Environmental and Energy Science
Maheswar Rupakheti
Atmospheric Science
Postdoctoral Researcher at Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Posdam, Germany

Air pollution causes, "co-designing clean solutions rooted in sound science and carefully examined local context (technology, policy, regulation, finance, culture)", focus on Himalayan region , Air pollution/climate change science, air pollution mitigation Science policy society interfacing

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Rudra Poudel
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing
Industry Research Scientist at Toshiba, United Kingdom

artificial intelligence (AI), deep learning, computer vision, Machine Learning

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Achut Manandhar
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Machine Learning, Water and health security in developing regions, Geography and the Environment

Chemistry
Raju Adhikari
Polymers
Industry Research Scientist at CSIRO, Australia

Chemistry, Polymer

Chemistry
Basant Giri
Analytic Chemistry
Assistant Professor at Kathmandu Institute of Applied Sciences (KIAS), Nepal

Analytic methods for microfluidics, paper-analytical devices, point of care diagnostics, resource limited settings

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Jwala Dhamala
Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging Informatics and Physics
PhD Candidate at Computing and Information Sciences department, Rochester Institute of Technology, United States

Machine learning, optimization, inverse problems, model personalization and predictive modeling, cardiac electrophysiology, statistical inference methods, uncertainty estimation and quantification of model parameters

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Santosh KC
Computer Vision and Robotics
Assistant Professor at Department of Computer Science, The University of South Dakota, United States

Graphics Recognition, Document Analysis, Medical Imaging, Pattern Recognition, Computer Vision

Environmental and Energy Science
Samir K Khanal
Biofuel and Bioenergy
Professor at University of Hawaii-Manoa, United States

Bioprocessing, biofuel, bioenergy production, recovery of value-added products from renewable low-cost feedstocks

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Anurag Rai
Communication, Network Theory and Applications
PhD Candidate at Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), MIT, United States

Network theory, optimization

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Abhishek Dutta
Computer Vision and Robotics
Postdoctoral Researcher at Visual Geometry Group (VGG), University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Compurer vision, Machine learning and computer graphics

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Amit Kumar KC
Computer Vision and Robotics
Postdoctoral Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles, United States

Graph theory, optimization, machine learning, computer vision, detection, tracking, and image segmentation problems.

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Ajad Chhatkuli
Computer Vision and Robotics
Postdoctoral Researcher at Computer vision lab (CVL), ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Computer Vision, Visual SLAM, Optimization

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Raunak Shrestha
Bioinformatics and Genomics
Postdoctoral Researcher at Laboratory of Advanced Genome Analysis , University of British Columbia, Canada

Bioinformatics, Cancer Genomics, Systems Medicine, Precision Oncology, Data Science

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Kishor Karki
Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging Informatics and Physics
Assistant Professor at Medical College of Wisconsin, United States

Radiation Oncology, Neuroimaging, Imaging, Computed Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cancer Imaging, PET Imaging

Maths and Physics
Naveen K Vaidya
Applied Mathematics Biology and Biophysics
Assistant Professor at Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University, United States

Applied mathematics, Mathematical biology (viral dynamics and immune systems, epidemiology, and ecology), mathematical and computational modeling, differential equations, dynamical systems, optimal control, and biostatistics

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Kundan Nepal
Computer Vision and Robotics
Associate Professor at School of Engineering, University of St. Thomas, United States

Defect or Fault tolerant circuits and systems, Nanometer digital VLSI system design, Reconfigurable computing, Mobile Robotics, VLSI Design

Biology and Medicine
Nirmal Panthee
Cardiothoracic Surgery
Clinical Researcher at Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Tokyo, Japan

LVAD and heart transplantation, Adult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, CRT-D

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Suman Shrestha
Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging Informatics and Physics
Industry Research Scientist at ON Semiconductor, Image Sensor Group, United States

Imaging Physics, Medical Imaging

Informatics, Computational Science and Engineering
Suresh Sharma
Climate change, Geomechanics, Seismology, Hydroinformatics
Assistant Professor at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Youngstown State University, United States

hydrology, water quality, Hydrological Modeling, Watershed Modeling, Neuro-Fuzzy, ANFIS, Rain