From 2014, I have moved to Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany. Please direct all the communications to skoirala@bgc-jena.mpg.de.














@Bratislava, 2008

I am from Kathmandu, Nepal. 

I have been in Japan since 2007, first completing my PhD in Civil Engineering from Oki lab (the University of Tokyo) in 2010, March and then working as a researcher in Kanae lab (Tokyo Institute of Technology) until 2011, September. Since 2011, October, I am a researcher in Hirabayashi lab (the University of Tokyo)

The major field of my research is hydrology and water resources. I am currently working on global-scale land surface modeling focusing on the groundwater process and its effect in land surface hydrology. I wish to improve land surface parameterization in such a way that the major hydrological processes are represented in a realistic manner, and it has capability of simulating hydrological cycle in regional to global spatial scales.

Find my curriculum vitae here.

Education

2010
University: The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan 
Degree: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
Supervisor: Professor Taikan Oki
Dissertation: Explicit representation of groundwater process in a global-scale land surface model to improve hydrological predictions.

2006
University: Tribhuvan University, Institute of Engineering, Lalitpur, Nepal 
Degree: Master of Science in Water Resources Engineering
Supervisor: Professor Narendra Man Shakya
Thesis: Application of distributed hydrologic model in Bagmati River Basin.

2003
University: Tribhuvan University, Institute of Engineering, Lalitpur, Nepal 
Degree: Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering

Academic Awards 

2011
Nepal Bidhya Bhusan ‘Ka/A’ academic award from the Government of Nepal
2011
Nepal Bidhya Bhusan ‘Kha/B’ academic award from the Government of Nepal.
2007 The Japanese Government(MEXT) Scholarship for Ph.D. study in the University of Tokyo, Japan.
2006 The Water Resources Excellence Award from Institute of Engineering, Nepal, for academic excellence in water resources engineering.
2006
The Chancellor Gold Medal from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, for standing first in Master’s level for all faculties offered within Nepal.
2006
The Ram Prasad Manandhar Medal from Tribhuvan University, Nepal, for standing first in Master’s level for science and technology studies within Nepal.

Professional Experience 

2011, Oct. -
Title: Researcher
Organization: The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Duty: Post-doctoral research related to estimation of global freshwater storage including groundwater and glaciers.
2010, Apr. - 2011, Sep.
Title: Researcher
Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Duty: Post-doctoral research related to the land surface modeling of global hydrological cycle.

Professional Affiliation 

2003-
Nepal Engineering Council
2008-
American Geophysical Union
2008-2011
Associate member in European Union- Water and Global Change Model Intercomparison Project
2010-
European Geosciences Union
2011-
Japan Geoscience Union


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