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Dr. Bharat Babu Shrestha

Lecturer
Ecology and Resource Management
bhabashre@yahoo.com
Research Interests:
My research interests include forest ecology (regeneration, vegetation dynamics, biodiversity conservation in community managed forests), plant ecophysiology (phenology, water relations, ecological anatomy), conservation biology (medicinal plants) and plant invasion ecology.
 
Education
·         Ph D in Botany. 2010. Tribhuvan University. Title of dissertation: Ecology and Phytochemistry of Two Medicinal Plants of in Central Nepal. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Pramod Kumar Jha and Prof. Dr. Mohan Bikram Gewali
·         M. Sc in Botany. 1999. Tribhuvan Universtiy, Nepal
 
Teaching and Research Experiences
I have been teaching ecology at Central Department of Botany since 2001, first as teaching assistant (2001-2005) and then lecturer (since 2005). The courses includes ecophysiology, mountain ecology, population ecology, biometry, wetland ecology, forest ecology, etc. I was involved in research projects funded by National Science Foundation, USA (water relations studies of tree species); Volks-Wagen Foundation, Germany (bioprospecting of ethnomedicinal plants), EVK2-CNR, Italy (surface water quality in Sagarmatha National park), University Grants Commissions, Nepal (regeneration and resource utilizations in community managed forests), and Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (impact of invasion of Parthenium hysterophorus to grasslands in urban areas of Nepal). I have supervised research works of ten M. Sc. theses.  
 
Current Research Project:
Biodiversity conservation in community forest of Nepal: a case study of Dhading district. (Funding: University Grants Commission, Nepal; duration: Jan 2010-June 2011).
 
Professional Involvement:
·         Managing Editor, Himalayan Journal of Sciences, Himalayan Association for Advancement of Science (HimAAS), Lalitpur, Nepal
 
Award and Scholarship
·         Young and Deserving Scientist Award at the 23rd Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference, September 2011, Cairns, Australia        
·        Young Scientist Award in 2009 by Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) for the ecological and phytochemical researches on Aconitum naviculare, an endangered Himalayan endemic medicinal plant.
·         Krishna Chandra Regmi Award for thesis being adjudged the best among the post graduate level thesis of the year 2000/01 submitted to Tribhuvan University
·         AIEJ (Association for International Education, Japan) Scholarship to at Soka University, Tokyo, from Oct.1999 to July 2000
 
Selected Publications
Research papers
  1. Dall’Acqua S, P Minesso, BB Shrestha, S Comai, PK Jha, MB Gewali, E Greco, R Cervellati and G Innocenti. 2012. Phytochemical and antioxidant related investigation on bark of Abies spectabilis (D.Don) Spach. from Nepal. Molecules 17:1686-1697.
  2. Shrestha BB, KB Thapa-Magar, A Poudel and UB Shrestha. 2011. Beetle on the battle: Defoliation of Parthenium hysterophorus by Zygogramma bicolorata in Kathmandu valley, Nepal. Botanica Orientalis 8:100-104.
  3. Dal’Acqua S, P Minesso, S Comai, BB Shrestha, MB Gewali, PK Jha and G Innocenti. 2011. Triterpene derivatives from Abies spectabilis leaves of Nepalese origin. Natural Product Communications 6(6): 793-798.
  4. Timsina B, BB Shrestha, MB Rokaya and Z Munzbergova. 2011. Impact of Parthenium hysterophorus L. invasion on plant species composition and soil properties of grassland communities in Nepal. Flora 206 (3): 233-240. doi:10.1016/j.flora.2010.09.004.
  5. Shrestha BB, PK Jha and DR Kandel. 2011. Reproductive ecology and conservation prospects of threatened medicinal plant Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. in Nepal.  Tropical Ecology 52(1): 91-101.
  6. Shrestha BB and PK Jha. 2010. Life history and population status of Himalayan endemic Aconitum naviculare. Mountain Research and Development 30 (4): 353-364. doi:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00003.1
  7. Shrestha BB, A Poudel, J KC, D Karki, RD Gautam and PK Jha. 2010. Fortuitous biological control of Parthenium hysterophorus by Zygogramma bicolorata in Nepal. Journal of Natural History Museum 25: 332-337.
  8. Manfredi EC, B Flurry, G Viviano, S Thakuri, SN Khanal, PK Jha, RK Maskey, RB Kayastha, KR Kafle, S Bhochhibhoya, NP Ghimire, BB Shrestha, G Chaudhary, F Giannino, F Carteni, S Mazzoleni and F Salerno. 2010. Solid waste and water quality management models for Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal. Mountain Research and Development 30 (2): 127-142. doi:10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-10-00028.1 
  9. Ghimire NP, BB Shrestha, GU Caravello and PK Jha. 2010. Sources of water pollution in Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone, Nepal. In: PK Jha and I Khanal (eds.) Contemporaty Research in Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) Region, Nepal: An Anthology. Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Lalitpur, Nepal. Pp. 103-109.
  10. Dal’Acqua S, BB Shrestha, S Comai, G Innocenti, MB Gewali and PK Jha. 2009. Two phenolic glycosides from Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. Fitoterapia 80 (5): 279-282. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2009.03.002
  11. Shrestha BB and PK Jha. 2009. Habitat range of two alpine medicinal plants in a trans-Himalayan dry valley, central Nepal. Journal of Mountain Science 6:66-77 [China].
  12. Dall’Acqua S, BB Shrestha, MB Gewali, PK Jha, M Carrara and G Innocenti. 2008. Diterpenoid alkaloids and phenolic glycosides from Aconitum naviculare (Brühl) Stapf. Natural Product Communication 3(12): 1985-1989. [USA]
  13. Shrestha BB, PK Jha and MB Gewali. 2007. Ecology of Neopicrorrhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) Hong. growing under different land uses in a trans-Himalayan dry valley of central Nepal. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 33 (4): 233-241 [India]
  14. Shrestha BB, DR Luitel, D Lamichhane and PK Jha. 2007. Phenological events and water relations of some trees of subtropical forest. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 33 (4): 263-271 [India]
  15. Shrestha BB, Y Uprety, K Nepal, S Tripathi and PK Jha. 2007. Phenology and water relations of eight woody species in the Coronation garden of Kirtipur, central Nepal. Himalayan Journal of Sciences 4 (6): 49-56. [Nepal]
  16. Shrestha BB, PK Jha and MB Gewali. 2007. Ethomedicinal use and distribution of Aconitum naviculare (Bruhl) Stapf in upper Manang central Nepal. In: RP Chaudhary, TH Aase, OR Vetaas and BP Subedi (eds.) Local Effects of Global Changes in the Himalayas: Manang, Nepal. Tribhuvan University, Nepal and University of Bergen, Norway. Pp 171-181. [Nepal]
  17. Shrestha BB, BK Ghimire, HD Lekhak and PK Jha. 2007. Regeneration of treeline birch (Betula utilis D.Don) forest in a trans-Himalayan dry valley in central Nepal. Mountain Research and Development 27(3): 259-267. doi:10.1659/mrdd.0784 [Switzerland]
  18. Maharjan S, BB Shrestha and PK Jha. 2007. Allelopathic effect of aqueous extract of leaves of Parthenium hysterophorus L. on seed germination and seedling growth of some cultivated and wild herbaceous species. Scientific World 5(5): 33-39. [Nepal]
  19. Shrestha BB, Y Uprety and PK Jha. 2006. Wood properties in relation to phenology of some planted trees at Kirtipur, central Nepal. Tropical Ecology 47 (2): 201-209 [India]
  20. Shrestha BB, S Dall’Acqua, MB Gewali, PK Jha and G Innocenti. 2006. New flavonoid glycosides from Aconitum naviculare (Bruhl) Stapf, a medicinal herb from the trans-Himalayan region of Nepal. Carbohydrate Research 341: 2161-2165 [Germany]
  21. Shrestha BB, PK Jha and DB Zobel. 2006. Water relations and phenology of Pinus roxburghii Sarg. in the Churia Hills, Central Nepal. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Science 32 (2): 183-192 [India]
  22. Shrestha BB. 2005. Fuel wood harvest, management and regeneration of two community forests in central Nepal. Himalayan Journal of Sciences 3(1):75-80 [Nepal]
  23. Shrestha BB, NP Duwadee, Y Uprety, UB Shrestha and S Poudel. 2004. Regeneration of Quercus semecarpifolia Sm. in Shivapuri Hill, Kathmandu, cental Nepal. Banko Janakari 14 (2): 25-29 [Nepal]
 Review papers
  1. Shrestha BB and S Dall’Acqua. 2011. Aconitum naviculare: a threatened and endemic medicinal plant of the Himalaya. In: CP Kala (ed.) Medicinal Plants and Sustainable Development, pp 167-176. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York.
  2. Shrestha UB, BB Shrestha and S Shrestha. 2010. Biodiversity conservation in community forests of Nepal: Rhetoric and reality. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation 2 (5): 98-104.
  3. Shrestha BB, S Dall’Acqua, MB Gewali and PK Jha and G Innocenti. 2008. Biology and Phytochemistry of Curculigo orchioides Gaerten. In: PK Jha, SB Karmacharya, MK Chetti, CB Thapa and BB Shrestha (eds.) Medicinal Plant of Nepal: An Anthology of Contemporary Research pp 50-67. Ecological Society (ECOS), Kathmandu, Nepal.
  4. Shrestha BB. 2003. Quercus semecarpifolia Sm. in theHimalayan region: Ecology, exploitation and threats.  Himalayan Journal of Science. 1 (2):126-128
 Edited Book
  1. Jha PK, SB Karmacharya, MK Chettri, CB Thapa and BB Shrestha. 2008. Medicinal Plants of Nepal: An Anthology of Contemporary Research. Ecological Society (ECOS), Kathmandu, Nepal.
  2. Jha PK, SB Karmacharya, MK Balla, MK Chettri and BB Shrestha. 2010. Sustainable Use of Biological Resources in Nepal. Ecological Society (ECOS), Kathmandu, Nepal.