Raj Kumar Koirala, PhD
Name: Raj Kumar Koirala, PhD
Position: Associate Professor/Research Committee Chair
Appointed Subject: Zoology
Subject Area: Forest Zoology and Mammalogy/ Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Department: Basic Science and Humanities / Park Recreation and Wildlife Management
Education:
- 2017: PhD Conservation Ecology – Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
- 1990: MSc Zoology (Ecology) – Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
- 1987: BSc Zoology — North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India.
I studied Zoology (Ecology) for my bachelor’s and master’s degrees and conservation ecology for my PhD. I have been involved in field research on large herbivores and carnivores since 2008. My research interests are the diet and the nutritional ecology of captive, domestic, and wild species. The research species and system range from elephants to leopards and tigers in the Nepalese Himalayan foothills. My long-term interests include developing methods to quantify the diet and nutritional composition of wild animals. I am involved in teaching Zoology and mammalogy; conservation and wildlife biology at the Institute of Forestry, Pokhara, Nepal.
Key Publication:
- Koirala R.K; W. Ji, P, Paudel, Sean Coogan, J. Rothman & D. Raubenheimer (2019) : The effects of age,sex and season on the macronutrient composition of the diet of the domestic Asian elephants, Journal of applied animal research 47: 5-16.( Principal investigator).
- Koirala R.K; W. Ji, A. Aryal, M. Pathak & D. Raubenheimer (2016): Feeding preference of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in Nepal BMC Ecology DOI 10.1186/s12898-0160105-9 (Principal investigator)
- Koirala R.K; W. Ji, A. Aryal, J. Rothman & D. Raubenheimer (2015): Dispersal and ranging patterns of the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) in relation to their interactions with humans in Nepal, Ethology Ecology & Evolution DOI:10.1080/03949370.2015.1066872. (Principal investigator)
- Koirala R.K; A.Aryal, C.Amiot, B. Adhikari, D.Karmacharya & D.Raubenheimer (2012): Genetic identification of carnivore scats: implication of dietary information for human–carnivore conflict in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal Zoology and Ecology 22:3-4, 137-143. (Principal investigator)
- Aryal A; T.K. Shresth, A. Ram, R.K Koirala & D. Raubenheimer (2011) Call to conserve the wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) in Nepal. International Journal of Conservation Science 2: 261-268. (Co- investigator, reviewed the manuscript)
Contact
E-mail: [email protected]/ [email protected]