Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Kavre, Nepal.

With a PhD in Soil Science and MSc in Agronomy from Ohio State University, Professor Roshan M. Bajracharya has more than 20 years of research experience in the fields of agricultural intensification, soil and water conservation, soil crusting and erosion, land use and management, soil carbon dynamics, carbon sequestration in relation to climate change and soil quality. He has published more than 150 articles in journals, conference proceedings and book chapters, He has work experience (research and teaching) in the U.S.A., India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Bhutan and has managed and coordinated several international collaborative research and capacity building projects with other universities and international organizations.