Past Postdoctoral Fellows


Nawal Shrestha (2015 - present)

Email: nawalsh@pku.edu.cn

Research Interest: Macroecology; Plant systematics and evolution; Phylogenetics and historical biogeography; Conservation biology

EDUCATION

2011-2014    : PhD (Botany), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

2003-2005    : M.Sc. (Botany), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.

2000-2003    : B.Sc. (Biology), Mahendra Morang Campus, Biratnagar, Nepal.

 

PROJECTS

2015-2017    : Diversity, ecology and conservation of Rhododendron in China

2014-2015    : Sustainable utilization and management of threatened medicinal plants in TinjureMilkeJaljale Area, Eastern Nepal (The Rufford Foundation, UK)

2013-2014    : Flora of Nepal Vol 10 Part 2 (Arisaema)(Nepal Academy of Science & Technology)

2012-2014    : Taxonomic revision of Lycopodiaceae P. Beauv. Ex Mirb. of the Pan-Himalaya (International Association for Plant Taxonomy, Slovakia)

2006-2007    : Vulnerability assessment of threatened medicinal plants in Langtang National Park, Central Nepal (WWF Nepal)

2006-2007    : Documentation of ethnomedicinal/endemic plants of Rasuwa district, Nepal (Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal/ Department of National Parks & Wildlife Conservation)

 

AWARDS/ GRANTS

2018: Excellent Oral Presentation Award of Young Scientist, 2018 International Conference on the Pharmacology of Traditional Medicine of the Belt and Road Initiatives, May 6-9, 2018, Beijing, China

2017: Research Fund for International Young Scientists, National Natural Science Foundation of China

2016: Nepal Vidhya Bhusan Class "A", Ministry of Education, Government of Nepal

2014: Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation, The Rufford Foundation, UK

2012: IAPT Research Grants in Plant Systematics, IAPT, Slovakia

2011: UCAS Fellowship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

2009&2010: Teacher of the Year, AlfaBeta Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal

2006: WWF Small Grants, WWF Nepal Program, Kathmandu, Nepal

2002: NIIT Best Student of the Year, NIIT Biratnagar Centre, Nepal

1998: Excellent student (Morang district), District Education Office, Nepal


Publications:

  1. Wang Z., Li Y., Su X., Tao S., Feng X., Wang Q., Xu X., Liu Y., Michaletz S.T., Shrestha N., Larjavaara M., Enquist B.J. (2019) Patterns and ecological determinants of woody plant height in eastern Eurasia and its relation to primary productivity. Journal of Plant Ecology. doi: 10.1093/jpe/rtz025. Full text
  2. Xu X., Dimitrov D., Shrestha N., Rahbek C and Wang Z. (2019) A consistent species richness-climate relationship for oaks across the Northern Hemisphere. Global Ecology and Biogeography 28(8): 1051-1066. Full text
  3. Liu Y., Su X., Shrestha N., Xu X., Wang S., Li Y., Wang Q., Sandanov D., Wang Z. (2019) Effects of contemporary environment and Quaternary climate change on drylands plant diversity differ between growth forms. Ecography 42(2): 334-345. Full text 
  4. Wang Q., Wu S., Su X., Zhang L., Xu X., Lyu L., Cai H., Shrestha N., Liu Y., Wang W. and Wang Z. (2018) Niche conservatism and elevated diversification shape species diversity in drylands: evidence from Zygophyllaceae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 285: 20181742. Full text
  5. Shrestha N., Wang Z. (2018) Selecting priority areas for systematic conservation of Chinese Rhododendron: hotspot versus complementarity approaches. Biodiversity and Conservation 27(4): 3759-3775. Full text
  6. Shrestha N., Wang Z., Su X., Xu X., Lyu L., Liu Y. Dimitrov D., Kennedy J.D., Wang Q., Tang Z., Feng X. (2018) Global patterns of Rhododendron diversity: the role of evolutionary time and diversification rates. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27(8): 913-924. Full text
  7. Shrestha N., Su X., Xu X., Wang Z. (2018) The drivers of high Rhododendron diversity in south-west China: Does seasonality matter? Journal of Biogeography 45(2): 438-447. Full text
  8. Wang S., Xu X., Shrestha N., Zimmermann N., Tang Z., Wang Z. (2017) Response of spatial vegetation distribution to climate changes in China since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). PlosOne 12(4): e0175742. Full text
  9. Wang Q., Su X., Shrestha N., Liu Y., Wang, S., Xu X. and Wang Z. (2017) Historical factors shaped species diversity and composition of Salix in eastern Asia. Scientific Reports 7:42038. Full text
  10. Liu Y., Shen Z., Wang Q., Su X., Zhang W., Shrestha N., Xu X. and Wang Z. (2017) Determinants of richness patterns differ between rare and common species: implications for Gesneriaceae conservation in China. Diversity and Distributions 23 (3): 235-246. Full text
  11. Guo Z.Y., Zhang H.R., Shrestha N. and Zhang X.C. (2016) Complete Chloroplast Genome of a Valuable Medicinal Plant, Huperzia serrata (Lycopodiaceae), and Comparison with Its Congener. Applications in Plant Sciences 4 (11): 1600071. Full text
  12. Shrestha N., Shrestha S., Koju L., Shrestha K.K. and Wang Z. (2016) Medicinal plants diversity and traditional healing practices in eastern Nepal. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 192: 292-301. Full text
  13. Shrestha N. and Zhang X.C. (2015) On the presence of North American clubmoss Huperzia lucidula (Michx.) Trevis. in China: An intercontinental disjunction or misidentification. Phytotaxa 219 (3): 243–252. Full text
  14. Shrestha N. and Zhang X.C. (2015) Re-circumscription of Huperzia serrata complex in China using morphological and climatic data. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 53(1): 88-103. Full text
  15. Shrestha N. and Zhang X.C. (2014) Is Huperzia hamiltonii (Spreng.) Trevis. a Himalayan endemic? An empirical evaluation using species distribution modeling. Indian Fern Journal 31: 154-161.
  16. Shrestha N., Prasai D., Shrestha K.K., Shrestha S. and Zhang X.C. (2014). Ethnomedicinal practices in the highlands of central Nepal: A case study of Syaphru and Langtang village in Rasuwa district. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 155 (2): 1204-1213. Full text
  17. Shrestha N., Xing F.W., Qi X.P., Yan Y.H. and Zhang X.C. (2014). Huperzia nanlingensis (Lycopodiaceae), a new terrestrial firmoss from southern China. Phytotaxa 173 (1): 73–79. Full text
  18. Paudel P., Satyal P., Maharjan S., Shrestha N. and Setzer W. N. (2014) Volatile analysis and antimicrobial screening of the parasitic plant Cuscuta reflexaRoxb. from Nepal. Natural Product Research: Formerly Natural Product Letters 28 (2): 106-110. Full text
  19. Shrestha N. and Shrestha K.K. (2012) Vulnerability assessment of high-valued medicinal plants in Langtang National Park, Central Nepal. Biodiversity 13(1): 24-36. Full text
  20. Shrestha N. (2009) Systematic study of six species of Arisaema Mart. (Araceae) of Nepal. Botanica Orientalis 6: 32-38. Full text
  21. Shrestha N. and Shrestha K. K. (2008) Threatened medicinal plants in Langtang National Park, Nepal. In: Jha, P.K., Karmacharya, S.B., Chhetri, M.K. Thapa, C.B. and Shrestha, B.B. (eds.) Medicinal Plants in Nepal: An Anthology of Contemporary Research. Ecological Society (ECOS), P.O. Box 6132, Kathmandu, Nepal. pp. 248-253.

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