Romesh Yadav

 Education

Master of Science in Global Change Ecology
University of Bayreuth, Germany

Thesis Topic: Climate Change Adaptation for Risk-Reduction of Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in Khumbu region, Nepal

Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Earth Sciences

Supervisors: Dr. Joachim Rathmann (University of Würzburg) & Prof. Dr. Rijan Bhakta Kayastha (Kathmandu University)

Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences
Kathmandu University, Nepal

Thesis Topic: Effects of Temperature and Precipitation Variation on Major Crops Production in Eastern Development Region (EDR), Nepal

Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Rijan Bhakta Kayastha

Internships  

Linking food diets reported on a country-scale with their associated greenhouse (GHG) emissions by looking at life cycle analysis                                                   

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impacts Research (PIK)                                                 

Potsdam, Germany

03-04/ 2013;  05/ 2014

Assessment of background levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and their transboundary movement from Indo-Gangetic plain to Tibetan plateau 

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China

HiWi Job

Department of Micrometeorology 

University of Bayreuth, Germany

Science Schools  

Summer School on Micrometeorological Flux & Turbulence

Department of Micrometeorology, University of Bayreuth                                           

Bad Saarow, Germany

Summer school on Climate Change

Master in International Cooperation and Development (MICD)

Kathmandu, Nepal

Conferences  

UN Climate Change Conference (COP 23): Bonn Zone (Climate Action Zone)

Bonn, Germany

Impacts World 2017: The international conference on climate-change impacts for scientists & stakeholders

Potsdam, Germany

Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) | Launching the new climate and development agenda

Paris, France

The 3rd Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Bonn, Germany

The 7th International Biogeography Society (IBS) Conference

University of Bayreuth, Germany

The 8th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation (CBA8) | Financing Local Adaptation 

Kathmandu, Nepal

Workshops

Sustainable Energy Technologies for Food Utilisation, SET4food

Cooperazione Internazionale, Politecnico di Milano, Fondazione Politecnico di Milano, Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection (European Union)

Kathmandu, Nepal

Comprehensive Disaster Risk Management Programme (CDRMP) 

National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Kathmandu University & Camps for Conservation Awareness (ECCA)

Wise Use House, Lalitpur, Nepal

Publications

Luo, W., Gao, J., Bi, X., Xu, L., Guo, J., Zhang, Q., Yadav, R. K., Giesy, J.P., & Kang, S. (2016). Identification of sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons based on concentrations in soils from two sides of the Himalayas between China and Nepal. Environmental Pollution, 212, 424-432. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2015.11.018

Bi, X., Luo, W., Gao, J., Xu, L., Guo, J., Zhang, Q., Yadav, R. K., Giesey, J. P., Kang, S., & Boer, J. D. (2016). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils from the Central-Himalaya region: Distribution, sources, and risks to humans and wildlife. Science of The Total Environment, 556, 12-22. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.006

Tan, B., Wang, T., Wang, P., Luo, W., Lu, Y., Yadav, R. K., & Giesy, J. P. (2014). Perfluoroalkyl substances in soils around the Nepali Koshi River: levels, distribution, and mass balance. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21(15), 9201-9211. doi:10.1007/s11356-014-2835-6