Function: Doctoral student

Research Topic: 

Soil organic carbon dynamics in moss-dominated forest ecosystems.

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Organizational memberships:

Member: International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG) (Since 2025).

Member: German Soil Science Society (DBG) (Since 2025).

Life Member: OWSD Nepal Chapter (Since 2020).

Life Member: Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) (since 2017).

Life Member: Nepalese Soil Science Society (Since 2016).

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Work experience

01/11/2024 - 31/8/2025: Research Assistant (TVL 13) (BMEL/FNR Waldklimafonds), Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Department of Soil Science and Geomorphology, Rümelinstraße 19 – 23, D-72070 Tübingen,  Germany.

Since 17/03/2021: Lecturer (Permanent) Tribhuvan University (TU), Institute of Forestry (IOF), Department of Watershed Management and Environmental Science (WME), Hetauda Campus, Hetauda, Nepal

02/05/2016–2020: Lecturer (Course Contract) TU; IOF, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IAAS), Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU)

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Education 

Since 2024: PhD student at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany

2011 - 2016: M.Sc. in Agriculture-Conservation Ecology, IAAS, Tribhuvan University, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal 

2012–2015: M.Sc. Physical Land Resources – Soil Science Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Gent, Belgium 

2006 - 2010 : B.Sc. in Agriculture, IAAS, TU, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal

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Research Theses/Projects:

Parajuli, M (2016): On-farm agricultural biodiversity and its contribution to food security in Tharu communities, Chitwan, Nepal. M.Sc. Thesis, TU, Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal.

Parajuli, M (2015): Location and degradability of particulate organic matter in soil. M.Sc. Thesis, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.

Developing Criteria and Indicators for Forest Health Assessment, 29/04/2024 to 31/12/2024.

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Publications:

Pandey, P., Parajuli, M., K.C., A., & Bhattarai, A. (2023).  Effect of various Bamboo plant species on soil properties in Pani Kholsi micro watershed, Nepal. Journal of Institute of Forestry, Nepal, 20, 36-48. https://doi.org/10.3126/forestry.v20il.64275.

Atreya, K.; Gartaula, H.; Parajuli, M.; Kattel, K. (2022). Gender analysis of household seed security: A case of maize and wheat seed systems in Nepal. CDMX, Mexico: CIMMYT https://repository.cimmyt.org/bitstream/handle/10883/22072/65309.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.

Pokharel, S., Bhattarai, S., Adhikari, R., Jha, S., Pokhrel, A., & Parajuli, M. (2022). Existing agroforestry practices and their contribution to the socio-economic condition of the people of west Nawalparasi, Nepal: A case study. Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science, 7(1), 132-141. https://doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2022.0701019.

Parajuli, M., Pant, K.K., & Adhikari, R. (2022). Agricultural Biodiversity and its Contribution to Food Security: A Case Study in Tharu Community, Chitwan, Nepal. North American Academic Research, 5(2), 236-245. doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6332018.

Conference presentation:

Parajuli, M., Adhikari, R., Gall, C., Scholten, S. Veste, M., & Seitz, S. (2025). Density fractionation for soil particulate organic matter determination in forest soils with moss cover. German Soil Science Society (DBG), Tübingen, Germany, 13–19 September [Poster]. 

Adhikari, R., Böhner, J., Chaudhary, R., Gall, C., Maharjan, A., Parajuli, M., Schickhoff, U., Seitz, S., Oelmann, Y. & Scholten, T. (2025). Himalayan krummholz vs non-krummholz region: soil organic carbon, total nitrogen and C:N ratio indicates a nutrient limitation for plant growth in treeline ecotones. German Soil Science Society (DBG), Tübingen, Germany, 13–19 September [Talk].

Adhikari, R., Parajuli, M., George, S, Dumon, M., Scholten, T. & Van Ranst, E. (2025). Physico-chemical and mineralogical characterization of a soil toposequence on Isla Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos) in González-Pérez José Antonio, Rosa Arranz, José M. de la (Eds). Advancing Soil Knowledge for a Sustainable Future: Book of Abstracts of the VII EUROSOIL Meeting, 1310 páginas pp 165. https://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/398890.

Parajuli, M., Pant, K.K., Adhikari, R., Scholten, S. & Seitz, S. (2025). Does Crop Diversity Improve Food Sufficiency? Insights from the Tharu Community in Nepal. Agrobiodiversity and the transition to agroecological food systems, Central Germany (Kassel, Eschwege and Halle), 17– 27 August [Poster]. 

Wagle, B.H., Devkota, B.P., Silwal, T., Parajuli, M., Bhandari, A.R. & Jnawali, D. (2025). Criteria and indicators for forest health assessment in Nepal. Second National Silviculture Workshop, Kathmandu, 10-11 May [Talk]. 

Adhikari, R., Böhner, J., Chaudhary, R. P., Gall, C., Huber, J., Maharjan, A., Oelmann, Y., Parajuli, M., Schickhoff, U., Seitz, S., Subedi, C. K. & Scholten, T. (2025). Soil microbial biomass and nutrient limitation in high altitude treeline ecotones of central Nepal Himalaya, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 27 April –2 May, EGU25-253, doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-253 [Poster]

Adhikari, R., Parajuli, M*., Tiwari, K. R., Seitz, S. & Scholten, T. (2024). An assessment of soil organic carbon and soil properties variation in Banpale forest of Tribhuvan University, Pokhara Campus. International Conference on Applied Science and Engineering in Changing World (ICASECW-24), Pokhara, Nepal (June 11-13) [Talk]. 

Parajuli, M., Pant, K. K. & Adhikari R. (2019). On-farm agricultural biodiversity and its contribution to food security in Tharu community, Chitwan, Nepal. International Conference on Natural Resources, Agriculture and Society in Changing Climate (NRACC), Godawari, Kathmandu, Nepal, 17-19 August [Talk]. 

Research Colloquia:

Parajuli, M. (2024). Identification of an appropriate staining agent for location and degradability of particulate organic matter (POM) in soils using X-ray computed tomography (CT), Tübingen University colloquium [Talk]. 

Summer Schools:

Agrobiodiversity and the transition to agroecological food systems, Central Germany (Kassel, Eschwege and Halle), organized and supported by zhaw and FiBL, 17– 27 August, 2025. 

2nd Training School, Semi-arid land management for crop production and restoration in man-made soils. Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Valenzano, Italy, 18- 25 September, 2013.