Dr. Paudel obtained PhD from University of Arizona, USA in Natural Resources (Wildlife Conservation and
Management) /Remote Sensing. He is a certified Wildlife Biologist. 

He has over a decade of teaching, research, and service experience in forestry and riverine ecosystem management, with extensive research on aquatic and terrestrial conservation, watershed restoration, wildlife, and evidence-based natural resource management.

As a Conservation Fellow, Dr Paudel works spans on collaborating conservation research on aquatic ecosystems.