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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3522-5555
ResearcherID: N-5894-2019
Shankar
Panthi
Assistant professor at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
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About

Research: Global change ecology, Climate change, growth & physiological responses of forests to environmental changes, Forest resilience;

Research Area: Global change ecology in Himalayas & Chinese Mountain systems, Open for regional/global collaboration across different biomes;

Methods/techniques: Tree rings & stable isotope analysis across elevation & environment gradients;

Projects: Climate variability, & Long-term growth & physiological responses of high-elevation forests across Himalaya-Hengduan-Tibet complex

Professional Skills
R
ArcGIS
Tree-ring stable isotopes
Tree-ring based climate reconstructions
Statistical analyses
Long-term growth trend detection
Forest resiliences
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden Chinese Academy of Sciences June 2018 - June 2021
Yunnan, China
Dendrochronology
Climate reconstruction
Climate sensitivity
tree physiological responses
Work Experience
Assistant Professor
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Gaden Chinese Academy of Sciences August 2021 - Present
Yunnan, China
Tree-ring analyses
Forest resilience
Climate sensitivity
Long-term growth trends
tree physiological responses
tree-ring stable isotopes
Lecturer (Botany - Biodiversity and Biogeography)
Xavier Int'l College 2011 - 2013
Kathmandu, Nepal
Teaching
Biodiversity
biogeography
ecology
climate change
Education
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
China Sep 2013 - Dec 2017
PhD , Ecology
Tribhuvan University
Kathmandu, Nepal 2008 - 2011
MSc , Botany
Tribhuvan Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University
Nepal 2004 - 2007
BSc , Biology
Presentations/Talks
Long-term growth trends detection using tree rings: testing different methods for high-elevation forests
Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China Oct 2023
6th DendroChina meeting

Oral

Drought seasonality modulates the temperature sensitivity of Abies spp. at upper forestline network in the Hengduan Mountains
Zhuhai, China (Online & onsite) Apr 2022
7th International Conference of Asian Dendrochronological Association (ADA 2022)

Oral

The stigma of p-values: do we ditch or live with it?
XTBG, Yunnan, China Sep 2020
XTBG Seminar - Panel Discussion
Long-term tree-growth and their responses to global changes in the central Himalaya, Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal Aug 2020
6th Graduate Conference 2020

Invited (lead) presentation

Tree ring research across Himalayas: an overview on climate sensitivity, past climate variations and long-term growth trends
XTBG, Yunnan, China Jan 2020
XTBG Seminar
Long-term growth trends and climate sensitivity of Abies georgei along elevation gradients in the central Hengduan Mountains, southwestern China
Caserta, Italy May 2019
TRACE2019- Tree rings in Archaeology, Climatology and Ecology

Poster

Winter temperature variations in the central Himalaya, Nepal
Lucknow, India Nov 2019
6th International Conference of Asian Dendrochronological Association (ADA 2019)

Oral

Recent intensified drought induced growth decline of Himalayan spruce in the central Himalaya, Nepal
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Sep 2017
5th International Conference of Asian Dendrochronological Association (ADA 2017)

Oral

Growth-climate response of Abies spectabilis along elevational gradients in the central Himalaya, Nepal
Kathmandu, nepal Mar 2015
4th International Conference of Asian Dendrochronological Association (ADA 2015)

Oral

Membership
Member
Mar 2015 - Permanent
Asian Dendrochronological Association
Member
Jan 2019 - Dec 2023
Association of Tree-ring Research (ATR)
Member
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Ecological Society of America (ESA)
Prizes and Awards
The CAS President's International Fellowship Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowship (PIFI)
Chinese Academy of Sciences | Jan 2019
"Nepal Bidhyabhusan" (National Education Award - "category First")
Ministry of Education, Government of Nepal | Sep 2018
Project
"Special Research Fund for Young Foreign Scholars", Department of Resource Allocation and Management, Ministry of Science and Technology, China
December 2022 - December 2024
Research Fund for International Scientists, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC RFIS)
January 2022 - December 2023
"2022 Zhihui plan" for International young Scientists, Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology, China
July 2022 - June 2023
XTBG Postdoctoral Research Fund, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
June 2018 - June 2021
CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Ecology Postdoctoral fund, XTBG, China
June 2018 - June 2021
Basic Research Project, Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology, China
May 2023
International Foundation for Science (IFS) research grant
September 2013
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