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Food Microbiology, Green Chemistry, Biotechnology
Nepal

Biography

Mr. Rajbhandari born in Sarlahi, Nepal, received his master’s degree in Biotechnology (2010) on a sandwich program between Kathmandu University, Nepal and Institute of Biomolecule Reconstruction (iBR), Sun Moon University, South Korea. He worked as founding Vice President for six and half years before serving as President from January 2018 at Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology, Nepal. He has received Nepal Vidya Bhushan “Kha” (2011), National Energy Globe Award (2015) and Elsevier Foundation Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge (2018). His research interest includes natural preservatives, secondary metabolites and probiotics.

Activities

Employment (2)

Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology: Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, NP

2018-01-01 to present | President
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Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology: Kathmandu, NP

2011-07-04 to 2017-12-31 | Vice President
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Education and qualifications (2)

Kathmandu University: Dhulikhel, NP

2008-09-01 to 2010-11-01 | MS by Research (Biotechnology)
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Kathmandu University: Dhulikhel, NP

2004-08-08 to 2008-08-14 | B.Tech (Biotechnology)
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Professional activities (1)

Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB): Incheon, KR

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Funding (7)

Understanding antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Yak milk microbiomes: An interdisciplinary capacity building approach in Nepal

2025-10 to 2026-07 | Grant
University of Edinburgh SFC-ISPF ODA Partnership Fund (Edinburgh, GB)
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Himalayan Lactic Acid Bacteria (Hi-LAB) Project

2023-11 to present | Grant
Novonesis (Copenhagen, DK)
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Non-Endemic Leishmaniasis in Nepal

2023-08 to 2024-04 | Grant
GCID Co-Development Fund (Glasgow, GB)
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Genomics, Oral Microbiome Composition, and Demography of the Raute Hunter-Gatherers from Nepal

2023-06 to present | Grant
University of Zurich (Zurich, CH)
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Guava Leaves as natural preservatives: Technology for small holders farmers of Nepal

2018-06 to present | Award
Elsevier Foundation (Amsterdam, NL)
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Dairy waste management as renewable source: Lessons dissemination in Nepal.

2013-06 to 2013-12 | Grant
Korea Green Foundation (Seoul, KR)
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Optimization of Bioethanol production from Cheese whey using immobilized lactose assimilating yeast strains

2013 to 2014 | Grant
Renewable Nepal Program (Dhulikhel, Bagmati Province, NP)
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Works (10)

The genetic demographic history of the last hunter-gatherer population of the Himalayas

Scientific Reports
2025-01-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Inez Derkx; Francisco Ceballos; Simone Andrea Biagini; Sudarshan Subedi; Prajwal Rajbhandari; Anita Gyawali; Elena Bosch; Lucio Vinicius; Andrea Bamberg Migliano; Jaume Bertranpetit
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Alcohol consumption, life history and extinction risk among Raute hunter–gatherers from Nepal

Evolutionary Human Sciences
2024 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2513-843X
Contributors: Inez Derkx; Gina Menn; Sudarshan Subedi; Nagendra Upadhyaya; Prajwal Rajbhandari; Anita Gyawali; Ruth Mace; Jaume Bertranpetit; Lucio Vinicius; Andrea Migliano
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Research institutes from nest eggs: challenges and the way forward

Nature Reviews Methods Primers
2024-01-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Rijan Maharjan; Anusa Thapa; Prajwal Rajbhandari; Ashim Dhakal
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Harnessing a decade of research at the Research Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology in Kathmandu, Nepal: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference ICBB-2022

BMC Proceedings
2023-06-02 | Conference paper
Part of ISSN: 1753-6561
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Effect of altitude and solvent on Psidium guajava Linn. leaves extracts: phytochemical analysis, antioxidant, cytotoxicity and antimicrobial activity against food spoilage microbes

BMC Chemistry
2023-04-13 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2661-801X
Contributors: Rita Majhi; Rukusha Maharjan; Mitesh Shrestha; Aatish Mali; Angisha Basnet; Manish Baral; Rabin Duwal; Rojlina Manandhar; Prajwal Rajbhandari
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Patterns and determinants of the global herbivorous mycobiome

bioRxiv
2022 | Preprint | Writing - review & editing
Contributors: Prajwal Rajbhandari
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Draft Genome Sequence of the Sattazolin-Producing Strain Pseudonocardia sp. C8, Isolated from a Mud Dauber Wasp Nest in Nepal

Microbiology Resource Announcements
2021-03-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2576-098X
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Faecal pollution source tracking in the holy Bagmati River by portable 16S rRNA gene sequencing

npj Clean Water
2021-02-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Kalyan Pantha; Kishor Acharya; Sanjeeb Mohapatra; Santosh Khanal; Niroj Amatya; Carolina Ospina-Betancourth; Giacomo Butte; Suman Dhun Shrestha; Prajwal Rajbhandari; David Werner
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Maculosin, a non-toxic antioxidant compound isolated from Streptomyces sp. KTM18

Pharmaceutical Biology
2021-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Babita Paudel; Rukusha Maharjan; Prajwal Rajbhandari; Niraj Aryal; Saefuddin Aziz; Keshab Bhattarai; Bikash Baral; Rajani Malla; Hari Datta Bhattarai
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Draft Genome Sequence of Nonomuraea sp. Strain C10, a Producer of Brartemicin, Isolated from a Mud Dauber Wasp Nest in Nepal

Microbiology Resource Announcements
2019-11-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2576-098X
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Peer review (1 review for 1 publication/grant)

Review activity for PloS one. (1)