I completed my Bachelor degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences (B. Pharm.) from Pokhara University, Nepal in 2005. After working in same institute as Teaching Associate, I entered in Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University in 2007 and completed Master and PhD in Pharmaceutical sciences in 2010 and 2013, respectively. I was working as Takeda Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Kumamoto University (2013-2014) before joining as Assistant Professor at Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence, Kumamoto University, Japan. My main research interests are plant-based bioactive natural products, functional foods and ethnopharmacology. Till now, I have authored more than 100 publications including original research articles, review articles, books and book chapters.

Publications: https://sites.google.com/view/bioactivenaturalproducts/publications

Presentations: https://sites.google.com/view/bioactivenaturalproducts/presentations

Professional Experience:

2019.04 – Present Assistant Professor

Headquarter for Admission and Education,

Program for Leading Graduate Schools, HIGO Program/

Department of Instrumental Analysis, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JAPAN

2014.04 – 2019.03 Assistant Professor

Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence,

Program for Leading Graduate Schools, HIGO Program/

Department of Medicinal Botany, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JAPAN

2013.06 – 2014.03 Takeda Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Pharmacy, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JAPAN

2013.04 – 2014.03 Foreign Research Scholar

School of Pharmacy, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JAPAN

2008.04 - 2013.03 Teaching Assistant

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JAPAN

2007.10 - 2008.03 Research Student

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JAPAN

2005.10– 2007.09 Hospital Pharmacist

Pharmacy Department, Fishtail Hospital and Research Center,

Pokhara, NEPAL

2005.09– 2007.09 Teaching Associate

The School of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences,

Pokhara University, NEPAL

Educational Background:

­­­­2010 – 2013 PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JAPAN

2008 – 2010 Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences (M. Pharm.)

Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, JAPAN

2001 – 2005 Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (B. Pharm.)

Pokhara University, Pokhara, NEPAL

1999 – 2000 Intermediate of Science (I. Sc.)

Prithvi Narayan Campus, Tribhuwan University, Pokhara, NEPAL

Awards and Achievements:

• Kumamoto University Education Award (Grand Prize), Japan, November 2019.

• Kumamoto University Education Award (Young Category), Japan, November 2017.

• Young Investigator Award, The Higo Foundation for Promotion of Medical Education and Research , Japan, November 2013.

• Takeda Science Foundation (TSF) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Award, JAPAN, June 2013 – March 2014.

• KUMAYAKU Alumni Research Foundation Overseas Visit Fellowship Award, JAPAN, August 2013.

• Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) - Institutional Program for Young Researcher Overseas Visits Award, JAPAN, October 2010.

• Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship Award, JAPAN, October 2007 – March 2013 for Masters and PhD degree.

• Dean’s List Award for Academic Excellence in Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences (B. Pharm.), Pokhara University, NEPAL, January 2006.

Research Interests

• Extraction and isolation of chemical constituents from natural medicines/medicinal plants using different column chromatographic techniques

• Identification/quality control of crude drugs using HPLC and GC

• Structure elucidation of isolated compounds on the basis of extensive NMR, Mass and CD spectra

• Bioactivity evaluation of the extracts and isolated compounds

• Field survey of traditional medicines, collection of medicinal plants and their in-vitro screening

• Ethnopharmacological survey, conservation of endangered plant species etc.