Developing a framework for assessment of the school’s exposure to flood-depth scenarios
Bishui, C., … & Dahal. K. (Under Review). "Developing a framework for assessment of the school’s exposure to flood-depth scenarios." Natural Hazards.
CV
Education
- PhD, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Arizona State University, Arizona, USA, May 2026 (Expected)
- MS (en route to PhD), Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Arizona State University, Arizona, USA, Aug 2025
- BE, Civil Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal, 2015 – 2019
Academic Employment
- Graduate Research Associate
- Arizona State University, Arizona, USA
- Dec 2022 – Present
- Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Arizona State University, Arizona, USA
- Aug 2023 – May 2024
- Researcher (Natural Hazards Section)
- Himalayan Risk Research Institute, Bhaktapur, Nepal
- Mar 2019 – Dec 2022
- Asst. Lecturer, Civil Engineering
- Khwopa College of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
- Nov 2019 – Oct 2021
Honors and Awards
- Travel grant, CIROH Developers Conference, The University of Vermont, USA, 2025
- Community Science Fellow, Thriving Earth Exchange, American Geophysical Union (https://thrivingearthexchange.org/project/lumberton-nc/), 2024 – 2026
- Outstanding Reviewer Award, Earth’s Future, American Geophysical Union, 2025
- Full Scholarship to the Snow Measurement Field School, CUAHSI, Mammoth Lakes, California (5 days residential school), 2025
- HydroLearn Fellowship, Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology, 2024
- Outstanding Poster Award for “A Framework to Improve Hydrological Forecasting with Deep Learning”, ASU Flow 2024, Arizona State University, AZ, USA, 2024
- Travel grant, CIROH Developers Conference, The University of Alabama, USA, 2024
- Travel Grant, Remote Sensing of the Water Cycle Chapman, HI, USA, 2024
- Water Quality Tiny Grant (HaikuYourResearch), American Geophysical Union, AGU Fall Meeting 2023, 2023
- Recipient of the Graphical Abstract Competition Prize, American Geophysical Union, 2023
- Full Funding Award for Summer Graduate Writing Camp (June 12-16, 2023) at Arizona State University, 2023
- Hackathon Competition Winner (1st place), SpaceHack for Sustainability, Arizona State University, 2023
- Travel Grant, DRI Technical Conference 2022, India, 2022
- Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) fellow, 2021
- Hackathon Competition Winner (1st place), 3rd NOAA Workshop on Leveraging AI in Environmental Sciences, USA, 2021
- Travel Grant, 36th International Geological Congress, India (The event was canceled due to COVID-19), 2020
Publications
Improving Hydrological Forecasting with Bayesian Model Averaging Over Multiple Loss Functions
Dahal, K., Gupta, A., Bokati, L. & Kumar, S.* (Under Review). "Improving Hydrological Forecasting with Bayesian Model Averaging Over Multiple Loss Functions." Applied Soft Computing.
Policy Relevance of IPCC Reports for the SDGs and Beyond
Pradhan, P., Joshi, S., Dahal, K., Hu, Y., Subedi, D. R., Putra, M. P. I. F., Vaidya, S., Pant, L. P., Dhakal, S., Hubacek, K., Rupakheti, M., Roberts, D., & van den Hurk, B. (2025). "Policy Relevance of IPCC Reports for the SDGs and Beyond." Resources, Environment and Sustainability (Invited Editorial).
Nepal’s carbon stock and biodiversity are under threat from climate exacerbated forest fires
Dahal, K.*, Talchabhadel, R., Pradhan, P., Parajuli, S., Shrestha, D., Chhetri, R., Gautam, A. P., Tamrakar, R., Gurung, S., & Kumar, S. (2025). "Nepal’s carbon stock and biodiversity are under threat from climate exacerbated forest fires." Information Geography.
Urban agriculture matters for sustainable development
Pradhan, P., Subedi, D. R., Dahal, K., Hu, Y., Gurung, P., Pokharel, S., Kafle, S., Khatri, B., Basyal, S., Gurung, M., & Joshi, A. (2024). "Urban agriculture matters for sustainable development." Cell Reports Sustainability.
Multimodal multiscale characterization of cascading hazard on mountain terrain
Talchabhadel, R., Maskey, S., Gouli, M. R., Dahal, K.*, Thapa, A., Sharma, S., Dixit, A. M., & Kumar, S. (2023). "Multimodal multiscale characterization of cascading hazard on mountain terrain." Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 14(1), 2162443.
Mapping landslide susceptibility and critical infrastructure for spatial decision-making
Dahal, K.*, & Gnyawali, K.R., (2023) "Mapping landslide susceptibility and critical infrastructure for spatial decision-making." Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure.
Land use and land cover change implications on agriculture and natural resource management of Koah Nheaek, Mondulkiri province, Cambodia
Teck, V., Poortinga, A., Riano, C., Dahal, K., Legaspi, R. M. B., Ann, V., & Chea, R. (2023). "Land use and land cover change implications on agriculture and natural resource management of Koah Nheaek, Mondulkiri province, Cambodia." Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 29, 100895.
Identification of groundwater potential zones in data-scarce mountainous region using explainable machine learning
Dahal, K.*, Sharma, S., Shakya, A., Talchabhadel, R., Adhikari, S., Pokharel, A., Sheng, Z., Pradhan, A. M. S., & Kumar, S. (2023). "Identification of groundwater potential zones in data-scarce mountainous region using explainable machine learning." Journal of Hydrology.
Framework for rainfall-triggered landslide-prone critical infrastructure zonation
Gnyawali, K., Dahal, K., Talchabhadel, R., & Nirandjan, S. (2023). "Framework for rainfall-triggered landslide-prone critical infrastructure zonation." Science of the Total Environment, 872, 162242.
Assessment of shelter location-allocation for multi-hazard emergency evacuation
Bera, S., Gnyawali, K., Dahal, K., Melo, R., Li-Juan, M., Guru, B., & Ramana, G. V. (2023). "Assessment of shelter location-allocation for multi-hazard emergency evacuation." International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 84, 103435.
A systematic review highlights that there are multiple benefits of urban agriculture besides food
Pradhan, P., Callaghan, M., Hu, Y., Dahal, K., Hunecke, C., Reusswig, F., Lotze-Campen, H., & Kropp, J. P. (2023). "A systematic review highlights that there are multiple benefits of urban agriculture besides food." Global Food Security, 38, 100700.
Vegetation loss and recovery analysis from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake (7.8 Mw) triggered landslides
Pandey, H. P., Gnyawali, K., Dahal, K., & Pokhrel, N. P. (2022). "Vegetation loss and recovery analysis from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake (7.8 Mw) triggered landslides." Land Use Policy.
Natural Hazards Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science
Sharma, S., Dahal, K., Nava, L., Gouli, M. R., Talchabhadel, R., Panthi, J., Roy, T., & Ghimire, G. R. (2022). "Natural Hazards Perspectives on Integrated, Coordinated, Open, Networked (ICON) Science." Earth and Space Science, 9(1), e2021EA002114.
Insights on the Impacts of Hydroclimatic Extremes and Anthropogenic Activities on Sediment Yield of a River Basin
Talchabhadel, R., Panthi, J., Sharma, S., Ghimire, G. R., Baniya, R., Dahal, P., Baniya, M. B., K. C., S., Jha, B., Kaini, S., Dahal, K., Gnyawali, K. R., Parajuli, B., & Kumar, S. (2021). "Insights on the Impacts of Hydroclimatic Extremes and Anthropogenic Activities on Sediment Yield of a River Basin." Earth, 2(1), 32–50.
Talks & Presentations
A Framework to Improve Hydrological Forecasting with Deep Learning
Conference Poster at ASU Flow 2024, Arizona State University, USA
Operational Streamflow Forecasting Tool for Arizona Streams
Conference Talk at CMWR 2024, University of Arizona, USA
Explainable Machine Learning in Groundwater Potential Mapping
Invited Webinar at UNESCO GWYN, Online
Mapping wetland potential in arid environments A machine learning approach with geospatial interpretability
Conference Talk at AGU Chapman Conference on Remote Sensing of the Water Cycle, Honolulu, HI, USA
Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Water Resources
Conference Poster at AGU Fall Meeting 2023, San Francisco, USA
Discussion Facilitator at Session 1 –Development of core use cases in environmental sciences
Invited Talk at 5th NOAA Workshop on Leveraging AI in Environmental Sciences, Online
Remote Sensing, Big Data Analytics, and Cloud Computing Application to Water Quality Modeling
Workshop at Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) Congress 2023, ASCE, Henderson, NV, USA
Explainable Artificial Intelligence to visualize the unseen
Conference Talk at EWRI Congress 2023, Nevada, USA
Spatial decision making with landslide susceptibility and critical infrastructure
Conference Talk at DRI Technical Conference 2022, Delhi, India
Landslide susceptibility and monsoon preparedness in Nepal An engineering perspective
Invited Lecture at Khwopa College of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Introduction to Google Earth Engine for cloud computing
Invited Discussion at S4W Nepal, Online
Google Earth Engine and cloud computing
Invited Lecture at Central Department of Geography, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
National landslides database and susceptibility assessment of Nepal
Conference Poster at AGU Fall Meeting 2021, Online
Framework for multi-hazards susceptibility assessment in Google Earth Engine
Conference Poster at AGU Fall Meeting 2021, Online
Spatial downscaling of coarse resolution satellite-based precipitation estimates (SPEs) to 1 km using Machine Learning
Conference Talk at 3rd NOAA Workshop on Leveraging AI in Environmental Sciences, USA
Machine Learning to Estimate Precipitation with Satellite-based and Gauged Observations
Conference Talk at 3rd NOAA Workshop on Leveraging AI in Environmental Sciences, USA
Chocolate Talk on DRR #3 Artificial intelligence (AI) for disaster risk reduction
Moderator at U-INSPIRE Alliance, Online
DRR talk #1 The future of disaster risk governance in 2045
Invited Talk at Disaster Risk Reduction and Tsunami Information, UNESCO Office, Jakarta, Online
Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Nepal using Google Earth Engine
Conference Talk at Geo for Good 2020, USA
Teaching
Leadership and Services
- Executive Committee (Elected), Young Earth System Scientists (YESS) Community, July 2025 – June 2026
- Community Science Fellow, American Geophysical Union, May 2024 – Present
- Regional Representative (South East Asia), Young Earth System Scientists (YESS) Community, Jan 2021 – Jan 2022
- Coordinator, Capacity Building, U-Inspire Alliance, May 2019 – Present
Academic Services
Editorial Advisory Board
- Regional Environmental Change, Springer Nature, 2024 – Present
Reviewer
- Earth’s Future, 2024 – Present
- International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Elsevier, 2023 – Present
- Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Nature, 2023 – Present
- Regional Environmental Change, Springer Nature, 2021 – Present
- Anthropocene Science, Springer Nature, 2021 – Present
- PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 2021 – Present
- The Geographic Base, Nepal Journals Online, 2020 – Present
Memberships
- Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, USA, 2022 – Present
- Member, American Geophysical Union, USA, 2020 – Present
- Registered A class Civil Engineer, Nepal Engineering Council, Nepal, 2020 – Present