I am a native of Nepal, came to the USA to explore the journey of my academic career and research in wildfire ecology and geoscience. I am a PhD in Geoscience, MS in Botany, and Postdoctoral experience in Forestry.
Successful in achieving my dream of becoming a interdisciplinary scientist with a blend of being a woman biogeographer, fire ecologist, botanist, data scientist and geoscientist.
I love to explore new places and work in nature. Many different types of research about natural science, renewable energy, and solving diverse problems using data science excites me. I am curious to learn new things and accept uniqueness. I enjoy cooking, listening to music and dancing in between breaks working in computer to recharge myself.
OVERVIEW OF MY CURRENT ROLE
I continue to expand my expertise in data science, ecological modeling, big-GIS data processing, and deep learning applications for understanding cause and effect of diverse systems. Recent projects focus on burned-area mapping and invasive species detection using high-resolution multispectral imagery. I am also a HIPAA-certified safety analytics, and involve in understanding safety using human behavior, working schedule and using weather and climate role. I am interested in automating GIS workflows, LiDAR processing, multispectral image classification, and weather forecasting models.
Media Coverage: Biocultural Diversity
I'm also curious about how humans fit into our natural system and how they contribute to biodiversity conservation. In Nepal, we see many interesting examples of conservation that is actively carried out by local people as part of it. Our photo essay on Dakchinkali's sacred forest one such example.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Parajuli, R., Paudel, A., & Markwith, S. H. (2025). Integrating the physical harvesting of dead wood into fuel treatments to reduce wildfire hazards and enhance carbon benefits. Journal of Environmental Management, 376, 124535.
Paudel, A., Chen, Y. H., Brodylo, D., & Markwith, S. H. (2024). Spatial Monte Carlo simulation and analysis of climate change enhanced fire and projected landscape-scale variation in vegetation heterogeneity. Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis, 8(2), 22.
Paudel, A., & Markwith, S. H. (2023). From the severity patch to the landscape: Wildfire and spatial heterogeneity in northern Sierra Nevada conifer forests. Journal of Vegetation Science, 34(5), e13207.
Paudel, A., Coppoletta, M., Merriam, K., & Markwith, S. H. (2022). Persistent composition legacy and rapid structural change following successive fires in Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 509, 120079.
Markwith, S. H., & Paudel, A. (2022). Beyond pre-Columbian burning: the impact of firewood collection on forest fuel loads. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 52(3), 365-371.
Steel, Z. L., Foster, D., Coppoletta, M., Lydersen, J. M., Stephens, S. L., Paudel, A., Markwith, S. H., Merriam, K., & Collins, B. M. (2021). Ecological resilience and vegetation transition in the face of two successive large wildfires. Journal of Ecology, 109(9), 3340-3355.
Ghimire S.K., Subedi C.K., Budha-Magar S., Adhikari M., Pandey T.R., Awasthi B., ThapaMagar S., Paudeyal M.R., Ghimire K.M., Shrestha B.B., Bhatt G.D., Joshi L.R., Paudel A., Chapagain D.J. & Gurung J. (2021). Flora of Kailash Sacred Landscape Nepal: An Annotated Checklist. Volume 1 (Gymnosperms and Angiosperms: Ephedraceae – Buxaceae). Research Centre for Applied Science and Technology (RECAST), Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
