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Jhalendra Rijal, Ph.D.
Integrated Pest Managegment (IPM) Advisor
Associate Director for Agricultural IPM
UC Statewide IPM Program
University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources

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Education

• B.Sc (Agriculture, 2004): Tribhuvan University, Nepal
  
• M.Sc. (Entomology, 2006): Tribhuvan University, Nepal
• PhD (Entomology, Feb. 2014): Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Areas of Interest

• Applied research and extension
• Chemical ecology and insect behavior
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and insect pathology
• Abundance and spatial distribution of insects

Experiences

• 2015-Current: Area IPM Advisor, University of California
• 2014-2015: Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California-Davis
• 2009-2013: Graduate Research Assistant,

          Dept. of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA, United States

• 2004-06: Graduate Research Assistant

          Dept. of Entomology, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

• 2005-06: Lecturer (Part-time)

          Dept. of Entomology, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Nepal

• 2006-2009: Plant Protection Officer (Gazetted III Class)

          Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Dept. of Agriculture, Government of Nepal, Nepal

Awards

• 2020: Plant-Insect Ecosystem (P-IE) Integrated Pest Management Team Award
• 2020: Entomology Team Work Award, Entomological Soc. Am. Pacific Branch
• 2020: IPM Achievement Award (Team Award), California Department of Pesticide Regulation
• 2019: UC Entomology Extension Award (Team Award), Western Extension Directors Association Award of Excellence
• 2015: Travel Award for Professional Conference, UC-ANR Academic Council
• 2014: Friends of IPM Graduate Student (PhD) Award, Southern Region IPM
• 2013: GSA-Graduate Research Award, Virginia Tech 
• 2012: Second place in poster competition at 60th ESA annual meeting
• 2012: Sigma Xi Research Award 

• 2012: Cyrus McCormick Scholarship
• 2011: ESA-Student and Young Professional Cash Award

• 2009: Vice Chancellor Award, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
• 2009: Ram Prasad Manandhar Award, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
• 2008: Nepal Bidhya Bhusan Award, Govt of Nepal

Professional Membership

• Entomological Society of America (ESA) (Website)
• International Society of Chemical Ecology (Website)
• Sigma Xi-The Scientific Research Society (Website)
• Association of Applied IPM Ecologists (AAIE) (Website)
• Plant Protection Society of Nepal (Website)
• Gamma Sigma Delta (Website)
• Society of Overseas Nepalese Entomologists-SONE (Website)