Name: Kumar Sapkota

Position: Professor

Unit: Central Department of Zoology, Kirtipur

Other Appointments: Visiting Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Chosun University, South Korea.

Email: kumar.sapkota@cdz.tu.edu.np

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• Google Scholar

Research Impact (Google Scholar):

h-index: 26

Total citations: 2245

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Research Interest/Expertise: 

Neurobiology, Toxicology

Teaching:

Neurobiology, Molecular Biology

Key Awards/Honors/Recognitions:

• Mahendra Bidhya Bhusan-Kha
• KOSEF fellowship, Republic of Korea

•    Bachelor Degree: Trichandra Multiple Campus

•    Master Degree: Central Department of Zoology, Kirtipur

•    PhD Degree: Chosun University, South Korea

Professional Affiliations:

• Editor-In-Chief, Nepalese Journal of Zoology (NJZ)
• Central Department of Zoology, TU, Nepal
• Life Member, Zoological Society, Nepal
• Life member, Nepal Fisheries Society

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Amatya, B., Sapkota, K., & Edds, D. R. (2025). Feeding Biology of the Glyptosternine Catfish Parachiloglanis hodgarti (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) in Nepal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (JBNHS). https://doi.org/10.17087/jbnhs/2025/v122/171093
2. Shrestha, S., Khatri, K., Shrestha, N., Poudel, R. C., & Sapkota, K. (2025). Diversity and Distribution of Freshwater Fishes of the Dano, Banganga, and Arung Khola Rivers of Western Nepal. Banko Janakari, 35(2), https://doi.org/10.3126/banko.v35i2.77886
3. Shrestha, S., Khatri, K., Shrestha, N., Poudel, R. C., & Sapkota, K. (2025).Ichthyofaunal diversity in the community-managed Jagadishpur Reservoir (Ramsar site) and Gajedi Lake, Lumbini Province, Nepal. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity 26 (7). https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d260718
4. Urmila Dyola, Chitra Bahadur Baniya, Pushpa Raj Acharya, Muhammad Asghar Hassan, Anjeela Pandey & Kumar Sapkota (2023) A faunistic study on the hoverflies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park, Central Nepal, Oriental Insects, 57:4, 1004-1040. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2023.2171497
5. Basaula, R., Sharma, H. P., Paudel, B. R., Kunwar, P. S., & Sapkota, K. (2023). Effects of invasive water hyacinth on fish diversity and abundance in the Lake Cluster of Pokhara Valley, Nepal.Global Ecology and Conservation, 46, e02565. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02565
6. Kunwar, P.S., Sapkota, B., Badu, S. et al. Chlorpyrifos and dichlorvos in combined exposure reveals antagonistic interaction to the freshwater fish Mrigal, Cirrhinus mrigala. Ecotoxicology 31, 657 666 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-022-02534-6
7. Kunwar, P. S., Sinha, A. K., De Boeck, G., & Sapkota, K. (2022). Modulations of blood biochemical parameters of golden mahseer, Tor putitora following exposures to single and mixed organophosphate. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology &Pharmacology, 251, 109207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2021.109207
8. Dyola, U., Baniya, C. B., Acharya, P. R., Subedi, P., Pandey, A., & Sapkota, K. (2022). Community structure of pollinating insects and its driving factors in different habitats of Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park, Nepal. Ecology and Evolution, 12(3), e8653.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8653
9. Kunwar PS, Basaula R, Sinha AK, Boeck G De, K Sapkota; Joint toxicity assessment reveals synergistic effect of chlorpyrifos and dichlorvos to common carp (Cyprinus carpio) ;Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C, Volume 246, August 2021, 108975, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2021.108975
10. Kunwar PS., Parajuli K,   Badu S, Sapkota B, Sinha A K, Boeck G De, Sapkota K ,Mixed toxicity of chlorpyrifos and dichlorvos show antagonistic effects in the endangered fish species golden mahseer (Tor putitora). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology;Volume 240,  2021, 108923. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108923