MSc-Botany (2000) - The Tribhuvan University, Nepal

MSc-Biodiversity conservation (2008) - The Edinburgh University, UK

PhD-Plant Science (2012) - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming China

Community based biodiversity conservation

Conservation genetics

Organic certification

DNA barcoding of plants

Plant taxonomy

Ethnobotany

Ram C. Poudel, Lian-Ming Gao, Michael Mo ̈ller, Sushim R. Baral, Yadav Uprety, Jie Liu and De-Zhu L. 2013. Yews (Taxus) along the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region: Exploring the ethnopharmacological relevance among communities of Mongol and Caucasian origins, Journal of Ethnopharmacology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j.jep.2013.02.031 

RC Poudel, M Möller, LM Gao, A Ahrends, SR Baral, J Liu, P Thomas, DZ Li. 2012. Using Morphological, Molecular and Climatic Data to Delimitate Yews along the Hindu Kush-Himalaya and Adjacent Regions. PloS one 7 (10), e46873

Y Uprety, R Poudel, K Shrestha, S Rajbhandary, N Tiwari, U Shrestha, H Asselin. 2012. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 8 (1), 16

Y LI, LM GAO, RC POUDEL, DZ Li, A FORREST. 2011. High universality of matK primers for barcoding gymnosperms. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 49 (3), 169-175

Y Uprety, RC Poudel, H Asselin, E Boon. 2011. Plant biodiversity and ethnobotany inside the projected impact area of the Upper Seti Hydropower Project, Western Nepal. Environment, Development and Sustainability 13 (3), 463-492

Y Uprety, EK Boon, RC Poudel, KK Shrestha, S Rajbhandary, A Ahenkan, NN Tiwari. 2010. Non-timber forest products in Bardiya district of nepal: indigenous use, trade and conservation. Journal of Human Ecology 30 (3), 143-158

Y Uprety, E Boon, RC Poudel. 2008. Traditional use of plant resources by bankariya ethnic group in Makawanpur district, central Nepal. GRIN Verlag