Dr. Resham Thapa

Former PhD student

Resham completed his PhD in the Agroecology Lab in December of 2020. He grew up in a rural farm in Nepal helping his parents. With his fascination towards agriculture, he joined Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in agriculture in 2013. During his bachelor’s degree, he received the prestigious Dr. Karnam Lokanadhan Award (Gold Medal) and ACCOSA Award for Academic Excellence (Silver Medal). Resham earned his master’s degree in Soil Science in 2016 from North Dakota State University. During his master’s degree, he was involved in multiple projects focused on soil fertility and salinity issues in North Dakota. He has received the most prestigious International Plant Nutrition Institute (IPNI) scholar award, Environmental Quality Outstanding Graduate Student Award, and Roy A. Erickson scholarship in 2015. As a doctoral student, he studied the impacts of various cover crops on soil water and nitrogen dynamics on a research farm at USDA’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC). Resham is now a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina.