Prof. Dr. Shiva P. Pudasaini
Director
Dr. Shiva P. Pudasaini is a world-leading scientist in advanced modelling, simulation, and application of complex multi-phase mass flows, including landslides, debris flows, rock avalanches, and gravity flows impacting reservoirs and other natural hazards with a great international reputation. With a sharp understanding of multi-disciplinary fields, he has developed several cutting-edge theories, solving some long-standing scientific, engineering, and environmental challenges. Many of his research papers are highly cited. Dr. Pudasaini is a graduate of TU Kathmandu, Nepal, and TU Kaiserslautern, and obtained his PhD from TU Darmstadt, Germany, and started working at the Institute of Geosciences, University of Bonn in 2006. Dr. Pudasaini has been awarded a Visiting Professorship at the Technical University of Munich since May 2020. He is a distinguished reviewer of over 80 highly prestigious international multidisciplinary journals in physical, mathematical, and engineering sciences, and funding agencies including NSF, ANR, DFG, ERC, NWO, FWF, SNSF, NERC, FNR, CONICYT and UGC-HK. Dr. Pudasaini has secured several national/transnational research fundings as project leader mostly based on the implementation of innovative-novel ideas he pioneered. Together with internationally leading colleagues, he has fundamentally contributed to the development of r.avaflow, a GIS-based, leading opensource software tool for the simulation of multi-phase, multi-physics cascading mass-flows (https://avaflow.org/), providing advanced solutions to problems related to engineering, environmental, geomorphological, planning and hazard mitigation. He has organized and delivered lectures in different International Schools to post/graduates and has delivered more than 160 presentations with 77 of them being invited talks. He is the author of the standard book “Avalanche Dynamics: Dynamics of Rapid Flows and Dense Granular Avalanches”, and has published more than 67 articles in international scientific journals of high reputation on the relevant subjects.
Prof. Dr. Parameshwari Kattel
Dr. Parameshwari Kattel received his bachelor’s degree in science in 1993, and master’s degree in mathematics in 1996 from the Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu. He received his MPhil in 2014, and PhD in 2019 from the Kathmandu University, School of Science, Nepal. Dr. Kattel is an associate professor at Tri-Chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, and is the secretary Nepal Mathematical Society. His research areas of interest are natural science, modeling, and computing with a special focus on modeling multiphase mass flow dynamics and obstacle interactions with applications to Glacial Lake Outburst Flows (GLOF). He has authored several research articles of his areas of interest and also has reviewed articles in some reputed journals. He has been teaching pure and applied mathematics to graduate students of Tribhuvan University.
Prof. Dr. Puskar R. Pokhrel
Dr. Puskar R. Pokhrel received his PhD in 2019 from Kathmandu University, Dhulikhel, Nepal, in the topic: Generalized Quasi Two-Phase Bulk Mixture Models for Mass Flow. Dr. Pokhrel is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the Department of Applied Sciences, Pulchowk Campus, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Dr. Pokhrel has published a number of research papers in international journals. He is a Nepalese expert in the eigenstructure of complex mixture flows. His research areas are Applied and Computational Mathematics, especially in the modeling and computation of two-, and multi-phase mass flow. He has participated in many national and international conferences and workshops. He has been teaching graduate courses in Numerical Methods, Computing, and Differential Equations courses for Engineers with applications in different engineering and earth science problems.
Asst. Prof. Dr. Jeevan Kafle
Dr. Jeevan Kafle received PhD in 2019 from Kathmandu University, School of Science, Dhulikhel, Nepal. He is an Assistant Professor at the Central Department of Mathematics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal with a focus on computational geosciences and visiting faculty of Central Department of Geology, Tribhuvan University. His research areas of interest are Applied and Computational Mathematics, especially developing mathematical models. Dr. Kafle is a National expert in computational fluid dynamics, particularly related to multi-phase mass flow-induced tsunamis (waves in lakes and rivers, mountain tsunamis) and environmental flows.
Institute Members
Mr. Bekha Ratna Dangol
Research Scholar
Mr. Chet Nath Tiwari
Research Scholar
Mr. Tek B Budhathoki
Research Scholar
Mr. Grishma Acharya
Mr. Dinesh Raj Regmi
Mr. Dinesh Raj Regmi
Research Scholar
Research scholars with relevant interests compatible with those of The Kathmandu Institute of Complex Flows can join as institute members with particular targets for specific times.