Dr. Tista Prasai Joshi

Dr. Tista Prasai Joshi is a senior scientist at the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST). She received a M.Sc. degree in Environmental Microbiology and an M.A. degree in Anthropology from Tribhuvan University, and a Ph. D. degree in Environmental Engineering in 2017 from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) with the UCAS Excellent International Student award. Dr. Tista’s research is focused on drinking water quality and purification which appears in many leading journals, such as Water Research, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Science of the Total Environment, and so on. She has registered a patent in China and also writes several science awareness articles in her native language. She has presented her water-related research work at many national and international conferences. She also facilitates and mentors masters and Ph.D. level research works in particular water-related projects and delivers guest lectures in her field of expertise. She is an editorial board member of various national and international journals. She has been awarded the OWSD-Elsevier Foundation award in Biological Sciences representing the Asia Pacific region in 2019 and UNESCO-OWSD early career fellowship in 2019. She was nominated as one of the 50 visionaries of Nepal and was saluted with a medal in 2022.