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• 2014-2018: PhD in Ecology, Institute of Zoology, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China. Research: Conservation ecology and genetic of red panda Ailurus fulgens across the entire range (Professor Fuwen Wei).
• 2012-2014: Master’s Degree in Biodiversity and Environmental Management, Tribhuvan University, Nepal and University of Bergen, Norway. Research: Landcover changes and habitat occupancy of large mammals in Laljhadi-Mohana biological corridor, Nepal. (Professor Karn Bahadur Shah)
• 2006-2008: Master of Science in Zoology, Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University, Nepal. Research: Analysis of food habitats and conservation threats of wild red panda in Langtang National Park (Professor Khadga Basnet).

• July 2025 – Present: Assistant Professor, Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
• 2023-2025: CAS President’s International Fellow (PIFI) Postdoctoral, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
• 2021–2022: ECL–GBIF Postdoctoral Researcher, Ecological Cascade Lab, The University of Queensland (Remote) School of the Environment, Centre for Biodiversity & Conservation Science, Australia (Remote base).
• 2018 – 2022: Visiting Faculty for MSc. Wildlife Management and Biodiversity Conservation, School of Forestry and Natural Resources Management, Institute of Forestry, Tribhuvan University, Nepal.
• 2018 – 2022: Visting Faculty, M.Sc. Environmental Sciences, GoldenGate International Collage, Kathmandu, Nepal Affiliated from Tribhuvan University, Nepal.

 

• 2017 August -September: International PhD Course in “Modeling Species Distributions under Climate Change, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Center for Macro ecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

2014 April-May: MCCS  0503 S04- Species Monitoring and Conservation:  Terrestrial Mammals (Professional Education) organized Smithsonian- Mason School of Conservation, Smithsonian Institution, USA.

• Maharjan S., Arya P.C., Maharjan B, Neupane D and Thapa A*. 2026, Ecological Determinants of Endangered Hispid Hare (Caprolagus hispidus) in Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal. International Journal of Zoology.

 

• Thapa, A*., Ma, T., Wei, F. and Hu, Y., 2026. Low Genetic Diversity in Climate Change Refugia Threatens the Endangered Himalayan Red Panda Ailurus fulgens. Integrative Zoology.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.70103

 

• Thapa A*., Baral S., KC R.,Paudel RP., Thapa GJ., Basnet H., GC R., Khanal K., Dhakal M. Jnawali SR, Thapa K., Khanal L. (2025) Differential vulnerability of key threatened mammals to climate and land cover changes in the Central Himalayas. Ecosphere. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70242.

 

• Sherpa, M., Poudel, T.R., Aryal, P.C. and Thapa, A*., 2025. Effects of habitat correlates on Himalayan red panda distribution in Mewa Watershed, Taplejung, Nepal. FORESTRY: Journal of Institute of Forestry, Nepal, 22(1), pp.58-66.

 

• Subba, A., Thapa, A. and Khanal, L., 2025. Phylogeography of the Bent‐Toed Geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae) reveals complex diversification patterns linked to the Orogenic History of the Himalayas. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 2025(1), p.6716689. https://doi.org/10.1155/jzs/6716689

 

• Sigdel, S., KC, R.B., Karki, J.B., Giordano, A.J., Neupane, D. and Thapa, A*., 2025. Do habitat occupancy factors drive conflict with leopards (Panthera pardus) in the Mid–Hills region of Nepal? European Journal of Wildlife Research, 71(6), p.121.

 

• Shah, S.K., Karki, J.B., Bhatta, B., Subedi, N., KC, R.B., Kadariya, R., Karki, A., Paudel, U., Lamichhane, B.R. and Thapa, A*. (2025). Ecological factors at fine spatial scale associated with habitat use by tigers in western terai Arc Landscape, Nepal. Ecology and Evolution, 15(3), p.e71109.

 

• Thapa, A*., KC, R.B., Paudel, R.P., Kadariya, R., GC, R., Khadka, R., Joshi, L.R., Shah, S.K. and Dahal, S., 2024. Factors influencing the distribution of the endangered hispid hare in Bardia National Park, Nepal. Mammalian Biology, pp.1-11. DOI: 10.1007/s42991-024-00430-6

 

• Limbu, A., Thapa, A*., Khanal, L., Gurung, S., Cruz, N.J. and Thapa, T.B., 2024. Habitat Characteristics of the Endangered Himalayan Red Panda in Panchthar–Ilam–Taplejung Corridor, Eastern Nepal. Ecologies, 5(3), pp.342-353. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies5030021

 

• Mendes, C.P., Albert, W.R., Amir, Z., Ancrenaz, M., Ash, E., Azhar, B., Bernard, H., Brodie, J., Bruce, T., Carr, E. Thapa A. and Clements, G.R., (2024). CamTrapAsia: A dataset of tropical forest vertebrate communities from 239 camera trapping studies. Ecology, 105(6), p.e4299. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4299

 

• Lamichhane, S., Thapa, A*., Thapa, M.S., Panthi, S. and Giordano, A.J., (2023). Understanding human-leopard conflict in the ‘Mid-hill’region of western Nepal. Journal of Mountain Science, 20(12), pp.3464-3475. DOI: 10.1007/s11629-023-8007-8.

 

• Luskin M, Thapa A, Mendes C (2023). Sharing vertebrate occurrence data from camera traps in Asia. Version 1.9. Small Mammals Conservation and Research Foundation. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/r84kt7 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-03-06.
• Baral, S., Kunwar, A., Adhikari, D., Kandel, K., Mandal, D.N., Thapa, A., Neupane, D. and Thapa, T.B., 2023. The potential distribution of the yellow monitor, Varanus flavescens (Hardwick & Gray) under multiple climate, land cover and dispersal scenarios in Nepal. Wildlife Research. DOI: 10.1071/WR22176

 

• Wei F. Thapa A.,Zhang Z., Hu Y. (2022). Red panda ecology. Chapter18: Red Panda (Second Edition), Academic Press, 329-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823753-3.00013-2.

 

• Wei F., Thapa A., Hu Y Zhang Z.(2022). Red pandas in the wild in China.Chapter21: Red Panda (Second Edition), Academic Press, 393-411. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823753-3.00033-8.

 

• Hu Y., Wei F., Thapa A*. (2022). Red panda genomics and the evidence for two species. Chapter 22 - Red Panda (Second Edition), Academic Press, 413-420. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823753-3.00015-6.

 

• Wei F., Zhang Z.,Thapa A., Liu Z., Hu Y. (2022). Conservation initiatives in China. Chapter29: Red Panda (Second Edition), Academic Press, 509-520. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823753-3.00021-1.

 

• Poudel, T.R., Aryal, P.C., Thapa-Parajuli, R., Thapa, A., Yadav, S.K. and Prakash, M., 2022. Depredation loss drives human–wildlife conflict perception in the Trans-Himalayas. Journal of Environmental Management, 311, p.114763. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030147972200336X
• Shrestha S., Thapa A*., Bista D., Robinson N., Sherpa A.P.,  Acharya K.P, Jnawali S.R, Tashi Lama, S.T.,  S. (2021). Distribution and habitat attributes associated with the Himalayan red panda in the westernmost distribution range, Nepal. Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7297.
• Hu, Y**., Thapa, A**., Fan, H., Ma, T., Wu, Q., Ma, S., Zhang, D., Wang, B., Li, M., Yan, L. and Wei, F., 2020. Genomic evidence for two phylogenetic species and long-term population bottlenecks in red pandas. Science Advances,6(9), p.eaax5751. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aax5751.

 

• Hu, Y., Thapa, A. and Wei, F. (2020). Ailurus fulgens (Himalayan Red Panda) and Ailurus styani (Chinese Red Panda). Trends in Genetics. https://www.cell.com/trends/genetics/fulltext/S0168-9525(20)30077-9

 

• Suwal, T.L., Thapa, A., Gurung, S., Aryal, P.C., Basnet, H., Basnet, K., Shah, K.B., Thapa, S., Koirala, S., Dahal, S. and Katuwal, H.B., 2020. Predicting the potential distribution and habitat variables associated with pangolins in Nepal. Global Ecology and Conservation, p.e01049. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989419307930

 

• Singh, P.B., Mainali, K., Jiang, Z., Thapa, A., Subedi, N., Awan, M.N., Ilyas, O., Luitel, H., Zhou, Z. and Hu, H., 2020. Projected distribution and climate refugia of endangered Kashmir musk deer Moschus cupreus in greater Himalaya, South Asia. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 1-13. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-58111-6

 

• Thapa, A*., Hu, Y., Sigh P.B., Shah K.B. and Wei, F.W (2019). The Endangered Red panda in Himalayas: Potential Distribution and Ecological Habitat associates. Global Ecology and Conservation, 21, e00890, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00890.

 

• Thapa A*., Hu Y, Wei, FW. (2018). The endangered red panda (Ailurus fulgens): Ecology and Conservation approaches across entire range. Biological Conservation, 220: 112-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.02.014.

 

• Thapa, A*., Wu, R., Hu,Y., Nei, Y., Sing, P. B., Khatiwada, J.R., Yan, L.,Gu, X., Wei, FW. (2018). Predicting potential distribution of endangered Red panda across its entire range using MaxEnt Modeling. Ecology and Evolution, 00:1–13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4526.

 

• Sigh P.B., Saud P., Cram D., Mainali K., Thapa. A., Chhetri N.B., Poudyal L.P., Bara H.S., Jian Z. (2018). Ecological correlates of Himalayan Musk Deer Moschus leucogaster. Ecology and Evolution, ece3.4435. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4435.

 

• Singh PB, Shrestha BB, Thapa A, Saud P, Jiang Z (2018). Selection of latrine sites by Himalayan musk deer (Moschus leucogaster) in Neshyang Valley, Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal. Journal of Applied Animal Research, 46: 920-926. https://doi.org/10.1080/09712119.2018.1430578.

 

• Bista D, Shrestha S, Sherpa P, Thapa GJ, Kokh M, Lama ST, Khanal K, Thapa A, Jnawali SR.(2017). Distribution and habitat use of red panda in the Chitwan-Annapurna Landscape of Nepal. PLoS One, 12: e0178797. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178797.

 

• Khatiwada J.R., Shu G.C., Wang SH, Thapa A, Wang B, Jiang J. (2017). A new species of the genus Microhyla (Anura: Microhylidae) from Eastern Nepal. Zootaxa, 4254: 221-239.    https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4254.2.4 .

 

• Thapa A*, Shah KB, Pokheral CP, Paudel R, Adhikari D., Bhattarai P., Cruz NJ., Aryal A. (2016). Combined land cover changes and habitat occupancy to understand corridor status of Laljhadi-Mohana wildlife corridor, Nepal. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 63, 83. DOI 10.1007/s10344-017-1139-9.

 

• Kandel K, Huettmann F, Suwal M.K, Regmi GR, Nijman V, Nekaris KAI, Lama ST, Thapa A, Sharma HP, Subedi TR (2015). Rapid multi-nation distribution assessment of a charismatic conservation species using open access ensemble model GIS predictions: Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in the Hindu-Kush Himalaya region. Biological Conservation, 181: 150-161.

 

• Thapa A, Basent K.B. (2015). Seasonal diet of wild red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in Langtang National Park, Nepal Himalaya. International Journals of Conservation Science, 6: 261-270.

 

• Devkota R, Brant S, Thapa A., Loker E (2014). Sharing schistosomes: the elephant schistosome Bivitellobilharzianairi also infects the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in Chitwan National Park, Nepal. Journal of helminthology, 88: 32-40. (DOI: 10.1017/S0022149X12000697)

 

• Thapa, A*., Thapa, S., Poudel, S. (2013). Gaurishankar Conservation Area- A prime habitat for Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) in Central Nepal. Journal of student forum for forestry research and environment Conservation (SUFFREC) - The Initiation, 2014, 5:43-49.

 

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• Subedi TR, Thapa A* (2012). Distribution and Habitat Characteristics of Red panda (Ailurus fulgens) in Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve, Nepal (C). Proceeding of “Nepalese Conference for Rufford Grantee- Research in protected areas, Nepal: Interface between Researcher and Managers”: 13-14 January, 2012. Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation, 192-1

Thapa A*., Thapa S., Poudel B.S. (2011)  Habitat and distribution of Goral (Naemorhedus goral) in Mahabharat Goral Conservation Area in Nawalparasi district of the western Nepal. The Nepal Journal of Forestry.