Dr. Prakash K. Paudel is a Conservation Biologist whose interests include conservation biogeography, human-wildlife interaction, conservation planning and policy. He earned a Ph.D. in the Biology of Ecosystems at the University of South Bohemia in 2012, and then worked as a Research Fellow at the Global Change Research Center of Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic and as a Senior Scientist at Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, Nepal. Dr. Paudel has led several research projects funded by international organizations. He has contributed several book chapters and coauthored a widely used textbook in conservation biology. He has published several research articles in prestigious journals.