Ms. Chogyal Wangmo
Lecturer & Head of Department
Department of Environment & Climate Studies
Mr. Sangay Tshering
Associate Lecturer & Programme Leader
Department of Environment & Climate Studies
Mr. Sangay Tshering was recruited in the Royal Thimphu College in 2017 as Associate Lecturer prior to his recruitment in the College of Natural Resources under Royal University of Bhutan in 2018 as Lecturer. Mr Tshering served in the College in various capacities such as internship coordinator and programme leader for the Department of Environment and Climate Studies. He won research and capacity building projects funded by international organizations such as the International Foundation for Science (Sweden), Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (Japan), and Rufford Foundation (UK) projects. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Environment and Climate Studies in the College with a strong research focus on taxonomy. He has worked on the bats of Bhutan and also on carbon sequestration. He is currently working on the bat diversity of Bhutan and its associated zoonotic diseases. His passion in bats taxonomy has resulted in documenting several new species record for the country with a potential of new species to science from Bhutan. Besides the conventional morphometric approach, which is often inadequate, he uses molecular method in bat taxonomy.
Dr. Om Katel
Lecturer
Department of Environment & Climate Studies
Dr. Ugyen Thinley
Assistant Professor
Department of Environment & Climate Studies
Ms. Yogeeta Dahal
Lecturer
Department of Environment & Climate Studies
Ms. Yogeeta Dahal was recruited in the College of Natural Resources (CNR) in 2018 as a faculty member in the Department of Environment and Climate Studies. She has served in the college in various capacities (Lecturer, Head of the Department, Programme leader, Internship coordinator). She is currently serving as the Programme leader of the BSc in Earth Science Programme. She holds MSc in Natural Resource Management by Research and BSc in Environmental Science with minor in Developmental Theory. Her research interest includes in the areas of environment pollution (waste management, microplastics, water quality, air pollution), Climate Change and Natural Resources.
Ms. Phub Dem
Associate Lecturer
Department of Environment & Climate Studies
Mr. Namgay Rinchen
Associate Lecturer
Department of Environment & Climate Studies
Mr. Namgay Rinchen was recruited in the Royal University of Bhutan in July, 2024 as Associate Lecturer, under the Department of Environment and Climate Studies, College of Natural Resources. He has his Bachelors degree of B.Sc. Life Science with Honours in Botany, from Sherubtse College. He pursued his MSc. in Forestry from FRIDU, Dehra Dun, India. He was also trained in studying glaciology for a semester, as part of MSc. in Environmental Science Specialization in Glaciology programme, Kathmandu University, Nepal. He worked on biodiversity assessments, home garden pollinators and ethnobotanical studies. He is currently working on modelling of endangered orchid species. He has also started to teach and work on geology and glaciology linked to Cryospheric study.
Ms. Rinchen Zangmo
Associate Lecturer
Department of Environment & Climate Studies
Ms. Rinchen Zangmo is an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Environment and Climate Studies at the College of Natural Resources, where she teaches in the undergraduate programme. She holds an MSc in Ecology and Environment Studies from Nalanda University, India, and a BSc in Environmental Science from Sherubtse College. Building on her academic foundation, she has developed experience in curriculum development and academic leadership, having previously served as the Programme Leader and faculty for the BSc Geography programme, Elective tracks, and a member of the College Academic Committee at Sherubtse College. Her professional expertise is further enhanced through participation in national policy initiatives, including recent participation in Bhutan’s Clean Air Action Plan Workshop and her role as a member of the Kigali HFC Implementation Plan (KIP) project. Beyond her core responsibilities, she has contributed as a resource person for an international summer school programme. Her research interests are focused on environmental challenges, specifically Wildlife and Biodiversity Conservation with an emphasis on human-wildlife conflict, Climate Change, Waste Management, and Bioenergy.
Mr. Rinchen Dorji
Associate Lecturer
Department of Environment & Climate Studies