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Srijana Shrestha

  1. PhD Student
  2. Advisor: Carol Miles
Email Addresssrijana.shrestha@wsu.edu
LocationGeneral Campus- Mt. Vernon
Website

Education

  • BS, Agriculture
  • MS, Horticulture

Biography

Srijana Shrestha was born and raised in the Lamjung district in Nepal. She completed her BS in Agriculture in 2018 from the Agriculture and Forestry University, Nepal. She worked for one year as a project officer in Biodiversity and Resource Management for Sustainable Food Security in Mountain Community Project with the Nepal Group of Helping Hands, in the very remote Dailekh district of Nepal. She completed her MS with the Vegetable Horticulture program at WSU Mount Vernon NWREC in 2022 and is currently a PhD student.

Research Focus: Developing tea plant propagation methods for nursery production in Washington.
Start Date: Fall 2022