Remote Sensisng Scientist at KBR, Inc. Contractor to the USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS) [July 2019- Present]

• As a part of the Science Division Team of the Technical Services Support Contract (TSSC) at the USGS EROS Center, I contribute to the Big Data production processes including writing and maintaining Metadata, writing Data Management Plans, wiring through IPDS, and finally publishing the data in Science Base and USGS Websites and journal publications.
• As an integral part of this team of highly talented scientists, technical specialists, and software engineers, I contribute to ecosystem dynamics and land cover monitoring projects and support the dynamic science and technical requirements of our USGS Customer.
• As a Remote Sensing Scientist, I utilize numerous Geographic Information System (GIS) software, scripting techniques, statistics, data mining, and/or modeling methodology to produce, manipulate, analyze, and interpret geospatial datasets that contribute to the science focus area.

Reference: Joel Connot

Vegetation Dynamics, Phenology, Irrigated Agriculture, Environment and Ecosystems, Water Quality, Sustainable Development, Precision Agriculture, Land Use and Land Cover Change

GIS, Systems Modeling & Integration, Spatial Analysis, Geospatial Data Analyss, Image Processing, Big Data Analytics

Master's in Geography, Specialization in GIS

Department of Geography, South Dakota State University, USA

Thesis: Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Water Quality in the Big Sioux River Watershed: 2007-2016 [Thesis]

Advisor: Dr. Darrell Napton | Committee Members: Dr. Dapeng Li & Dr. Bruce Millett

Data Science Certificate

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, South Dakota State University, USA

Advisor: Dr. Rong Fan

Bachelor's in Geomatics Engineerig

Department of Civil and Geomatics Engineering , Kathmandu University, Nepal

Thesis: Impact of Flash Flood in Seti Khola, using HEC RAS and preparing Flood Inundation Map, 2012

Advisor: Asst. Prof Subash Ghimire

Benedict, T.D., Shrestha, D., and Boyte, S.P., 2022. "C6 Aqua 250-m eMODIS Remote Sensing Phenology Metrics across the conterminous U.S." [ScienceBase | U.S. Geological Survey data release]

Shrestha, D.; Brown, J.F.; Benedict, T.D.; Howard, D.M., 2021. "Exploring the Regional Dynamics of U.S. Irrigated Agriculture from 2002 to 2017". Land 2021, 10, 394. [Journal Paper]

Boyte, S.P., Benedict, T.D., Shrestha, D., and Brown, J.F., 2020. "Using Targeted Training Data to Develop Site Potential for the Upper Colorado River Basin from 2000 - 2018" [ScienceBase | U.S. Geological Survey data release]

Brown, J.F., Howard, D.M., Shrestha, D., and Benedict, T.D., 2019. "Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Irrigated Agriculture Datasets for the Conterminous United States (MIrAD-US)" [ScienceBase | U.S. Geological Survey data release]

Shrestha, Dinesh, 2019. "The Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Water Quality in the Big Sioux River: 2007-2016". [Electronic Theses and Dissertations]

Brown, J. F., Shrestha, D, Benedict, T.D, and Howard D.M., 2019 "Multi-decadal dynamics in irrigated crop land use and linkages to water use." AGU, 2019. [AGU Fall Meeting 2019.]

Shrestha, D., and N, Darrell. “Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Water Quality in the Big Sioux River: 2007-2015”. 48th Annual South Dakota State Geography Convention, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA [Abstract] [Image]

Shrestha, D., and N, Darrell. “Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Water Quality in the Big Sioux River: 2007-2016”. The Great Plains / Rocky Mountains Division American Association of Geographers, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.[Slides][Image]

Shrestha, D., and N, Darrell. “Geography of Nitrates in the Big Sioux River: 2007-2015”.The 2017 Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [Slides] [Image]

Shrestha, D., and N, Darrell. “Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Water Quality in the Big Sioux River: 2007-2016”. Western South Dakota Hydrology Conference, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA. [Abstract] [Image]

Shrestha, D., and N, Darrell. “Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Water Quality in the Big Sioux River: 2007-2016”. 2018 GIS Day Observation, , Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, SD, USA. [Poster]

Shrestha, D., and N, Darrell. “Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Water Quality in the Big Sioux River: 2007-2016”. The Eastern South Dakota Water Conference, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA. [Poster] [Image]

Shrestha, D., and N, Darrell. “Land Use and Land Cover Change in the Big Sioux River Watershed: Driving Forces, Connections and Consequences”. The 48th Annual South Dakota State Geography Convention, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA. [Third Place Poster] [Poster] [Image]

Shrestha, D., and N, Darrell. “Geography of Nitrates in the Big Sioux River: 2007-2015”. The 2016 GIS Day Observation, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, SD, USA.

Shrestha, D. “Using GIS in Hotspots Analysis for Forest Fire Risk Zones Mapping in the Black Hills Region, South Dakota" Geospace: Annual Geo-ICT Magazine of GES, Vol. III, 40-49, ISSN 2091-198X [Paper] [This is NOT a Referred Journal]

Shrestha, D. “The Impacts of Land Use and Land Cover Change on Water Quality in the Big Sioux River Watershed: 2010-2015" Geospace: Annual Geo-ICT Magazine of GES, Vol. III, 51-55, ISSN 2091-198X [Paper] [This is NOT a Referred Journal]

Member, Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), Texas

Member, Association of American Geographers

Member, The Imaging and Geospatial Information Society

Member, Cartography and Geographic Information Society

Member, American Geophysical Union

Member, South Dakota State University Geography Club, South Dakota State University

Founder General Member, Geomatics Engineering Society, Kathmandu University

Python, C/C++, Java, R, SAS

HTML5, CSS, JavaScript

OpenLayers, GeoServer, PostGIS, ArcGIS Server/ArcSDE

Linux, Microsoft, iOS

Visual Studio, Jyputer Notebook, Eclipse, PyCharm, Anaconda

PostgreSQL/PostGIS, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL, PowerBI

ArcGIS/ArcPy, ENVI, ERDAS IMAGINE, QGIS, Google Earth Engine

ArcSWAT, HEC-RAS, HEC-GeoRAS, ArcHydro

Engineering Survey, GPS Survey, Cadastral Survey, Topographic Survey, Control Survey, Engineering, and Hydrographic Survey.

Do-It-Yourself Geo Apps - ESRI [Certificate]

Geospatial Applications for Disaster Risk Management - ISRO [Certificate]

Going Places with Spatial Analysis- ESRI [Certificate]

Digital Image Processing with OpenCV in Python - Geo University [Certificate]

Earth Imagery at Work- ESRI [Certificate]

Cartography- ESRI [Certificate]

Python for Everyone- ESRI [Certificate]

Getting Started with ArcGIS Pro- ESRI [Certificate]

Basics of Javascripts Web Apps- ESRI [Certificate]

Preapring for Network Analysis- ESRI [Certificate]

NHD Wiki: Markup Application and NHD Enhancements on the Horizon Certificate - URISA [Certificate]

Creating Web Applications Using Templates and Web AppBuilder for ArcGIS - ESRI [Certificate]

Basics of Geographic Coordinate System - ESRI [Certificate]

Address Geocoding with ArcGIS - ESRI [Certificate]

Basics of Raster Data - ESRI [Certificate]

Creating 3D Using ArcGIS - ESRI [Certificate]

Distance analysis Using ArcGIS - ESRI [Certificate]

Finding Geographic Data in ArcGIS - ESRI [Certificate]

GeoReferencing Raster Data Using ArcGIS - ESRI [Certificate]

Getting Started wtih GIS - ESRI [Certificate]

Network Analysis Certificate - ESRI [Certificate]

Using Raster Data for Site Selection - ESRI [Certificate]

Building Models for GIS Analysis Using ArcGIS - ESRI [Certificate]

Performing Spatial Interpolation Using ArcGIS - ESRI [Certificate]

Remote Sensing Appliactions using the Hellenic National Sentinel Data Mirror Site - GU [Certificate]

Remote Sensing for Conservation & Biodiversity - NASA [Certificate]

English Language Course Completion - ESL SDSU [Certificate]

(28 Days): Training course on Cadastral Survey, Kathamandu University

(28 Days): Training course on Global Positioning System Survey, Kathamandu University

(28 Days): Training course on Engineering and Hydrographic Survey, Kathamandu University

(28 Days): Training course on Topographic Survey, Kathamandu University

(28 Days): Training course on Control Survey, Kathamandu University