Joachim Frank, PhD
Joachim Frank, PhD
Professor, Columbia University
Distinguished Professor, SUNY Albany

Keynote Talk: Single Particle Cryo Electron Microscopy

ANPA Conference team is proud to host Dr. Joachim Frank, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and of Biological Sciences at Columbia University, and Distinguished Professor of the State University of New York at Albany. He is regarded as the founder of single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2017 with Jacques Dubochet and Richard Henderson.

Date/Time: July 16, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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Bijaya B. Karki, PhD
Bijaya B. Karki, PhDMcDermott Inc. Endowed Professor
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803

Keynote Talk: A multidisciplinary research journey through physics, geosciences, and computer science

Dr. Karki is currently Chair and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Division in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He received his doctorate in 1997 from the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Before joining the Department in 2003, he worked as a research scholar at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Karki was awarded the National Science Foundation CAREER grant in 2004. He won LSU Phi Kappa Phi and College of Science awards in 2008, and the LSU Rainmakers award in 2010. He received the JMGM graphics prize in 2009 and the JSPS fellowship in 2012. His research projects involve the development and application of a meta computing-visualization framework to address fundamental materials problems for key geophysical/geochemical implications.

Date/Time: July 17, 8:00-9:00 PM ET

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Welcome to the ANPA Conference 2021, to be held on July 16-18, 2021. This is the fourth annual ANPA Conference, which will be held online on a virtual platform. Since the inception of ANPA, our major goal has been establishing and strengthing the connection between fellow researchers of Nepali origin and beyond. We are proud to continue the conference as the platform for all of us to be able to network and seek collaborative avenues with researchers in major areas of science.

The conference program will consist of invited talks, contributed talks, and a physical workshop in Pokhara, Nepal which will be hosted by PRI. We will cover a wide range of physics topics including, but not limited to condensed matter physics, AMO/Plasma physics, bio/medical physics, astronomy and space science, high energy physics, physics education research, data science, etc. We are honored to have a stellar lineup of the invited guest speakers. We invite you to use this opportunity to build a strong network among us.

Papers presented at the conference will have an opportunity to submit the manuscript for publication in the special issue of the peer-reviewed journal of Nepal Physical Society (JNPS).  We also encourage submissions of review papers for all the divisions.

We sincerely hope that you will be able to join us with your exciting research presentations. Please feel free to reach out to us if you have questions. Looking forward to seeing you!

Email: events@anpaglobal.org

Nabin Malakar, PhD
Nabin Malakar, PhDConvener
ANPA Conference 2021

Conference Divisions

Invited Speakers

Dr. Deepak Subedi
Dr. Deepak Subedi
K U Dhulikhel, Nepal
Dr. Ram Rai
Dr. Ram Rai
SUNY Buffalo State, NY
Dr. Gopi Kafle
Dr. Gopi Kafle
Central Dept. of Physics, TU
Dr. Eugenia Etkina
Dr. Eugenia Etkina
Rutgers University, NJ
Dr. Taya Chetry
Dr. Taya Chetry
Mississippi State University, Mississippi
Dr. Richa Madhogoria
Dr. Richa Madhogoria
University of South Florida
Dr. Mukesh Dhamala
Dr. Mukesh Dhamala
Georgia State University, Georgia
Dr. Churna Bhandari
Dr. Churna Bhandari
Ames Laboratory
Dr. Neeraj Nepal
Dr. Neeraj Nepal
US Naval Research Laboratory Washington D.C.
Dr. Bhim Kafle
Dr. Bhim Kafle
Kathmandu University Dhulikhel
Dr. Kamal Dhungana
Dr. Kamal Dhungana
IN10T Inc., Greater St. Louis
Dr. Soma Dhakal
Dr. Soma Dhakal
Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia
Dr. Yadav Pandit
Dr. Yadav Pandit
Baptist Health Science University, Memphis, Tennessee
Dr. Junhao Wen
Dr. Junhao Wen
University of Pennsylvania, USA
Dr. Riwaj Pokharel
Dr. Riwaj Pokharel
University of Toledo, Ohio
Dr. Dhruba B. Khadka
Dr. Dhruba B. Khadka
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
Dr. Shreyashi Chakdar
Dr. Shreyashi Chakdar
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester MA

Organizing Committee 

Dr. Nabin Malakar
Dr. Nabin Malakar(Convener)
Dr. Jagannath Devkota
Dr. Jagannath Devkota
Dr. Shree K Bhattarai
Dr. Shree K Bhattarai
Dr. CR Bhatta
Dr. CR Bhatta
Dr. Pashupati Dhakal
Dr. Pashupati Dhakal
Dr. Chandra M Adhikari
Dr. Chandra M Adhikari
Dr. Sunita Humagain
Dr. Sunita Humagain
Dr. Tika Ram Neupane
Dr. Tika Ram Neupane
Mr. Ashok Timsina
Mr. Ashok Timsina
Dr. Arjun Dahal
Dr. Arjun Dahal
Dr. Santosh KC
Dr. Santosh KC
Dr. Chiranjivi Lamsal
Dr. Chiranjivi Lamsal
Dr. Dilli Raj Paudyal
Dr. Dilli Raj Paudyal

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