Prof. Chhatra Mani Sharma completed his MSc in Zoology from the Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University in 1996 (with a Gold Medal). Then he pursued an MSc and a PhD at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and completed his studies in 2008. He performed research on mercury and organic pollutants in fish during his PhD, performing whole-lake experimentation. His team manipulated the population of top predator fish (Northern pike) to study the cascading effects on the lake community and pollution levels. His publications during his PhD made him a “Top 20 Researchers” of the university in 2008, the only student among the researchers and professors. 

He joined Kathmandu University in 2008, immediately after the completion of his PhD, and served there for a decade. In 2009, he was awarded “Young International Scientist” by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and provided a fellowship for two years. In 2013-14, he got an opportunity to work as a “Post-doc Researcher” at the Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland for 18 months. He received another fellowship as a “PIFI Visiting Scientist” at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and worked there during 2017-2018. While working at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, he was selected as “Professor of Academic Excellence” at Tribhuvan University and returned home prior to completion of his tenure. Now he is working as a Professor at the Central Department of Environmental Science, Tribhuvan University since July 2018. His research and teaching at the university focus on mercury pollution in biota (fish), waters, sediments, soils, and the atmosphere in the Himalayas. He has more than 100 scientific publications, including more than 70 in peer-reviewed journals.
 

• Post-doctorate (2013-14): Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Mikkeli, Finland.
• PhD (2004-08): Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), Norway.
• MSc (2001-03): Management of Natural Resources and Sustainable Agriculture (MNRSA), NORAGRIC, Agricultural University of Norway (NLH), Norway.
• MSc (1992-94): Zoology, Central Department of Zoology, Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu, Nepal.
• BSc (1990-92): Biology, Tri-Chandra Campus, Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu, Nepal.
• ISc (1988-90): Biology, Butwal Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu, Nepal.
• SLC (1976-86): Science, Shree Shanti Vocational Model Secondary School, Manigram, Nepal.
   

• Professor (July 2018– to date): Central Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
• Visiting Scientist (Sept. 2017- Aug. 2018): CAS President’s International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Donggang West Rd. 320, Lanzhou 730000, China.
• Assistant Professor (July 2008– June 2018): Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kathmandu University, Nepal.
• Post-doc Researcher (Apr. 2013- Sept. 2014): Laboratory of Green Chemistry, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Mikkeli, Finland.
• Young International Scientist (Mar. 2010- July 2012): Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
   

Peer-reviewed Journals

1. Adhikari, A., Sharma, R., & Sharma, C.M. (2026). Phytoplankton and fish diet as bioindicators of river health in the Narayani and East Rapti Rivers, Nepal. Aquatic Ecology, 60, 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-025-10254-2.

2. Giri, S.R., Sharma, C.M., Regmi, P. (2025). Indigenous knowledge on ethnic plant resources of a rural community, Khandachakra-11, Kalikot. Ethnobotany Research and Applications, 32, 1-20 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.32.55.1-20).

3. Baniya, A., Sharma, C.M., Tamla Rai, U., Baniya, C.B., Karki, K. (2025). Difference in fish assemblage amidst diversion hydropower dams in Trisuli and Marsyangdi Rivers of Gandaki Basin, Nepal. International Journal of Zoology, 4451200. https://doi.org/10.1155/ijz/4451200.

4. Baniya, A., Tamla Rai, U., Baniya, C.B., Sharma, C.M. (2025). Water quality alteration by diversion hydropower dams in Trisuli and Marsyangdi rivers, Nepal. Aquatic Sciences. 87, 71. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-025-01198-8.

5. Baniya, A., Tamla Rai, U., Rimal, B., Rai, J., Baniya, C.B., Sharma, C.M. (2025). Impacts of hydropower dams of the Himalayan rivers (Trisuli and Marsyangdi) on macroinvertebrates. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences, 23(1), 7495-7511. https://doi.org/10.57239/PJLSS-2025-23.1.00582.

6. Timilsina, P., Sapkota, R.P., Gautam, S., Lamichhane, S., Sharma, C.M. (2025). Effects of canopy gap size on the recruitment of Shorea robusta Gaertn. F. seedlings in the Terai forests of Nepal. Global Ecology and Conservation, 60, e03617. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2025.e03617.

7. Kandel, K., Dahal, B.M., Sharma, C.M., Devkota, M., Rawat, B., & Kandel, P. (2025). An analysis of agricultural pesticide practices and anthropogenic footprints in Himalayan freshwaters of Nepal. Sustainable Agriculture Research, 14(1), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.5539/sar.v14n1p11.

8. Rawat, B., Yin, X., Sharma, C.M., Tripathee, L., Truong, M.T., Tiwari, P., Kandel, K., Kang, S., & Zhang, Q. (2024). Total gaseous mercury in Kathmandu, a South Asian metropolis: temporal variations, sources apportionment and health risk assessment. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 483(10), 136644. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136644.

9. Shen, M., ... Sharma, C.M., ... et al. (2024). FreshLanDiv: A global database of freshwater biodiversity across different land uses. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 33(12), e13917. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13917.

10. Regmi, D., Bhatta, R., Gurung, S., Tuladhar, S., Dahal, B.M., Raut, N., Kafle. K.R., Kayastha, R., Prasad, A., Tripathee, L., Thapa, D., & Sharma, C.M. (2024). Bioaccumulation of heavy metals by macrophytes in Ghodaghodi Lake, a Ramsar site in Nepal. Nepal Journal of Environmental Science, 12(1), 7-17. https://doi.org/10.3126/njes.v12i1.67301.

11. Kandel, K., Sharma, C.M., Rawat, B., Paudyal, R., & Zhang, Q. (2024). Synthesis analysis of hydrogeochemistry of Nepal Himalayan rivers: Perspective from major ions and trace elements. Ecological Indicators, 163, 112080. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112080.

12. Rawat, B., Sharma, C.M., Tripathee, L., Wan, X., Conbg, Z., Paudyal, R., Pandey, A., Kandel, K., Kang, S., & Zhang, Q. (2024). Concentration, seasonality, and sources of trace elements in atmospheric aerosols from Godavari in the southern Himalayas. Environmental Pollution, 344, 123359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123359.

13. Bhatta, R., Gurung, S., Joshi, R., Tuladhar, S., Regmi, D., Tripathee, L., Paudyal, R., Guo, J., Kang, S., Sharma, C.M. (2024). Index based irrigation suitability of Ramsar sites (Rara and Ghodaghodi) in western Nepal. Journal of Nepal Chemical Society, 44(1), 108-121. https://doi.org/10.3126/jncs.v44i1.62685.

14. Kafle, B.K., Dahal, B.M., Sharma, C.M., Gurung, S., Kafle, K.R., & Raut, N. (2023). Implications on Lake Phewa and Kulekhani Reservoir of chemical fertilizer application by farmers. Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, 20(3), 57-65. https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW230038.

15. Huang, J., Kang, S., Feng, X., Tang, W., Ram, K., Junming, G., Zhang, Q., Sharma, C.M., Li, C., Tripathee, L., & Wang, F. (2023). Northward extent of atmospheric mercury transboundary transport to the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau region. Geophysical Research Letters, 50(4) e2022GL100948. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100948.

16. Kafle, B.K., Sharma, C.M., Gurung, S., Raut, N., Kafle, K.R., Bhatta, R., Tripathee, L., Paudyal, R., Guo, J., Kang, S., & Dahal, B.M. (2023). Hydrogeochemistry of two major Mid-hill lentic water bodies for irrigation of the Central Himalaya, Nepal. Environment and Natural Resources Journal, 21(2), 171-185. https://doi.org/10.32526/ennrj/21/202200195.

17. DC, M., Prasad, A., Gurung, S., Bhatta, R., Regmi, D., Tuladhar, S., & Sharma, C.M. (2022). Phytoplankton and zooplankton abundance and distribution: a case of Ghodaghodi Lake, Sudurpaschim Province, Nepal. Nepalese Journal of Zoology, 6(S1), 35-41. https://doi.org/10.3126/njz.v6iS1.50528.

18. Bhatta, R., Gurung, S., Joshi, R., Tuladhar, S., Regmi, D., Kafle, B.K., Dahal, B.M., Raut, N., Kafle, K.R., Kayastha, R., Prasad, A., Tripathee, L., Paudyal, R., Guo, J., Kang, S., & Sharma, C.M. (2022). Spatio-temporal hydrochemistry of two selected Ramsar sites (Rara and Ghodaghodi) of west Nepal. Heliyon, 8(11), e11243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11243.

19. Bhattarai, H., Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Chen, P., Sharma, C.M., Ram, K., Guo, J., & Rupakheti, M. (2022). Nitrogenous and carbonaceous aerosols in PM2.5 and TSP during pre-monsoon: Characteristics and sources in the highly polluted mountain valley. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 115, 10-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2021.06.018.

20. Guo, J., Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Zhang, Q., Huang, J., Sharma, C.M., Chen, P., Paudyal, & R., Rupakheti, D. (2022). Atmospheric particle-bound mercury in the northern Indo-Gangetic Plain region: insights into sources from mercury isotope analysis and influencing factors. Geoscience Frontiers, 13(1), 101274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsf.2021.101274.

21. Maharjan, L., Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Ambade, B., Chen, P., Zheng, H., Li, Q., Shrestha, K.L., & Sharma, C.M. (2021). Characteristics of atmospheric particle-bound polycyclic aromatic compounds over the Himalayan middle hills: implications for sources and health risk assessment. Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment, 15(4), 2021101. https://doi.org/10.5572/ajae.2021.101.

22. Gurung, S., Kafle, B.K., Dahal, B.M., Sthapit, M., Raut, N., Sharma, C.M., Kafle, K.R., & Manandhar, S. (2021). Trophic status of Lake Phewa and Kulekhani Reservoir, Nepal. Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution, 18(3), 49-57. https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW210028.

23. Paudyal, R., Kang, S., Guo, J., Tripathee, L., Sharma, C.M., Huang, J., Li, Y., Yan, F., Wang, K., Chen, J., Qin, X., & Sillanpää, M. (2021). Mercury sources and physicochemical characteristics in ice, snow, and meltwater of the Laohugou Glacier Basin, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 28, 51530-51543. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14334-2.

24. Guo, J., Sharma, C.M., Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Fu, X., Huang, J., Shrestha, K.L., & Chen, P. (2021). Source identification of atmospheric particle-bound mercury in the Himalayan foothills through non-isotopic and isotope analysis. Environmental Pollution, 286, 117317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117317.

25. Rawat, B., Zhang, Q., Sharma, C.M., Tripathee, L., Pandey, A., Kandel, K., Sun, X., Li, M., Li, S., & Kang, S. (2021). Glacial record of trace metal pollution over the central Himalayas and its surroundings: distribution, variation and anthropogenic signals. Atmospheric Research, 251, 105428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105428.

26. Bhattarai, H., Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Sharma, C.M., Chen, P., Guo, J., & Sharma Ghimire, P. (2021). Concentrations, sources and wet deposition of dissolved nitrogen and organic carbon in the northern Indo-Gangetic Plain during monsoon. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 102, 37-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2020.09.011.

27. Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Chen, P., Bhattarai, H., Guo, J., Shrestha, K.L., Sharma, C.M., Sharma Ghimire, P., & Huang, J. (2021). Water-soluble organic and inorganic nitrogen in ambient aerosols over the Himalayan middle hills: Seasonality, sources, and transport pathways. Atmospheric Research, 250:105376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105376.

28. Borgstrøm, R., Rosseland, B.O., & Sharma, C.M. (2021). Fjerning av store gjedder kan gje lågare kvikksølvkonsentrasjon hos individ i restbestanden. Naturen, 1, 36-41 (in Norwegian). https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.1504-3118-2021-01-05.

29. Chalaune, T.B., Dangol, A., Sharma, J., & Sharma, C.M. (2020). First results on phyco-chemical status and bathymetry of lakes in Ramaroshan Wetland, Far-West Nepal. Nepal Journal of Environmental Science, 8(1), 17-27. https://doi.org/10.1326/njes.v8i1.34464.

30. Huang, J., Kang, S., Yin, R., Lin, M., Guo, J., Ram, K., Li, C., Sharma, C., Tripathee, L., Sun, S., & Wang, F. (2020). Decoupling natural and anthropogenic mercury and lead transport from South Asia to the Himalayas. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(9), 5429-5436. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c00429.

31. Sharma, C.M., Kang, S., Tripathee, L., Paudyal, R., & Sillanpää, M. (2020). Major ions and irrigation water quality assessment of the Nepalese Himalayan rivers. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23, 2668-2680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-00694-1.

32. Tripathee, L., Guo, J., Kang, S., Paudyal, R., Sharma, C., Huang, J., Chen, P., Sharma Ghimire, P., Sigdel, M., & Sillanpää, M. (2020). Measurement of mercury, other trace elements and major ions in wet deposition at Jomsom: the semi-arid mountain valley of the Central Himalaya. Atmospheric Research, 234, 104691. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.104691.

33. Acharya, P., Sharma, C.M., Kang, S., Tripathee, L., Guo, J., Paudyal, R., Zhang, Q., Bhattarai, H., & Sillanpää, M. (2019). Bioaccumulation of mercury in fishes of Jagadishpur Reservoir, Nepal. Nepal Journal of Environmental Science, 7, 17-23. https://doi.org/10.3126/njes.v7i0.34370.

34. Sharma Ghimire, P., Tripathee, L., Zhang, Q., Guo, J. Ram, K., Huang, J., Sharma, C.M., & Kang, S. (2019). Microbial mercury methylation in the cryosphere: progress and prospects. Science of the Total Environment, 697, 134150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134150.

35. Neupane, B., Kang, S., Pangfei, C., Zhang, Y., Ram, K., Rupakheti, D., Tripathee, L., Sharma, C.M., Cong, Z., Li, C., Hou, J., Xu, M., & Thapa, P. (2019). Historical black carbon reconstruction from the lake sediments of the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Science & Technology, 53(10), 5641-5651. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b07025.

36. Paudyal, R., Kang, S., Tripathee, L., Guo, J., Sharma, C.M., Huang, J., Niu, H., Sun, S., & Pu, T. (2019). Concentration, spatiotemporal distribution, and sources of mercury in Mt. Yulong, a remote site in southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(16), 16457-16469. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05005-4.

37. Tripathee, L., Guo, J., Kang, S., Paudyal, R., Huang, J., Sharma, C.M., Zhang, Q., Chen, P., Sharma-Ghimire, P., & Sigdel, M. (2019). Spatial and temporal distribution of total mercury in atmospheric wet precipitation at four sites from the Nepal-Himalayas. Science of the Total Environment, 655, 1207-1217. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.338.

38. Tripathee, L., Guo, J., Kang, S., Paudyal, R., Huang, J., Sharma, C.M., Zhang, Q., Rupakheti, D., Chen, P., Sharma, P., & Gyawali, A. (2019). Concentration and risk assessments of mercury along the elevation gradient in soils of Langtang Himalayas, Nepal. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 25(4), 1006-1017. https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2018.1459180.

39. Jüttner, I., Kociolek, J.P., Gurung, S., Gurung, A., Sharma, C.M., Levkov, Z., Williams, D.M., & Ector, L. (2018). The genus Gomphonema (Bacillariophyta) in Rara Lake, Nepal: taxonomy, morphology, habitat distribution, and description of five new species, and a new record for Gomphoneis qii. Diatom Research, 33(3), 283-320. https://doi.org/10.1080/0269249X.2018.1528182. 

40. Dahal, B.M., Raut, N., Gurung, S., Sharma, C.M., Kayastha, R., Shrestha, A., & Gautam, B. (2018). Changing trends in cultivation practices and adoption of climate adaptive farming in eastern Nepal. Sustainable Agriculture Research, 7(3), 52-62. https://doi.org/10.5539/sar.v7n3p52.

41. Gurung, S., Gurung, A., Sharma, C.M., Jüttner, I., Tripathee, L., Bajracharya, R.M., Raut, N., Pradhananga, P., Sitaula, B.K., Zhang, Y., Kang, S., & Guo, J. (2018). Hydrochemistry of Lake Rara: a high mountain lake in western Nepal. Lakes & Reservoirs, 23(2), 87-97. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/lre.12218.

42. Rai, A., Niraula, A., Ghimire, P., Pandey, A., Gurung, A., Sharma, C.M., & Gurung, S. (2018). Assessment of the impacts of trout farming on water quality using macroinvertebrates as bio-indicators. Journal of Institute of Science and Technology, 22(2), 175-182. https://doi.org/10.3126/jist.v22i2.19610.

43. Neupane, B., Chen, P., Kang, S., Tripathee, L., Rupakheti, D., & Sharma, C.M. (2018). Health risk assessment of atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons over the central Himalayas. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 24(7), 1969-1982. https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2018.1435254.

44. Jüttner, I., Williams, D.M., Gurung, S., Van de Vijver, B., Levkov, J., Sharma, C.M., Sharma, S., & Cox, E.J. (2017). The genus Odontidium (Bacillariophyta) in the Himalaya - a preliminary account of some taxa and their distribution. Phytotaxa, 332(1):1-21. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.332.1.1.

45. Pandey, A., Sharma, C.M., Kang, S., Zhang, Q., Tripathee, L., Guo, J., Li, X., Sun, S., Paudyal, R., Acharya, P., & Sillanpää, M. (2017). Mercury concentrations in fish community from Indrawati River, Nepal. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 99(4), 500-505. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-017-2161-z.

46. Raut, R., Bajracharya, R.M., Sharma, S., Sharma, C.M., Kang, S., Zhang, Q., Tripathee, L., Chen, P., Rupakheti, D., Guo, J., & Dongol, B.S. (2017). Potentially toxic trace metals in water and lake-bed sediment of Panchpokhari, an alpine lake series in the Central Himalayan region of Nepal. Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 228, 303. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-017-3467-5.

47. Ghimire, P., Niraula, A., Rai, A., Pandey, A., Gurung, S., & Sharma, C.M. (2017). Assessment of physico-chemical parameters of Rainbow trout farms for the evaluation of potential threat to natural streams in Nepal. International Journal of Environment, 6(2), 43-55. https://doi.org/10.3126/ije.v6i2.17361.

48. Rupakheti, D., Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Sharma, C.M., Paudyal, R., & Sillanpää, M. (2017). Assessment of water quality and health risks for toxic trace elements in urban Phewa and remote Gosainkunda Lakes, Nepal. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 23(5), 959-973. https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2017.1292117.

49. Rosseland, B.O., Teien, H.-C., Basnet, S., Borgstrøm, R., & Sharma, C.M. (2017). Trace elements and organochlorine pollutants in selected fish species from Lake Phewa, Nepal. Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 99(3), 390-401. https://doi.org/10.1080/02772248.2016.1189915.

50. Paudyal, R., Kang, S., Sharma, C.M., Tripathee, L., & Sillanpää, M. (2016). Variations of the physicochemical parameters and metal levels and their risk assessment in urbanized Bagmati River, Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Chemistry, 6025905. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6025905. 

51. Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Sharma, C.M., Rupakheti, D., Paudyal, R., Huang, J., & Sillanpää, M. (2016). Preliminary health risk assessment of potentially toxic metals in surface water of the Himalayan Rivers, Nepal. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 97(6), 855-862. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-1945-x.

52. Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Rupakheti, D., Zhang, Q., Bajracharya, R.M., Sharma, C.M., Huang, J., Gyawali, A., Paudyal, R., & Sillanpää, M. (2016). Spatial distribution, sources and risk assessment of potentially toxic trace elements and rare earth elements in soils of the Langtang Himalaya, Nepal. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75(19), 1332. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-016-6140-1.

53. Kang, S., Huang, J., Wang, F., Zhang, Q., Zhang, Y., Li, C., Wang, L., Chen, P., Sharma, C.M., Li, Q., Sillanpää, M., Hou, J., Xu, B., & Guo, J. (2016). Atmospheric mercury depositional chronology reconstructed from lake sediments and ice core in the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Science & Technology, 50, 2859-2869. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04172.

54. Paudyal, R., Kang, S., Sharma, C.M., Tripathee, L., Huang, J., Rupakheti, D., & Sillanpää, M. (2016). Major ions and trace elements of two selected rivers near Everest region, southern Himalayas, Nepal. Environmental Earth Sciences, 75, 46. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-015-4811-y.

55. Sharma, C.M. (2015). Can bio-manipulation be related to fisheries and aquaculture through environmental perspective? Fisheries and Aquaculture Journal, 6(1), 1000e116. https://doi.org/10.4172/2150-3508.10000e116.

56. Sharma, C.M., Kang, S., Sillanpää, M., Li, Q., Zhang, Q., Huang, J., Tripathee, L., Sharma, S., & Paudyal, R. (2015). Mercury and selected trace elements from a remote (Gosainkunda) and an urban (Phewa) lake waters of Nepal. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 226, 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-014-2276-3.

57. Dahal, K.R., Dhital D., & Sharma, C.M. (2015). Economic activities associated with extraction of riverbed materials in the Tinau River, Nepal. International Journal of Economics & Management Science, 4(6), 263. https://doi.org/10.4172/2162-6359.1000263.

58. Dahal, K.R., Manandhar, M., & Sharma, C.M. (2015). People’s perception on impact of climate change in Paschim Amawa and Tikuligadh village development committee (VDC) of Rupandehi district, Nepal. International Journal of Environment, 4(1), 141-160. https://doi.org/10.3126/ije.v4i1.12185.

59. Thapa, D.S., Sharma, C.M., Kang, S., & Sillanpää, M. (2014). The risk of mercury exposure to the people consuming fish from Lake Phewa, Nepal. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11, 6771-6779. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110706771.

60. Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Huang, J., Sharma, C.M., Sillanpää, M., Guo, J., & Paudyal, R. (2014). Concentrations of trace elements in wet deposition over the central Himalayas, Nepal. Atmospheric Environment, 95, 231-238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.06.043.

61. Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Huang, J., Sillanpää, M., Sharma, C.M., Lüthi, Z.L., Guo, J., & Paudyal, R. (2014). Ionic composition of wet precipitation over the southern slope of central Himalayas, Nepal. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21(4), 2677-2687. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-013-2197-5.

62. Sharma, C.M., Basnet, S., Kang, S., Rosseland, B.O., Zhang, Q., Pan, K., Borgstrøm, R., Li, Q., Wang, W.-X., Huang, J., Teien, H.-K., & Sharma, S. (2013). Mercury concentrations in commercial fish species of Lake Phewa, Nepal. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 91, 272-277. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-013-1055-y.

63. Dahal, K.R., Sharma, C.M., & Gupta, R.K. (2013). Threats on fisheries resources and fishers' livelihood due to riverbed extraction in the Tinau River, Nepal. Journal of Sustainable Environmental Research, 2(1):1-11.

64. Dahal, K.R., Sharma, S., & Sharma, C.M. (2012). A review of riverbed extraction and its effects on aquatic environment with special reference to Tinau River, Nepal. Hydro Nepal, 11, 49-56. https://doi.org/10.3126/hn.v11i0.7163.

65. Dahal, K.R., Sharma, S., Sharma, C.M., & Bajracharya, R.M. (2012). Effects of riverbed extraction on physico-chemical parameters of Tinau River, Nepal. International Journal of Development and Sustainability, 1(2), 255-267.

66. Raut, R., Sharma, S., Bajracharya, R.M., Sharma, C.M., & Gurung, S. (2012). Physico-chemical characterization of Gosainkunda Lake. Nepal Journal of Science and Technology, 13, 107-114. https://doi.org/10.3126/njst.v13i1.7449.

67. Li, C., Kang, S., Zhang, Q., & Sharma, C.M. (2012). Effectiveness of rare earth elements constrain on different materials: a case study in central Asia. Environmental Earth Sciences, 67, 1415-1421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-012-1586-2.

68. Sharma, C.M., Sharma, S., Bajracharya, R.M., Gurung, S., Jüttner, I., Kang, S., Zhang, Q., & Li, Q. (2012). First results on bathymetry and limnology of high-altitude lakes in the Gokyo Valley, Sagarmatha (Everest) National Park, Nepal. Limnology, 13, 181-192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10201-011-0366-0.

69. Van de Vijver, B., Jüttner, I., Gurung, S., Sharma, C., Sharma, S., de Haan, M., & Cox, E.J. (2011). The genus Cymbopleura (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyta) from high altitude freshwater habitats, Everest National Park, Nepal, with the description of two new species. Fottea, 11, 245-269. https://doi.org/10.5507/fot.2011.025.

70. Jüttner, I., Gurung, S., Sharma, C., Sharma, S., de Haan, M., & Van de Vijver, B. (2010). Morphology of new taxa in the Cymbella aspera and Cymbella neocistula groups, Cymbella yakii sp. nov., and Cymbella cf. hantzschiana from Everest National Park, Nepal. Polish Botanical Journal, 55, 73-92.

71. Li, C., Kang, S., Zhang, Q., Gao, S., & Sharma, C.M. (2011). Heavy metals in sediments of the Yarlung Tsangbo and its connection with the arsenic problem in the Ganges-Brahmaputra basin. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 33, 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-010-9311-0.

72. Jüttner, I., Krammer, K., Vijver, B.V., Tuji, A., Simkhada, B., Gurung, S., Sharma, S., Sharma, C., & Cox, E.J. (2010). Oricymba (Cymbellales, Bacillariophyceae), a new cymbelloid genus and three new species from the Nepalese Himalaya. Phycologia, 49(5), 407-423. https://doi.org/10.2216/09-77.1.

73. Gurung, S., Sharma, S., & Sharma, C.M. (2009). A brief review on limnological status of high altitude lakes in Nepal. Journal of Wetlands Ecology, 3, 12-22. https://doi.org/10.3126/jowe.v3i0.2387.

74. Sharma, C.M., Rosseland, B.O., Almvik, M., & Eklo, O.M. (2009). Bioaccumulation of organochlorine pollutants in the fish community in Lake Årungen, Norway. Environmental Pollution, 157, 2452-2458. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.007.

75. Sharma, C.M. (2008). Freshwater fishes, fisheries, and habitat prospects of Nepal. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 11, 289-297. https://doi.org/10.1080/14634980802317329.

76. Sharma, C.M., & Borgstrøm, R. (2008). Increased population density of pike Esox lucius – a result of selective harvest of large individuals. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 17, 590-596. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0633.2008.00310.x.

77. Sharma, C.M., Borgstrøm, R., Huitfeldt, J.S., & Rosseland, B.O. (2008). Selective exploitation of large pike Esox lucius– effects on mercury concentrations in fish populations. Science of the Total Environment, 399, 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.03.026.

78. Sharma, C.M., & Borgstrøm, R. (2008). Shift in density, habitat use, and diet of perch and roach: An effect of changed predation pressure after manipulation of pike. Fisheries Research, 91(1), 98-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2007.11.011.

79. Sharma, C.M., & Borgstrøm, R. (2007). Age determination and back-calculation of pike length through use of the metapterygoid bone. Journal of Fish Biology, 70, 1636-1641. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01435.x.

80. Sharma, C.M., Sharma, S., Borgstrom, R., & Bryceson, I. (2005). Impacts of a small dam on macroinvertebrates: a case study in the Tinau River, Nepal. Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 8, 267-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/14634980500218332.

Edited Books/Chapters

1. Chhipi-Shrestha, G., Kaur, M., Thapa, D.S., Rodriguez, M., Kang, S., Sharma, C.M., Hewage, K., & Sadiq, R. (2023). Fuzzy-based integrated risk assessment of methyl mercury in Lake Phewa, Nepal. In B. Faybishenko, R. Sadiq, & A. Deshpande (Eds.), Fuzzy Systems Modeling in Environmental and Health Risk Assessment (pp. 31-47), John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (DOI: 10.1002/9781119569503.ch2).

2. Jüttner, I., Gurung, S., Gurung, A., Sharma, C.M., & Sharma, S. (2021). Diatom studies in high altitude lakes in the Himalaya (pp 241-254). In: Bajracharya, R.M., Sitaula, B.K., Gurung, S., Raut, R. (eds.), Sustainable natural resource management in the Himalayan region: Livelihood and climate change. NOVA Science Publishers, Inc. (ISBN: 978-1-53618-962-9).

3. Sharma, C.M., Kang, S., & Tripathee, L. (Eds.) (2019). Water quality in the Third Pole: The roles of climate change and human activities. Elsevier Publications (ISBN: 978-0-12-816489-1).

4. Tripathee, L., Kang, S., Chaoliu, L., Sun, S., & Sharma, C.M. (2019). Chemical components and distributions in precipitation in the Third Pole (pp 3-41).  In: Sharma, C.M., Kang, S., Tripathee, L. (eds.), Water quality in the third pole: the roles of climate change and human activities. Elsevier (ISBN: 978-0-12-816489-1).

5. Sharma Ghimire, P., Qu, B., Wang, X., Tripathee, L., Paudyal, R., Sharma, C.M., & Kang, S. (2019). Nutrients and organic carbons in river waters of the Third Pole (pp 179-209). In: Sharma, C.M., Kang, S., Tripathee, L. (eds.), Water quality in the third pole: the roles of climate change and human activities. Elsevier (ISBN: 978-0-12-816489-1).

6. Bhatta, R., Sharma Ghimire, P., Paudyal, R., Tripathee, R., Gurung, S., Regmi, D., Joshi, R., & Sharma, C.M. (2019). Inorganic components in lake waters in the Third Pole (pp 239-259). In: Sharma, C.M., Kang, S., Tripathee, L. (eds.), Water quality in the third pole: the roles of climate change and human activities. Elsevier (ISBN: 978-0-12-816489-1).

7. Gurung, S., Tripathee, L., Wang, X., Paudyal, R., Bhatta, R., & Sharma, C.M. (2019). Nutrients and organic carbons in lake waters of the Third Pole (pp 261-285). In: Sharma, C.M., Kang, S., Tripathee, L. (eds.), Water quality in the third pole: the roles of climate change and human activities. Elsevier (ISBN: 978-0-12-816489-1).

8. Sharma, C.M., Borgstrøm, R., & Rosseland, B.O. (2011). Biomanipulation in Lake Årungen, Norway: A tool of biological control (pp 292-323). In: Ansari, A.A., Singh Gill, S., Lanza, G.R., Rast, W. (eds.), Eutrophication: causes, consequences and control. Springer (DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9625-8_15).

9. Gurung, S., Sharma, S., Jüttner, I., Sharma, C.M., & Bajracharya, R.M. (2011). Physico-chemical parameters of Gokyo lakes: high altitude Himalayan freshwater lakes. In: Balla, M.K., Singh, A. (eds.), Natural Resource Management Reviews in the Himalayan Watersheds (Special publication NUFU HIMUNET Project, Vol. II).

10. Sharma, C.M., Sharma, S., Gurung, S., Jüttner, I., Bajracharya, R.M., & Pradhan, N.S. (2010). Ecological studies on Gokyo wetlands, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal (pp 139-154). In: Jha, P.K., Khanal, I.P.  (eds.), Contemporary Research in Sagarmatha (Mt. Everest) Region, Nepal. Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Nepal.

11. Sharma, C.M., Sharma, S., Gurung, S., Bajracharya, R.M., Jüttner, I., & Pradhan, N.S. (2009b. Global climate change and high altitude lakes: Impacts on aquatic biodiversity and pollution status (pp 103-122). In: Balla, M.K., Bajracharya, R.M., Sitaula, B.K. (eds.), Natural Resource Management: Reviews and Research in the Himalayan Watersheds. Tribhuvan University, Institute of Forestry, Nepal.