Arun Pratihast is Sr. Data scientist in Earth Observation and Environmental Informatics group, Wageningen Environmental Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands. His primary expertise lies in citizen Science, remote sensing, geo-information technologies and mobile application development for environmental monitoring.

A current list of publications can be found via my Google Scholar or ResearchGate profile.

Involvment in the community-based environmental monitoring: www.wageningenur.nl/cbm

• Land Use and Climate Change interactions (LUCCi), Vu Gia Thu Bon River Basin, Central Vietnam
• Climate and Forest Monitoring through the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU) in the UNESCO Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Ethiopia,
• USAID Sylva carbon funded project community-based interactive monitoring system project in Peru
• Near real-time global deforestation monitoring using Google earth engine.

• PhD in Geo-information science and Remote sensing (August 2010- October 2015)             Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands February                                                 Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics, TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences, Cologne, Germany
• M.Sc. in Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation Science (September 2008 – March 2010) Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation, ITC ,Universiteit Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
• Bachelor’s degree in  Computer Engineering (September 2002 – September 2006)  Himalaya College of Engineering, Tribhuvan University,  Kathmandu, Nepal