Babita Paudel is head research director at the Centre for Natural and Applied Sciences in Kathmandu, studying natural product chemistry of high-altitude microorganisms and medicinal plants of Nepal. She searches for bioactive and medicinal compounds from those organisms. She grew up in central Nepal and received encouragement from parents and some teachers, and was inspired by the few female professors she encountered. She completed a Master's degree and earned a PhD in South Korea working on Antarctic plants and microorganisms. Nepal has a noticeable shortage of women researchers, with only 7.8% of women working as researchers, despite recent progress.
Hello. This is Babita Paudel from Nepal. And currently I am working as a head research director at the Centre for Natural and Applied Sciences here in Kathmandu, Nepal. My research area is natural product chemistry. And basically I am working on high altitude microorganisms and medicinal plants of Nepal. And I am looking for bioactive, mostly medicinal compounds, from those organisms.
I grew up in the central part of Nepal. It is around 200 kilometres from Kathmandu, that is the capital city of Nepal, and Kathmandu is a hilly region. I was a bit of a bright student at that time also. So there was a mindset. Some teachers and some parents also, pushing to study science and other subjects. I have been passionate about science since my high school. I developed a strong interest in basically, in biology, particularly in plant science and microorganisms.
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