Dr Roshan Sharma
Research Fellow
Deakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre
Deakin University, Burwood campus
221 Burwood Hwy, VIC 3125
Roshan’s research
Roshan is a spatial ecologist and Research Fellow at Deakin University’s Blue Carbon Lab. His current research focuses on quantifying carbon stock and sequestration rates in coastal ecosystems and evaluating how different management actions affect them.
More broadly, Roshan is interested in analysing and modelling land use and land cover changes, satellite remote sensing, and biodiversity conservation science, and addressing environmental problems using spatial analysis. Roshan is also trained in impact evaluation of conservation policies and programs.
Keywords
Spatial ecology, land use, remote sensing, biodiversity conservation
Career Highlights
- Research Fellow, Deakin University, Australia (2023 – ongoing)
- PhD, Conservation impact evaluation, RMIT University (submitted 2023)
- MSc Natural Resources Management, TH Cologne, Germany, 2018
Selected publications
Sharma, R., Jones, S., Robinson, D., & Gordon, A. (2023). Evaluating the impact of private land conservation with synthetic control design. Conservation Biology.
Zu Ermgassen, S. O., Devenish, K., Simmons, B. A., Gordon, A., Jones, J. P., Maron, M., Sharma R., & Bull, J. W. (2023). Evaluating the impact of biodiversity offsetting on native vegetation. Global Change Biology.
Sharma, R., Barnes, M., Bista, A., & Gordon, A. (2023). Putting technology between people and tigers. Animal Conservation
Kalliolevo, H., Gordon, A., Sharma, R., Bull, J. W., & Bekessy, S. A. (2021). Biodiversity offsetting can relocate nature away from people: An empirical case study in Western Australia. Conservation Science and Practice, 3(10), e512.
Rimal, B., Sloan, S., Keshtkar, H., Sharma, R., Rijal, S., & Shrestha, U. B. (2020). Patterns of historical and future urban expansion in Nepal. Remote Sensing, 12(4), 628
Rimal, B., Sharma, R., Kunwar, R., Keshtkar, H., Stork, N. E., Rijal, S., … & Baral, H. (2019). Effects of land use and land cover change on ecosystem services in the Koshi River Basin, Eastern Nepal. Ecosystem services, 38, 100963.
