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      • (May 2025): Amar’s paper on similar and divergent patterns in simulating storages and fluxes on a global scale, published in Nature Water!
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      • (Dec 2024): PhD student Ahmed’s paper on CLM parameter calibration for runoff sensitivity, published in WRR!
      • (Aug 2024): Co-authored a paper “Timing the first emergence and disappearance of global water scarcity” led by Junguo Liu in Nature Communications.
      • (Aug 2024): Dr. Pokhrel took on the responsibility of Associate Director of MSU Asia Hub.
      • (July 2024): Dr. Pokhrel promoted to Red Cedar Distinguished Professor.
      • (April 2024): Dr. Pokhrel received two awards, John Hudzik Emerging Leader in Advancing International Studies & Programs Award and Withrow Global Leadership Award at MSU.
      • (Mar 2024): Dr. Pokhrel recognised as MSU J. Hudzik Emerging Leader in Advancing International Studies/Programs.
      • (January 2024): PhD student Omid’s Journal of Hydrology study highlights groundwater as the dominant driver of hydrological processes across the Amazon Basin.
      • (Sep 2023): Led by Nishan Bhattarai, a Science Advances study finds that rising temperatures are accelerating groundwater depletion across India.
      • (Aug 2023): Caio R. C. Mattos led study published in PNAS shows that alternating waterlogging and drought conditions drive the coexistence of forests and savannas.
      • (July 2023): PhD student Tamanna’s paper in Journal of Hydrology using CLM reveals strong surface–groundwater coupling in the Mekong, with climate-driven variability and dry-year depletion.
      • (June 2023): Irrigation in the Earth system, a comprehensive review paper led by Sonali McDermid, published in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. See related news!
      • (March 2023): Qiang Zhang’s Nature study finds that oceanic climate shifts endanger the long-term sustainability of Asia’s water tower. See related news! 
        Reply to the opposite claims in this paper.
      • (January 2023): Led by Jiabo Yin, a Nature Sustainability study warns that compound drought–heatwave events pose a serious threat to future socio-ecosystem productivity. See related news!
      • (Aug 2022- Jan 2023). Dr. Pokhrel worked as a Fulbright Senior US Scholar in Taiwan.
      • (July 2022): PhD student Huy’s study in Science of the Total Environment reveals how hydropower dams are altering the hydrologic balance and flood dynamics of Southeast Asia’s largest inland lake, the Tonlé Sap Lake.
      • (June 2022): Led by Yusuke Satoh, Nature Communications study projects earlier onset of unprecedented hydrological droughts under climate change. See news here!
      • (April 2022): PhD student Suyog leads WRR study revealing how current and planned dams alter river flow and flood patterns in the Amazon Basin.
      • (April 2021): PhD student Suyog leads Nature Sustainability study on in-stream turbines as a low-impact hydropower alternative for the Amazon.
      • (Mar 2021): New Science paper led by Lukas Gudmundsson confirming climate change is driving shifts in global streamflow trends.
      • (Jan  2021): Our Nature Climate paper on “Climate Change, TWS, and Droughts” (Free version for reading) goes online, along with news coverage by hundreds of outlets including:
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        • (Jan 2021): Dam and Floods paper led bu Julien Boulange published in Nature Communications! See related news here!
        • (Dec 2020): Farshid’s WRR paper on groundwater in CLM accepted by WRR!
        • (July 2020): Dr. Pokhrel is a part of a new Mekong Project (Mekong Culture WELL)!
        • (July 2020): Dr. Pokhrel is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!!
        • (May 2020): Dr. Pokhrel selected as one of the MSU Lilly Teaching Fellows (2020-2021).
        • (Jan 2020): Dr. Pokhrel receives the University Teacher-Scholar Award.
        • (Dec 2019): Dr. Pokhrel gets selected as the MSU Academic Communications Fellowship.
        • (Dec. 2019): PhD student Farshid Felfelani Successfully defends his PhD dissertation.
        • (June 2019): PhD student Sanghoon Shin successfully defends his PhD dissertation.
        • (May 2019): MS student successfully defended his MS thesis.
        • (March 2019): PhD Student Farshid Felfelani receives best poster award at the Engineering Graduate Symposium, 2019.
        • (February 2019): PhD Student Farshid Felfelani receives Best Doctoral Student Award (CEE Department).
        • (January 2019): Dr. Pokhrel receives the College of Engineering, Withrow Distinguished Scholar Award (Junior); read more here.
        • (January 2019): PhD student Sanghoon Shin published a paper in WRR: Reservoir simulation over the continental US (Shin et al., 2019). 

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