Shivish Bhandari

Shivish Bhandari is a graduate student in the Bioenvironmental Science Ph.D. program at Morgan State University (MSU). He works with Dr. Ming Liu at Patuxent Environmental and Aquatic Research Laboratory to develop oyster lines with economical traits that are adapted to the Maryland environment through genetic breeding technology. He will also perform a genomic analysis to understand the environment-genome interaction in Eastern oysters.

Shivish is an international student from Nepal. He completed a Master's degree in Zoology from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. He also has taken a graduate course from Austin Peay State University and a short course on geospatial modeling for wildlife conservation from the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation at George Mason University. Prior to studying at MSU, Shivish worked in the field of ecology and conservation biology. His research focused on the effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on the tigers, leopards, and striped hyena. He enjoys traveling, bird watching, and photography.