Rishap Dhakal
Research Associate – Kohmann Group
Rishap Dhakal joined Dr. Marta Kohmann’s group in the Department of Plant and Agroecosystem Sciences in August 2026. He completed his PhD at UW–Madison, researching speed breeding and genotype-by-environment modelling in wheat, and building a large-scale risk and utility framework using decades of environmental data to guide variety selection under uncertainty. His background spans genomic prediction models, environmental modelling, mixed models, and drone image-based machine learning analysis. He now works on developing cover crop varieties of cereal rye, hairy vetch, winter pea, and fava bean for improved winter survival, biomass, emergence, and forage use. Learn more via his Google Scholar and LinkedIn.
Ph.D. Plant Breeding and Plant Genetics | University of Wisconsin–Madison, co-advised by Dr. Lucia Gutierrez and Dr. Julie Dawson
M.Sc. Biology | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
B.Sc. Agriculture | Banaras Hindu University
