Dr Tshewang Dorji

Dr Tshewang Dorji

Research Officer

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Tshewang Dorji (Dorji) is a Researcher at the University of Adelaide, Waite Campus. With a B.Sc in Forestry (Hons) from India and an M.Sc in Natural Environmental Studies from the University of Tokyo, Japan, Dorji has a solid foundation in environmental science. He completed his PhD in plant ecology and grazing at the University of Adelaide, South Australia earning the Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence. 

Dorji's career began as a Forestry Officer with the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Bhutan Government, where he led key projects in forestry, wildlife, ecological restoration, ecosystem services and climate change. In Australia, he served as a Biosecurity Researcher with South Australia's Biosecurity division, where he focussed on conserving native plants and animals from threatening processes like invasive species and climate change.

Since 2021, Dorji has been working with DAFF funded projects including the Future Drought Fund's Drought Resilient Soils and Landscapes Project and Climate-Smart Agriculture Programs at the University of Adelaide. His research focuses on novel annual pasture legume cultivars and management practices towards sustainable farming and building climate resilience in mixed farms across South Australia. 

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2017 Award Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence The University of Adelaide Australia -

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2020 Dorji, T., Facelli, J. M., Norbu, T., Delean, S., & Brookes, J. D. (2020). Tree shelters facilitate brown oak seedling survival and establishment in a grazing-dominant forest of Bhutan, Eastern Himalaya. Restoration Ecology, 28(5), 1145-1157.
    DOI Scopus10 WoS9
    2019 Dorji, T., Brookes, J. D., Facelli, J. M., Sears, R. R., Norbu, T., Dorji, K., . . . Baral, H. (2019). Socio-Cultural Values of Ecosystem Services from Oak Forests in the Eastern Himalaya. Sustainability, 11(8), 20 pages.
    DOI Scopus52 WoS40
    2018 Sears, R. R., Choden, K., Dorji, T., Dukpa, D., Phuntsho, S., Rai, P. B., . . . Baral, H. (2018). Bhutan's forests through the framework of ecosystem services: Rapid assessment in three forest types. Forests, 9(11), 13 pages.
    DOI Scopus12 WoS10
    2017 Wangdi, N., Om, K., Thinley, C., Drukpa, D., Dorji, T., Darabant, A., . . . Gratzer, G. (2017). Climate Change in Remote Mountain Regions: A Throughfall-Exclusion Experiment to Simulate Monsoon Failure in the Himalayas. Mountain Research and Development, 37(3), 294-309.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS4
  • Restoration of Himalayan old growth forest through science-society interactions. Funded by Forest Ecosystem Restoration initiative of Korean Forest Service and Convention on Biological Diversity.
  • Grant recipient from the Centre for International Forestry Research for Ecosystem Research.
  • Recipient of the Australian Government’s International Postgraduate Research Scholarships (Research Training Program Grants).
  • Head of Forest Research Program, and responsible for administrative and leadership roles.
  • Recipient of the International JASSO Research Fellowship (Japanese Government)

in the year 2014 (October to December 2013).

  • Recipient of the Ruford grant (ID. 13325-1) - Successfully implemented individual

 project on native forests conservation supported by UK based Rufford foundation. 

  • Received the prestigious Asian Development Bank Scholarship to pursue Master studies.
  • Research supervisor for B.Sc. and M.Sc. students and actively engaged in academic

affairs of the College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan.

  • Awarded the Government of India Scholarships for pursuing B.Sc. Forestry.

  • Other Supervision Activities
    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2020 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Callitris columellaris holds the key to the recent climate history of the Flinders Ranges The University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Luke Vial
    2019 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Accumulating Carbon at Altitude: Blue Pine and Climate in the Bhutanese Himalaya The University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Tyler Dornan
  • Position: Research Officer
  • Phone: 0449224611
  • Email: tshewang.dorji@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: Waite
  • Building: Wine Innovation Central, floor Level One
  • Org Unit: Agricultural Science
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