Yadav Sapkota is a senior soil scientist with Aster Global Environmental Solutions.

In this role, his duties include conducting soils work for carbon offset crediting projects, auditing carbon offset crediting projects, and soil mapping. He routinely works as a member of multiple audit teams on AFOLU GHG offset credit projects.

Prior to joining Aster Global, Mr. Sapkota worked in a variety of research positions where he gained valuable experience related to the carbon and voluntary carbon markets. Specifically, he has worked for Bennett Aerospace, Inc. at US Army Engineer Research and Development Center where he led field and laboratory experiments on the effect of storm surges on coastal wetland carbon characters and iron sulfide formation.

He has specific experience with the development and management of nutrient management plans for livestock farms and has worked extensively in the areas of nutrient management related to water quality.

Mr. Sapkota is a published researcher with multiple peer-reviewed articles on the topics of coastal wetland stock characters and blue carbon stocks. He has also developed a scientific framework for crediting the efforts that avoid the loss of stored carbon in the ecosystem to increase carbon offsets in restoration projects.

Some of Mr. Sapkota’s most recently published articles include:

• Temporally-displaced Mississippi River spring flood pulse shows muted aquatic ecosystem response in estuarine waters: A climate change warning for coastal foodwebs
• Temporal variability in soil organic matter accretion rates in coastal deltaic wetlands under changing depositional environments
• Project Emission Analysis Tool (PEAT)
• A synthesis of freshwater forested wetland soil organic carbon storage

Education:

Ph.D. – Biogeochemsitry
Louisiana State University

Master of Science – Soil Science
West Virginia University

Bachelor of Science – Agricultural Economics
Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Years of Experience: 10

Professional Affiliations:

• Society of Wetland Scientists
• Soil Science Society of America

Contact: ysapkota@AsterGlobal.com