Dr. Raju Khanal is a Professor in the Central Department of Physics at Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal. He was born on 12 June 1969 in Aathrai Gaunpalika 1, Sakrantibazar, Tehrathum, Nepal. He completed his M.Sc. in Physics from the Central Department of Physics at Tribhuvan University in 1994; and he earned his Ph.D. in Plasma Physics from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Innsbruck University in Austria in 2003.

He started his teaching career at Kathmandu University, where he was involved in teaching physics to undergraduate students during 28 January 1994 to 14 July 1997. He joined Tribhuvan University as an Assistant Professor of Physics on 18 July 1997 and later became an Associate Professor on 12 August 2009. Since 3 August 2015, he has held the position of Professor of Physics at Tribhuvan University.

He specializes in plasma-wall transition problems and experiments on atmospheric pressure plasmas. His expertise also extends to nuclear activities. He is involved in teaching physics (theory and experimental classes) to M.Sc. (Physics) students, and supervising students for their M.Sc. and Ph.D. dissertation works. So far, five Ph.D. students and 82 M.Sc. students have completed their dissertation under his supervision.

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Professional experience:

• Instructor of physics at the School of Science, Kathmandu University, 28 January 1994 – 12 July 1994.

• Lecturer of physics at Kathmandu University, 13 July 1994 - 14 July 1997.

• Assistant Professor (Lecturer) of Physics at Tribhuvan University, 18 July 1997 - 11 August 2009.

• Associate Professor (Reader) of Physics at Tribhuvan University, 12 August 2009 - 02 August 2015.

• Professor of Physics at Tribhuvan University (continued since 03 August 2015).

Ten significant publications:

1. S. Basnet and R. Khanal, Kinetic simulation of electronegative plasma with cut-off distribution and modified Bohm criterion, Plasma Science and Technology 22, 045001 (2020).

2. S. Basnet, A. Sarma and R. Khanal, Effect of presheath electron temperature on magnetized plasma-wall transition and wall sputtering by plasma having two species of positive ions, Physica Scripta 95, 065601 (2020).

3. S. Basnet, A. K. Patel and R. Khanal, Electronegative magnetized plasma-wall transition in the presence of non-Maxwellian electrons with homogeneous ion source, Plasma Physics and Control Fusion 62, 115011 (2020).

4. S. P. Gupta, K. Yadav, R. Khanal, and L. K. Jha, He impact single ionization cross sections of Fe atom, Journal of Nepal Physical Society 6, 127 (2020).

5. R. Chalise, S. K. Pandit, G. Thakur, and R. Khanal, Effect of electron temperature in a magnetized plasma sheath using kinetic trajectory simulation, BIBECHANA 18, 58 (2021).

6. B. R. Adhikari, H. P. Lamichhane, and R. Khanal, Modulation frequency and velocity variation of ions in a magnetized plasma sheath for different obliqueness of the field, BIBECHANA 18, 147 (2021).

7. S. Basnet, and R. Khanal, Plasma-wall transition in two ion species plasma with Bi-Maxwellian electrons, AIP Advances 11, 025242 (2021).

8. S. Basnet, A. Deuja and R. Khanal, Kinetic-theory-based investigation of electronegative plasma–wall transition with two populations of electrons, Plasma Science and Technology 23, 035002 (2021).

9. S. Basnet, R. R. Pokhrel and R. Khanal, Characteristics of magnetized dusty plasma sheath with two ion species and q-nonextensive electrons, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 49, 1268 (2021).

10. S. Basnet, A. Maskey, A. Deuja, and R. Khanal, Numerical investigation of sheath characteristics for electronegative magnetized plasma and dust charging, Physics of Plasmas 28, 083705 (2021).

Scientific publications