Mr. Sangay Tshering was recruited in the Royal Thimphu College in 2017 as Associate Lecturer prior to his recruitment in the College of Natural Resources under Royal University of Bhutan in 2018 as Lecturer. Mr Tshering served in the College in various capacities such as internship coordinator and programme leader for the Department of Environment and Climate Studies. He won research and capacity building projects funded by international organizations such as the International Foundation for Science (Sweden), Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (Japan), and Rufford Foundation (UK) projects. He is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Environment and Climate Studies in the College with a strong research focus on taxonomy. He has worked on the bats of Bhutan and also on carbon sequestration. He is currently working on the bat diversity of Bhutan and its associated zoonotic diseases. His passion in bats taxonomy has resulted in documenting several new species record for the country with a potential of new species to science from Bhutan. Besides the conventional morphometric approach, which is often inadequate, he uses molecular method in bat taxonomy.
Personal information
Sangay Tshering (MSc)
Lecturer, Department of Environment and Climate Studies
College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan
Punakha, Bhutan
P.O. Wangdue
E-mail:desangma06@gmail.com / stshering.cnr@rub.edu.bt
Phone: +975-2-376249 (O); 17366396 (mobile)
Fax: +975-2-376254
Current Responsibilities
Lecturer, Department of Environment and Climate Studies, College of Natural Resources, Lobesa, Teaching in various programmes at Undergraduate programmes
Internship Coordinator, Department of Environment and Climate Studies, College of Natural Resources, Lobesa
Research Supervisions – BSc in RUB, CNR
Research on Bats of Bhutan – a book in making
Education Qualification
MSc Environment Management, Forest Research Institute (deemed University), India – 2015 -2017
BSc Sustainable Development, College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan – 2012-2015
Grants
MSc Environment Management, Forest Research Institute (deemed University), India – 2015 -2017
BSc Sustainable Development, College of Natural Resources, Royal University of Bhutan, Bhutan – 2012-2015
Research and publication
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Tshering, S. (2024). Terrestrial Tree Biomass and Carbon Stock for Forests of Thimphu District, Western Bhutan Himalaya. Bhutan Journal of Natural Resources & Development, 11(1): 14-24. https://doi.org/10.17102/cnr.2024.92
Tshering, S. and Rinzin, P. (2022). Terrestrial Biomass and Carbon Stock in Broad-leaved Forests of Punakha District, Western Bhutan. Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 21 (1): 175-181. https://doi.org/10.46488/NEPT.2022.v21i01.019
Tshering, S., Gurung, D.B., Sherub, K., Dookia, S., Dorji, K. and Choephyel, P. (2020). Bat (Mammalia: Chiroptera) diversity, dominance, and richness in the southwestern region of Bhutan with three new records for the country. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 12(1): 15114–15128. ISSN online 0974-7907: ISSN print: 0974-7893. http://dx.doi.org/10.11609/jott.4986.12.1.15114-15128.
Rinzin, P., Sonam, T., Tshering, S. and Chapagai, P.P. (2020). Smallholder Farmers’ Vulnerability to Impact of Climate Change in Central Bhutan. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 10(12): 286-299.
Sherub, K. and Tshering, S. (2019). Rapid assessment of two sympatric hornbill species populations and their nesting behaviour in Zhemgang district, Bhutan. Birding ASIA, 13: 54–58.
Tshering, S. (2019). Importance Value Index and Assessment of Carbon Stocks in Western Bhutan Himalaya (Thimphu). Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 32(2): 1-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/CJAST/2019/46398.
BOOK CHAPTER AND CONTRIBUTION
Tshering, S. (2021). Knowledge and public perception toward conservation of bats in Bhutan. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York. 358 pp. Book chapter.
Contributed a chapter on ‘Bats Monitoring Protocol’ for book titled ‘Bhutan Mammal Monitoring Protocol’ published in 2020 by Nature Conservation Division, Department of Forests and Park Services, Bhutan
CONFERENCES AND SEMINAR PROCEEDINGS
Tshering, S. (2025). Knowledge and Public Perception Toward Conservation of Bats in Bhutan. National Conference: Connecting Practitioners and Researchers. (Presentation only)
Tshering, S. (2025). Ecology of bats and their role in zoonotic diseases. The 8th Annual Joint Faculty Research Meet. (Presentation only)
Tshering, S. (2023). DNA Barcoding and Phylogenetic Analysis of Bats of Bhutan. Partnership for enhanced Engagement I Research-Bhutan Symposium. (Presentation only)
Tshering, S. (2018). Bat diversity, dominance and richness in the southwestern region of Bhutan with three new records for the country. The Third Bhutan Ecological Symposium. (Poster only).
Tshering, S. (2017). Documenting bat diversity with focus on habitat preference and capacity building to con-serve Blandford’s fruit bat (Sphaerias Blanfordi) In Chukha, Bhutan. Second Bhutan Ecological Symposium. (Poster only).
Tshering, S. (2016). Documenting Bat Diversity with focus on Habitat Preference and Capacity Building to Conserve Blandford’s Fruit Bat (Sphaerias blanfordi) in Chukha, Bhutan. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Bhutan. (Presentation only)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mammals of Bhutan, Bats in particular
Climate change Monitoring – using bio-indicator and bioacoustics
OTHER CONTRIBUTION
Memberships and Academic Contributions
Currently, Reviewer, Bhutan Journal of Research and Development (BJRD), RUB, Bhutan.
PROJECTS
2025 First Study to Examine Cave-dwelling Animal Communities in Bhutan
2022 Diversity and Distribution of Bat Communities along an elevational gradient in the Districts of Haa and Gasa, Western Bhutan
2021 Diversity, Distribution and Richness of Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) in western Bhutan Himalaya
2019 Carbon Stocks in Terresterial Biomass of Broadleaf forest of Punakha District, Western Bhutan
2019 Study on bat diversity, distribution and ecology in Punakha-Wangdue District, Bhutan
2017 Documenting Bat Diversity with focus on Habitat Preference and Capacity Building to Conserve Blandford’s Fruit Bat (Sphaerias blanfordi) in Chukha, Bhutan
ONGOING PROJECT(S)
2025 Call Library Establishment and DNA Barcoding of bats of Trongsa, Dagana, Tsirang and Gasa Districts, Bhutan
2023 DNA Barcoding and Phylogenetic analysis of bats of Bumthang District, Bhutan