Govinda Shrestha is an Assistant Professor, Statewide Hemp Extension Specialist, and Entomologist for Pest Management at the Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center, Oregon State University, Central Point, OR, USA. He earned his Bachelor of Agricultural Science from Tribhuvan University in 2004, his M.Sc. in Agrobiology and his Ph.D. in Agriculture Entomology from Aarhus University, in 2011 and 2015, respectively. He came to the USA to work in the Field Crop Entomology Lab as a post-doctoral researcher at Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center (WTARC), Montana State University (2016–2018). He was a post-doctoral researcher at Oregon State University-Hermiston Agriculture Research and Extension Center in 2019–2020. His research interests focus on hemp, integrated pest management, and biological control.