Munkhnast.D

Faculty: Research and Innovation Centre
Position: Associate to Research and Innovation
Room: 213
Telephone: 70232090
E-Mail: munkhnast@gmit.edu.mn 
Office hours: Weekdays (9:00 - 18:00)

Since 2023 
Associate to Research and Innovation, German-Mongolian Institute for Resources and Technology (GMIT)
2020–2023
Biology teacher and Training manager, 119th secondary school, Nalaikh
2016
Project manager, Biodiversity and Conservation of Altai Mountain Range Programme
2013–2016
Law enforcement and Species officer, WWF-Mongolia Programme Office
2011–2013
Biology teacher, 57th secondary school, Ulaanbaatar
2011
Tour leader and guide, Great Chinggis Expeditions
2009–2011
Scholarship biologist and Eco-volunteer coordinator, Hustai National Park

2020 – 2025 
Hibernation ecology of bats in Mongolia
2015 – 2025
Distribution and home range of snow leopard in Kukh Serkh Strictly Protected Area
2024
Bat research of Khar Yamaat Nature Reserve
2024
Mongolia – Korean joint research on migratory birds in eastern Mongolia
2023
Mongolia – German joint research on bats in northwestern Mongolia
2016 – 2017
Ecology of White-nose syndrome in Mongolia
2016
Ecology of White-nose syndrome in Sainshand Wind Park
2013 – 2015
Camera trap, population, and diet research of snow leopard in Jargalantkhairkhan, Buymbatkhairkhan, and Baatarkhairkhan mountains
2011 – 2012
Bat research of Hustai National Park
2009
iBats - Acoustic transect survey in Mongolian steppe ecosystem
2007
Bat research in Erdenesant

  • Dalannast, M., Stubbe, M., Stubbe, A., Setev, S., Byambajav, D., R. Hoyt, J., & Jargalsaikhan, A. (2025). Longevity records for bats in Mongolia. Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences, 23(1), 3–8. https://doi.org/10.22353/mjbs.2025.23.01
  • Dalannast, M., Hoyt, J.R., Byambajav, D., Munkhtaivan, U., Narantsetseg, N., Batbold, B.-E. and Jargalsaikhan, A. (2024). Human impact and environmental conditions lead to a mass mortality event of David's Myotis (Myotis davidii) in Mongolia. Anim Conserv, 28: 169-171. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12990
  • Philipp Mendgen; Nandintsetseg Dejid; Kirk Olson; Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar; Justin M. Calabrese; Buyanaa Chimeddorj; Munkhnast Dalannast; William F. Fagan; Peter Leimgruber; Thomas Müller. (2023). Nomadic ungulate movement under threat: Declining mobility of Mongolian gazelles in the Eastern Steppe of Mongolia. Biological Conservation (286): DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110271
  • Barry Rosenbaum, Andrey D. Poyarkov, Bariushaa Munkhtsog, Ochirjav Munkhtogtokh, Jose Antonio Hernandez-Blanco, Dmitry Y. Alexandrov, Buyanaa Chimeddorj, Bayandonoi Gantulga, Dalannast Munkhnast, Munkhtsog Bayaraa, Viatcheslav V. Rozhnov, Sebastien Comte. (2023). Seasonal space use and habitat selection of GPS collared snow leopards (Panthera uncia) in the Mongolian Altai range. PloS ONE 18(1): e0280011. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280011
  • Alba Rey-Iglesia, Jeanne Hjort, Teresa L Silva, Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar, Munkhnast Dalannast, Tumendemberel Ulziisaikhan, Buyanaa Chimeddorj, Gonçalo Espregueira-Themudo, Paula F Campos (2022). Genetic diversity of the endangered Mongolian saiga antelope Saiga tatarica mongolica (Artiodactyla: Bovidae) provides insights into conservation, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 137, Issue 1, September 2022, Pages 100–111, https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blac074
  • Ariunbold Jargalsaikhan., Bilguun Ariunbold., Munkhnast Dalannast., Erdenetushig Purevee., Woon Kee Paek., Khongorzul Tsagaan. And Onolragchaa Ganbold. (2022). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of bats in the family Vespertilionidae (Order: Superfamily) in Mongolia, Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2022.04.006
  • Hoyt, J.R., Langwig K.E., Sun K., Parise K.L., Wang Y., Huang X., Worledge L., Miller H., Gorfol T., Boldogh S.A., Fukui D., Sakuyama M., Yachimori S., Sato A., Dalannast M., Jargalsaikhan A., Batbayar N., Yovel Y., Amichai E., Natradze I., Frick W.F., Foster J.T., Feng J. and Kilpatrick A.M. (2020). Environmental reservoir dynamics predict global infection patterns and population impacts for the fungal disease white-nose syndrome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(13), 72557262. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914794117   
  • Junhu Su, Achyut Aryal, Ibrahim M. Hegab, Uttam Babu Shrestha, Sean C. P. Coogan, Sambandam Sathyakumar, Munkhnast Dalannast, Zhigang Dou, Yila Suo, Xilite Dabu, Hongyan Fu, Liji Wu, Weihong Ji. (2018). Decreasing brown bear (Ursus arctos) habitat due to climate change in Central Asia and Asian Highlands. Ecology and Evolution. 2018;00:1-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4645
  • Munkhnast, D., Chuluunjav, C., Urgamal, M., Wong, L. J. & Pagad, S. (2020). GRIIS Checklist of introduced and invasive species-Mongolia. Version 2.7. Invasive species specialist group ISSG. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/cskgr1 
  • Drees KP, Lorch JM, Puechmaille SJ, Parise KL, Wibbelt G, Hoyt JR, Sun K, Ariunbold J, Munkhnast D, Palmer JM, Lindner DL, Marm Kilpatrick A, Pearson T, Keim PS, Blehert DS, Foster JT. (2017). Phylogenetics of a fungal invasion: origins and widespread dispersal of white-nose syndrome. mBio 8:e0194117. https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.01941-17

Since 2020
PhD candidate, Department of Biology, Schools of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Mongolian National University of Education, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2009 – 2011
Master of Science, Department of Biology, Schools of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Mongolian National University of Education, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2005 – 20112009
Bachelor of Education, Department of Biology, Schools of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Mongolian National University of Education, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia