Education:
2008-2013 PhD in Marine Biology
Thesis title: The ecology of sponges at Palmyra Atoll: variability, introduced
species and their potential direct and indirect impacts
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
2008-2013 PhD in Marine Biology
Thesis title: The ecology of sponges at Palmyra Atoll: variability, introduced
species and their potential direct and indirect impacts
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
2004-2007 BSc Joint Honors in Marine Biology and Zoology
Grade: first class (GPA equivalent: 4.0)
Thesis title: Predatory prey-dropping behaviour of Larus argentatus on Mytilus edulis
from the small mussel beds in Llanfairfechan, North Wales
University of Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom
Grade: first class (GPA equivalent: 4.0)
Thesis title: Predatory prey-dropping behaviour of Larus argentatus on Mytilus edulis
from the small mussel beds in Llanfairfechan, North Wales
University of Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom
Publications:
20. Johnston EC, Forsman ZH, Flot JF, Schmidt-Roach S, Pinzón JH, Knapp ISS, Toonen RJ. A genomic glance through the fog of plasticity and diversification in Pocillopora. Scientific Reports. 2017 Jul 20;7(1):5991.
19. Forsman ZH, Knapp ISS, Tisthammer K, Eaton DA, Belcaid M, Toonen RJ. Coral hybridization or phenotypic variation? Genomic data reveal gene flow between Porites lobata and P. Compressa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2017 Jun 30;111:132-48.
18. Knapp ISS, Puritz J, Bird C, Whitney J, Sudek M, Zac Forsman ZH, and Toonen RJ. (2017). ezRAD- an accessible next-generation RAD sequencing protocol suitable for non-model organisms_v3.2. dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.e9pbh5n17.
17. Schuster A, Vargas S, Knapp ISS, Pomponi SA, Toonen RJ, Erpenbeck D, Woerheide G. (2017) Divergence times in demosponges (Porifera): first insights from new mitogenomes and the inclusion of fossils in a birth-death clock model. bioRxiv. Jan 1:159806.
16. Knapp ISS, Williams GJ, and Bell JJ. (2016). Temporal dynamics and persistence of sponge assemblages in a Central Pacific atoll lagoon. Marine Ecology.
15. Price MR, Forsman ZH, Knapp ISS, Toonen RJ, and Hadfield MG. (2016). The complete mitochondrial genome of Achatinella sowerbyana (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Achatinellidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 1(1), 666-668.
14. Price MR, Forsman ZH, Knapp ISS, Hadfield MG, and Toonen RJ. (2016). The complete mitochondrial genome of Achatinella mustelina (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 1(1), 183-185.
13. Knapp ISS, Forsman ZH, Williams GJ, Toonen RJ, and Bell, JJ. (2015). Cryptic species obscure introduction pathway of the blue Caribbean sponge (Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea), (order: Haplosclerida) to Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. PeerJ, 3, e1170.
12. Forsman ZH, Knapp ISS, Szabo Z, and Toonen RJ. (2014). Intraspecific fluorescent phenotypes in Montipora capitata. Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies, 16 (1): 17-18.
11. Williams GJ, Price N, Ushijima B, Aeby G, Callahan S, Davy SK, Gove J, Johnson M. Knapp ISS, Shore-Maggio A, Smith J, Videau P, and Work T. (2014). Ocean warming and acidification have complex interactive effects on the dynamics of a marine fungal disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1778), 20133069.
10. Marti-Puig P, Forsman ZH, Haverkort-Yeh RD, Knapp IS, Maragos JE, and Toonen RJ. (2014). Extreme phenotypic polymorphism in the coral genus Pocillopora; micro-morphology corresponds to mitochondrial groups, while colony morphology does not. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90(1), 211-231.
9. Camacho JM, Knapp ISS, Bell JJ, and Carballo JL. (2013) Wide distributional range of marine sponges along the Pacific Ocean. Marine Biological Research, 9 (8): 768-775
8. Knapp ISS, Williams GJ, Carballo JL, Cruz-Barassa JA, Gardner JPA, and Bell JJ. (2012) Restriction of sponges to an atoll lagoon as a result of reduced environmental quality. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 66: 209-220.
7. Knapp ISS, Godwin LS, Smith JE, Williams GJ, and Bell JJ. (2011). Records of marine non-native species at Palmyra Atoll in the U.S. Line Islands. Marine Biodiversity Records, 4: 1-7.
6. Williams GJ, Knapp ISS, Maragos JE and Davy SK. (2011). Proximate environmental drivers of coral communities at Palmyra Atoll: Establishing baselines prior to removing a WWII military causeway. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62(8): 1842-1851.
5. Williams GJ, Knapp ISS, Work TM, and Conklin E. (2011). Outbreak of Acropora white syndrome following a mild bleaching event at Palmyra Atoll, Northern Line Islands, Central Pacific. Coral Reefs, 30(3): 621.
4. Williams GJ, Knapp ISS, Aeby GS, and Davy SK. (2011). Spatial and temporal patterns of cnidarian disease at Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 94: 89-100.
3. Williams GJ, Work TM, Aeby GS, Knapp ISS, and Davy SK. (2011). Gross and microscopic morphology of lesions in Cnidaria from Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 106(2): 165-173.
2. Knapp ISS, and Bell JJ. (2010). Effect of depth on sponge assemblage structure at Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. Open Marine Biology Journal, 4: 26-30.
1. Williams GJ, Knapp ISS, Maragos JE and Davy SK. (2010). Modeling patterns of coral bleaching prevalence at a remote Central Pacific Atoll. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 60: 1467-1476.
Publications in prep or review:
Nielsen ES, Henriques R, Toonen RJ, Knapp ISS, Guo B, Von der Heyden S. Complex signatures of genomic variation of two non-model marine species in a homogeneous environment (in review) BMC Genomics
Knapp ISS, Belcaid M. Williams GJ, and Toonen RJ, Growth anomalies in the coral Acropora cytherea are associated with homologs to human cancer genes (in prep)
Capel KCC, Zilberberg C, Cairns SD, Knapp ISS, Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ, Creed JC, Kitahara MV. On the taxonomy of the widely distributed shallow water coral Tubastraea Lesson, 1829 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Dendrophylliidae) with morphological and molecular data: avoiding misidentification (in prep)
Knapp ISS, Jones T.T, Williams G.J and Bell JJ, Filtering capability of sponges in an altered lagoon and their potential impact on an adjacent near-pristine reef. (in prep)
Knapp ISS, Forsman ZH, Williams GJ, Genetic and environmental distribution of Montipora capitata across the Main and North West Hawaiian Islands (In prep)
Cowman P, Hobbs J.P, Debattista J, Iacchei M, Knapp ISS, Tong, E, Belderok R, Canfield S, Johnston E. Coleman, R. Laruson, A, Caldwell I, Ahti P. Long-term trends of marine publications in Conservation Biology (In prep)
Technical reports and management documents:
Knapp ISS, Puritz J, Bird C, Whitney J, Sudek M, Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ. (2016) ezRAD- an accessible next-generation RAD sequencing protocol suitable for non-model organisms_v3.1
Knapp ISS, Sudek, M. Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ. (2015). ToBo lab EzRAD next generation molecular sequencing protocol. Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Knapp ISS, Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ. (2013) Edwin W. Pauley Summer program report. Advancing tools for biodiversity studies: genomics and bioinformatics of cnidarians with a focus on corals. Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Forsman ZH, Peyton KA, Knapp ISS, and Toonen, RJ. (2012) The effects of Waikiki beach sand replenishment on benthic communities. Benthic surveys for the 2012 Waikiki Beach sand replenishment project. State of Hawaiʻi Division of Aquatic Resources Report.
Knapp ISS, and Bell JJ. (2010). Pacific Remote Islands NWR Complex Special Use Permit Annual Report. Submitted to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Williams G.J and Knapp ISS. (2009). Summary of recommendations for long-term monitoring of coral communities and associated factors at Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. Report to The Nature Conservancy, January 2009. Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand.
Knapp ISS, and Bell JJ. (2009). Pacific Remote Islands NWR Complex Special Use Permit Annual Report. Submitted to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Knapp ISS, and Bell JJ. (2008). Pacific Remote Islands NWR Complex Special Use Permit Annual Report. Submitted to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Public presentations/Guest lectures
Knapp ISS, Belcaid M. Williams GJ, and Toonen RJ. (2017) Growth anomalies in the coral Acropora cytherea are associated with homologs to human cancer genes American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Honolulu, Hawaʻi, USA.
Knapp ISS, Belcaid M. Williams GJ, and Toonen RJ. (2016) Homologs to human cancer genes are associated with coral growth anomalies. International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaʻi, USA.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J (2014) Ecological consequences of massive military modification to Palmyra Atoll, University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa, USA.
Knapp ISS, Toonen RJ, Forsman ZH, Puritz J.B, Sudek M, Bird C.E, Whitney J.B, Fernandez-Silva I, Andrews K.A, Belcaid M and Eggers A. (2014) ezRAD: no species left behind! A flexible method to extract genomic data from model and non-model organisms. Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium (APCRS), Kenting, Taiwan.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2014) Ecological consequences of massive military modification to Palmyra Atoll. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2013). The ecology of sponges at Palmyra Atoll, variability, introduced species and their potential direct and indirect impacts. Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, USA.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2011). Sponge and coral adventures at Palmyra Atoll. Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, USA.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2010). Environmental variability drives differences in sponge assemblages at a remote Pacific atoll. 8th International Sponge Symposium, Girona, Spain.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2010). Temporal variability in sponge assemblages inhabiting an altered lagoon system in a remote Pacific atoll. 8th International Sponge Symposium, Girona, Spain.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2009). Sponge community structure and non-indigenous species: Anthropogenic impacts on a ‘near pristine’ atoll system in the Central Pacific. New Zealand Marine Science Society (NZMSS), Auckland, New Zealand.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2008). The ecology of sponges at Palmyra Atoll: diversity, invasive species and ecological interactions. New Zealand Marine Science Society (NZMSS), Christchurch, New Zealand.
Select courses/workshops/cruises:
NOAA Mariana Archipelago Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (2017), Leg 3 (5 weeks), Northern Marianas, ARMS and OC team.
Coral Nursery Restoration Workshop (2017). Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology- attendee
Bioinformatics/Genomics Workshop (2017) University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa -attendee
Software carpentry workshop: Introduction to Unix shell and Python. (2015). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa -attendee
AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science workshop: Communicating Climate Science. (2015). University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa. USA- attendee
AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science workshop: Communicating Climate Science. (2015). University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa. USA- attendee
Open Science for Synthesis: Software Skills Training for Early Career Scientists held at NCEAS, Santa Barbara, CA and RENCI, Chapel Hill, NC (2014). USA- attendee.
Smithsonian workshop: Defining MarineGeo Hawaiʻi. Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network. (2014). Bishops museum, Hawaiʻi, USA- attendee
Introduction to Programming and Statistics in R; OCN750. (2013). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa -attendee
Edwin W. Pauley Summer program. (2013) Advancing tools for biodiversity studies: genomics and bioinformatics of cnidarians with a focus on corals. Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa -organizer
Software carpentry workshop: Introduction to Unix shell and Python. (2012). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa –attendee
Grants awarded:
PARC Beginning Scientist Travel Award
US $2000 Mar 2012
Victoria PhD Submission Scholarship
NZ $6000 Feb 2012
Faculty Strategic Research Grant
NZ $2000 Jun 2010
First Overseas Conference Travel Fund
NZ $1500 Apr 2010
New Zealand Postgraduate Study Abroad Award
NZ $3000 Jun 2009
Victoria Postgraduate Scholarship
NZ $60,000 Oct 2007
Non-academic employment:
2011-2012 and 2007-2008: CKC builders- laborer
2009-2010: Westpac rugby stadium-corporate box host
2009: Laboratory teaching assistant-Invertebrate biology
2004-2006: Cotswold Outdoor- retail assistant
2002-2003: Marks and Spencer- retail assistant
2001-2002: Risdon’s chemist- retail assistant
Volunteer experience
Computer skills/experience
Additional relevant skills/qualifications/awards:
Personal Interests:
My pastimes include SCUBA diving, snorkeling, photography, underwater photography, rock climbing, sailing, hiking, camping, travelling, bird watching, reading books, playing the ukulele, dancing, cooking and listening to a wide range of music.
References
Dr Rob Toonen (Post-doctoral supervisor)
Full Research Professor
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology
Coconut Island,
46-007 Lilipuna Rd,
Kāneʻohe Bay,
HI 96744
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: (808) 236 7401
Dr James Bell (PhD. Supervisor)
Senior lecturer
School of Biological Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
New Kirk building
Kelburn Parade
Wellington, New Zealand
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: +44 463 5233
Dr Zac Forsman
Research Associate
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology
Coconut Island,
46-007 Lilipuna Rd,
Kāneʻohe Bay,
HI 96744
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: (808) 236 7401
Dr Eric Conklin
Director of Marine Science
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi
923 Nuʻuanu Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: (808) 587-6230
Cell: (808) 218-4366
Fax: (808) 545-2019
Dr Gareth Williams
Lecturer
Westbury Mount
School of Ocean Sciences
Bangor University,
Menai Bridge,
Anglesey, Wales
LL59 5AB, United Kingdom
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1248 382842
20. Johnston EC, Forsman ZH, Flot JF, Schmidt-Roach S, Pinzón JH, Knapp ISS, Toonen RJ. A genomic glance through the fog of plasticity and diversification in Pocillopora. Scientific Reports. 2017 Jul 20;7(1):5991.
19. Forsman ZH, Knapp ISS, Tisthammer K, Eaton DA, Belcaid M, Toonen RJ. Coral hybridization or phenotypic variation? Genomic data reveal gene flow between Porites lobata and P. Compressa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2017 Jun 30;111:132-48.
18. Knapp ISS, Puritz J, Bird C, Whitney J, Sudek M, Zac Forsman ZH, and Toonen RJ. (2017). ezRAD- an accessible next-generation RAD sequencing protocol suitable for non-model organisms_v3.2. dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.e9pbh5n17.
17. Schuster A, Vargas S, Knapp ISS, Pomponi SA, Toonen RJ, Erpenbeck D, Woerheide G. (2017) Divergence times in demosponges (Porifera): first insights from new mitogenomes and the inclusion of fossils in a birth-death clock model. bioRxiv. Jan 1:159806.
16. Knapp ISS, Williams GJ, and Bell JJ. (2016). Temporal dynamics and persistence of sponge assemblages in a Central Pacific atoll lagoon. Marine Ecology.
15. Price MR, Forsman ZH, Knapp ISS, Toonen RJ, and Hadfield MG. (2016). The complete mitochondrial genome of Achatinella sowerbyana (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora: Achatinellidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 1(1), 666-668.
14. Price MR, Forsman ZH, Knapp ISS, Hadfield MG, and Toonen RJ. (2016). The complete mitochondrial genome of Achatinella mustelina (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 1(1), 183-185.
13. Knapp ISS, Forsman ZH, Williams GJ, Toonen RJ, and Bell, JJ. (2015). Cryptic species obscure introduction pathway of the blue Caribbean sponge (Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea), (order: Haplosclerida) to Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. PeerJ, 3, e1170.
12. Forsman ZH, Knapp ISS, Szabo Z, and Toonen RJ. (2014). Intraspecific fluorescent phenotypes in Montipora capitata. Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies, 16 (1): 17-18.
11. Williams GJ, Price N, Ushijima B, Aeby G, Callahan S, Davy SK, Gove J, Johnson M. Knapp ISS, Shore-Maggio A, Smith J, Videau P, and Work T. (2014). Ocean warming and acidification have complex interactive effects on the dynamics of a marine fungal disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1778), 20133069.
10. Marti-Puig P, Forsman ZH, Haverkort-Yeh RD, Knapp IS, Maragos JE, and Toonen RJ. (2014). Extreme phenotypic polymorphism in the coral genus Pocillopora; micro-morphology corresponds to mitochondrial groups, while colony morphology does not. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90(1), 211-231.
9. Camacho JM, Knapp ISS, Bell JJ, and Carballo JL. (2013) Wide distributional range of marine sponges along the Pacific Ocean. Marine Biological Research, 9 (8): 768-775
8. Knapp ISS, Williams GJ, Carballo JL, Cruz-Barassa JA, Gardner JPA, and Bell JJ. (2012) Restriction of sponges to an atoll lagoon as a result of reduced environmental quality. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 66: 209-220.
7. Knapp ISS, Godwin LS, Smith JE, Williams GJ, and Bell JJ. (2011). Records of marine non-native species at Palmyra Atoll in the U.S. Line Islands. Marine Biodiversity Records, 4: 1-7.
6. Williams GJ, Knapp ISS, Maragos JE and Davy SK. (2011). Proximate environmental drivers of coral communities at Palmyra Atoll: Establishing baselines prior to removing a WWII military causeway. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 62(8): 1842-1851.
5. Williams GJ, Knapp ISS, Work TM, and Conklin E. (2011). Outbreak of Acropora white syndrome following a mild bleaching event at Palmyra Atoll, Northern Line Islands, Central Pacific. Coral Reefs, 30(3): 621.
4. Williams GJ, Knapp ISS, Aeby GS, and Davy SK. (2011). Spatial and temporal patterns of cnidarian disease at Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 94: 89-100.
3. Williams GJ, Work TM, Aeby GS, Knapp ISS, and Davy SK. (2011). Gross and microscopic morphology of lesions in Cnidaria from Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 106(2): 165-173.
2. Knapp ISS, and Bell JJ. (2010). Effect of depth on sponge assemblage structure at Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. Open Marine Biology Journal, 4: 26-30.
1. Williams GJ, Knapp ISS, Maragos JE and Davy SK. (2010). Modeling patterns of coral bleaching prevalence at a remote Central Pacific Atoll. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 60: 1467-1476.
Publications in prep or review:
Nielsen ES, Henriques R, Toonen RJ, Knapp ISS, Guo B, Von der Heyden S. Complex signatures of genomic variation of two non-model marine species in a homogeneous environment (in review) BMC Genomics
Knapp ISS, Belcaid M. Williams GJ, and Toonen RJ, Growth anomalies in the coral Acropora cytherea are associated with homologs to human cancer genes (in prep)
Capel KCC, Zilberberg C, Cairns SD, Knapp ISS, Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ, Creed JC, Kitahara MV. On the taxonomy of the widely distributed shallow water coral Tubastraea Lesson, 1829 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Dendrophylliidae) with morphological and molecular data: avoiding misidentification (in prep)
Knapp ISS, Jones T.T, Williams G.J and Bell JJ, Filtering capability of sponges in an altered lagoon and their potential impact on an adjacent near-pristine reef. (in prep)
Knapp ISS, Forsman ZH, Williams GJ, Genetic and environmental distribution of Montipora capitata across the Main and North West Hawaiian Islands (In prep)
Cowman P, Hobbs J.P, Debattista J, Iacchei M, Knapp ISS, Tong, E, Belderok R, Canfield S, Johnston E. Coleman, R. Laruson, A, Caldwell I, Ahti P. Long-term trends of marine publications in Conservation Biology (In prep)
Technical reports and management documents:
Knapp ISS, Puritz J, Bird C, Whitney J, Sudek M, Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ. (2016) ezRAD- an accessible next-generation RAD sequencing protocol suitable for non-model organisms_v3.1
Knapp ISS, Sudek, M. Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ. (2015). ToBo lab EzRAD next generation molecular sequencing protocol. Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Knapp ISS, Forsman ZH, Toonen RJ. (2013) Edwin W. Pauley Summer program report. Advancing tools for biodiversity studies: genomics and bioinformatics of cnidarians with a focus on corals. Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Forsman ZH, Peyton KA, Knapp ISS, and Toonen, RJ. (2012) The effects of Waikiki beach sand replenishment on benthic communities. Benthic surveys for the 2012 Waikiki Beach sand replenishment project. State of Hawaiʻi Division of Aquatic Resources Report.
Knapp ISS, and Bell JJ. (2010). Pacific Remote Islands NWR Complex Special Use Permit Annual Report. Submitted to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Williams G.J and Knapp ISS. (2009). Summary of recommendations for long-term monitoring of coral communities and associated factors at Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. Report to The Nature Conservancy, January 2009. Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand.
Knapp ISS, and Bell JJ. (2009). Pacific Remote Islands NWR Complex Special Use Permit Annual Report. Submitted to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Knapp ISS, and Bell JJ. (2008). Pacific Remote Islands NWR Complex Special Use Permit Annual Report. Submitted to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Public presentations/Guest lectures
Knapp ISS, Belcaid M. Williams GJ, and Toonen RJ. (2017) Growth anomalies in the coral Acropora cytherea are associated with homologs to human cancer genes American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Honolulu, Hawaʻi, USA.
Knapp ISS, Belcaid M. Williams GJ, and Toonen RJ. (2016) Homologs to human cancer genes are associated with coral growth anomalies. International Coral Reef Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaʻi, USA.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J (2014) Ecological consequences of massive military modification to Palmyra Atoll, University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa, USA.
Knapp ISS, Toonen RJ, Forsman ZH, Puritz J.B, Sudek M, Bird C.E, Whitney J.B, Fernandez-Silva I, Andrews K.A, Belcaid M and Eggers A. (2014) ezRAD: no species left behind! A flexible method to extract genomic data from model and non-model organisms. Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium (APCRS), Kenting, Taiwan.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2014) Ecological consequences of massive military modification to Palmyra Atoll. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, USA.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2013). The ecology of sponges at Palmyra Atoll, variability, introduced species and their potential direct and indirect impacts. Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, USA.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2011). Sponge and coral adventures at Palmyra Atoll. Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, USA.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2010). Environmental variability drives differences in sponge assemblages at a remote Pacific atoll. 8th International Sponge Symposium, Girona, Spain.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2010). Temporal variability in sponge assemblages inhabiting an altered lagoon system in a remote Pacific atoll. 8th International Sponge Symposium, Girona, Spain.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2009). Sponge community structure and non-indigenous species: Anthropogenic impacts on a ‘near pristine’ atoll system in the Central Pacific. New Zealand Marine Science Society (NZMSS), Auckland, New Zealand.
Knapp ISS, Williams G.J and Bell JJ. (2008). The ecology of sponges at Palmyra Atoll: diversity, invasive species and ecological interactions. New Zealand Marine Science Society (NZMSS), Christchurch, New Zealand.
Select courses/workshops/cruises:
NOAA Mariana Archipelago Reef Assessment and Monitoring Program (2017), Leg 3 (5 weeks), Northern Marianas, ARMS and OC team.
Coral Nursery Restoration Workshop (2017). Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology- attendee
Bioinformatics/Genomics Workshop (2017) University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa -attendee
Software carpentry workshop: Introduction to Unix shell and Python. (2015). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa -attendee
AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science workshop: Communicating Climate Science. (2015). University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa. USA- attendee
AAAS Center for Public Engagement with Science workshop: Communicating Climate Science. (2015). University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa. USA- attendee
Open Science for Synthesis: Software Skills Training for Early Career Scientists held at NCEAS, Santa Barbara, CA and RENCI, Chapel Hill, NC (2014). USA- attendee.
Smithsonian workshop: Defining MarineGeo Hawaiʻi. Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network. (2014). Bishops museum, Hawaiʻi, USA- attendee
Introduction to Programming and Statistics in R; OCN750. (2013). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa -attendee
Edwin W. Pauley Summer program. (2013) Advancing tools for biodiversity studies: genomics and bioinformatics of cnidarians with a focus on corals. Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa -organizer
Software carpentry workshop: Introduction to Unix shell and Python. (2012). University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa –attendee
Grants awarded:
PARC Beginning Scientist Travel Award
US $2000 Mar 2012
Victoria PhD Submission Scholarship
NZ $6000 Feb 2012
Faculty Strategic Research Grant
NZ $2000 Jun 2010
First Overseas Conference Travel Fund
NZ $1500 Apr 2010
New Zealand Postgraduate Study Abroad Award
NZ $3000 Jun 2009
Victoria Postgraduate Scholarship
NZ $60,000 Oct 2007
Non-academic employment:
2011-2012 and 2007-2008: CKC builders- laborer
2009-2010: Westpac rugby stadium-corporate box host
2009: Laboratory teaching assistant-Invertebrate biology
2004-2006: Cotswold Outdoor- retail assistant
2002-2003: Marks and Spencer- retail assistant
2001-2002: Risdon’s chemist- retail assistant
Volunteer experience
- Science Symposium Presenter, Sacred Hearts Academy, USA, 2017
- Polynesian Voyaging Society Member, completed crew training, USA, 2016
- Autonomous Reef Monitoring System Deployment (Kāneʻohe Bay), USA, 2016
- Family Night: Aqua Explorers! Waikiki Aquarium, USA, 2015
- Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (EECB) tide walks with Mililani-Mauka Elementary school USA, 2015
- Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Island. Science Alive! Water of Life family day, Bishops museum USA, 2015
- Waikiki Aquarium Family Night: Animal Super-Powers! USA, 2014
- School of Ocean sciences and technology open house, on hands-science activities for 500 high school students USA, 2013
- Center for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE) Island and the Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology stand at the Ocean Expo USA, 2013
- Gene-ius Day-Science education for Hawaiʻi’s children, USA, 2012-13
- NOAA Autonomous Reef Monitoring Structure (ARMS) settlement panel processing (Waikiki deep reef), USA, 2012
- Passerine bird banding with the Ornithological Society, Wellington, NZ, 2011
- Island Bay beach clean-up volunteer , Wellington, NZ, 2010-2011
- Experiencing Marine Reserves (EMR) volunteer, Wellington, NZ, 2009-2010
- Victoria University marine lab open day volunteer, Wellington, NZ, 2009-2010
- Botanical gardens maintenance volunteer, Wales, UK, 2006-2007
- Prince Maddog research vessel teaching volunteer, Wales, UK, 2006-2007
- University of Wales Bangor student representative, Wales, UK, 2005-2007
- University of Wales Bangor peer guide to new students, Wales, UK, 2004-2007
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) exchange, Wachapreague, USA, 2006
- Greenforce marine project volunteer: conducting benthic and pelagic marine surveys and local socioeconomic work, Borneo, Malaysia, 2003
- Mangrove re-planting project, Borneo, Malaysia, 2003
- Fundraising for the Royal British legion and the Royal Air forces Association (RAFA) with the Air Training Core (ATC), Surrey UK, 1997-2000
- Fundraising charity abseils with the ATC, Surrey, UK, 1998 -1999
- Fundraising for Help the Aged, Surrey UK, 1995-1999
Computer skills/experience
- Constructed personal and ToBo lab websites
- Setup online lab ordering system
- Update and maintain database for the lab’s 15,000+ invertebrate samples
- PRIMER-E and PERMANOVA+ and R-studio (statistical software)
- qGIS (open-access version of ArcGIS)
- GitHub (version controlled document/source code management)
- Endnote and Mendeley (Bibliography software)
- CorelDraw X7 (graphics suite)
- Corel PaintShop Pro X7 (photo editing)
- Geneious (Bioinformatics software)
- Image J (Image processing software)
- Coral Point Count (Image processing software)
- Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
- Multiple internet browsers and tools
Additional relevant skills/qualifications/awards:
- > 600 logged research dives
- University of Hawaiʻi Scientific diver (“in training”)
- BSAC Sports Diver- Rescue and decompression diving
- PADI Rescue Diver
- DAN Diving First Aid for Professional Divers and O2 administration
- New Zealand Boatmasters
- Full clean UK, New Zealand and USA driver’s licenses
- Air Training Corps (ATC) non-commissioned officer (NCO)
- Duke of Edinburgh award
- Finalist in the BBC Natural History Museum wildlife photographer of the year competition (2014) with a submission in the Timelapse category.
Personal Interests:
My pastimes include SCUBA diving, snorkeling, photography, underwater photography, rock climbing, sailing, hiking, camping, travelling, bird watching, reading books, playing the ukulele, dancing, cooking and listening to a wide range of music.
References
Dr Rob Toonen (Post-doctoral supervisor)
Full Research Professor
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology
Coconut Island,
46-007 Lilipuna Rd,
Kāneʻohe Bay,
HI 96744
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: (808) 236 7401
Dr James Bell (PhD. Supervisor)
Senior lecturer
School of Biological Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
New Kirk building
Kelburn Parade
Wellington, New Zealand
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: +44 463 5233
Dr Zac Forsman
Research Associate
Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology
Coconut Island,
46-007 Lilipuna Rd,
Kāneʻohe Bay,
HI 96744
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: (808) 236 7401
Dr Eric Conklin
Director of Marine Science
The Nature Conservancy of Hawaiʻi
923 Nuʻuanu Avenue
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: (808) 587-6230
Cell: (808) 218-4366
Fax: (808) 545-2019
Dr Gareth Williams
Lecturer
Westbury Mount
School of Ocean Sciences
Bangor University,
Menai Bridge,
Anglesey, Wales
LL59 5AB, United Kingdom
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1248 382842