Michael Knapp

Are you thinking of doing a PhD? Are you interested in the impact of climate change on island biodiversity? Do you not mind supervisors who post cringe-worthy PhD adverts? Then this might be the role for you: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/…

Could NZ’s two kākā subspecies actually be remnants of a more diverse species? Here’s why we need to know theconversation.com/could-nzs-two-…

Project with @Lubbe_P and @nic_rawlence_nz

If you are interested in doing a PhD in bird evolution and wouldn't mind spending three years in New Zealand, we might have a solution for you: evol.mcmaster.ca/brian/evoldir/…

@TrochilusMusic Haha, perhaps not this one, but this isn't our first NZ bird evolution project, and I sure hope it won't be the last :-)

@michel_knapp Will this be vacant in about 3 years😅?

How much do incomplete eDNA reference databases affect your biodiversity monitoring results? A real life example from one of New Zealand's marine biodiversity hotspots. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ed…

Here is our "The Conversation" summary of the black robin study led by Johanna von Seth & Nic Dussex. theconversation.com/back-from-the-…

@ancientchildren I assume/hope that is not what happened.

@ancientchildren If the phishing simulation was indeed the security training link endorsed in the staff newsletter, the Uni would was prepared to use up to 2800 staff hours to find out how many staff would fall for phishing if the newsletter account had already been hacked. Sounds relevant.

Can someone please tell me are these two things the same. They launch this and talk about it in the official staff news and use University emails and university systems for the training, but it was all a simulation? Please tell me I am missing something?

Stellar work by Dr Clare Adams and the team now available online.

If you are contemplating applying for our PhD position in New Zealand bird evolution (evol.mcmaster.ca/~brian/evoldir…), here some evidence that we are super cool (and totally modest about it): knowablemagazine.org/article/living…

@DrCharOskam Excellent, sounds like a plan!

@michel_knapp Damn! 😂 I almost popped in last week to see who was around the dept while I was over for my Dads birthday but I ran out of time. I’m back Dec/Jan so perhaps we can catch up then sometime.

Are you interested in bird evolution and keen to work in New Zealand? We are looking for a PhD student! evol.mcmaster.ca/~brian/evoldir…

@DrCharOskam Hmm, not sure Dr Oskam. Something tells me you might be overqualified :-)

@michel_knapp I’m tempted!! 😄

Part of our excellent research group @otago on a super beautiful day @Lubbe_P @plinythelady @emma_sudron @anna__gosling @Jadesewa @michel_knapp

Awesome job Nic and the team!

Yeah, after some time in the making, here is our latest review: “Ancient Invaders: How Paleogenetic Tools Help to Identify and Understand Biological Invasions of the Past.” @MatisooSmith, @cjcollins_nz annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.114…

After a successful eDNA workshop in Dunedin in 2019, we invite you to the Inaugural NZ/Aus Environmental DNA conference in Hobart, Tasmania on 21 – 23 March 2022. The Conference will be delivered in a hybrid format, virtually and face-to-face. ednaconference.com.au

Thank you @VeronikaMeduna for the NZ Geographic article on our kea evolution study led by @den_mar_tini! nzgeo.com/stories/not-an…

Is the highly endangered NZ kakī/black stilt just an Aussie pied stilt in a black jersey? Check out @NatForsdick latest work. doi.org/10.1016/j.gecc…