Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
17 Biological Lane
St. George's GE 01
Bermuda
Tel: 441-297-1880 ext. 244 or 237
Fax: 441-297-0860
E-mail: tony.knap@bios.edu


Specialization:
Chemical Oceanography

Profile:
Dr. Knap joined BIOS as an Assistant Research Scientist in 1977 and became Director in 1986. His principal research interests are environmental science, organic geochemistry, long-range transport processes and deposition of chemicals in the oceans, atmosphere/ocean interactions, effects of chemicals on the marine environment, and climate change and business interactions, as well as relationships between ocean health and human health. Dr. Knap is an Honorary Professor at the University of Plymouth and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Delaware and NOVA University. He serves with several international organizations and has served as the chairman of the Health of the Ocean Committee for the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). He is co-chair of the Coastal Ocean Observing Panel for GOOS. Dr. Knap is the author of over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and one book.

Current Research:

• Atmosphere/ocean interactions and global climate change.
• Long-range transport processes and deposition of chemicals in the oceans.
• The effects of chemicals on the marine environment.
• The connections between ocean health and human health.

Educational Background:

• B.Sc., Wisconsin State University, 1971
• M.Sc. Oceanography, University of Southampton, 1972
• Ph.D. Chemical Oceanography, University of Southampton, 1978

Selected Publications:

• Venter, J.C., K. Remington, A.L. Halpern, S. Levy, J. Heidelberg, J.A. Eisen, I. Paulsen, K.E. Nelson, D.E. Fouts, W. Nelson, D. Rusch, A.H. Knap, M.W. Lomas, K. Nealson, O. White, J. Peterson, H.O. Smith, J. Hoffman, R. Parsons, C. Pfannkoch and Y. Rogers. 2004. Environmental whole genome shotgun sequencing: The Sargasso Sea. Science, 304:66-74.
• Conte, M.H., T.D. Dickey, A.H. Knap, J.C. Weber, S. Jiang and R. Johnson. 2003. Transient physical forcing of pulsed export of bioreactive material to the deep Sargasso Sea. Deep-Sea Research I, 50:1157-1187.
• Owen, R., A. Knap, N. Ostrander and K. Carbery. 2003. Comparative acute toxicity of herbicides to phosynthesis of coral zooxanthellae. Bulletin Env. Contam. and Toxicology, 70(3):541-548.