Julia Kasper

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Julia Kasper
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Kasper in 2019
Born
Julia Kasper
Scientific career
Fields Entomology, taxonomy
Institutions Te Papa
Thesis Examinations of decomposition-processes and the olfactory sense of the necrophagous fly Lucilia caesar (L.) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in relationship to the fly’s physiological state  (2013)
Author abbrev. (zoology) Kasper

Julia Kasper is a New Zealand entomologist specialising in Diptera. [1] [2] As at 2022 she is the lead invertebrate curator at New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa. [3] As part of her work Kasper is assisting with a citizen science project informing a national mosquito census. [4] Kasper has previously worked as the principal entomologist at the New Zealand Biosecure Laboratory. [5] She has also undertaken work in forensic entomology assisting the New Zealand police and coroners with cases. [6] Prior to living in New Zealand she worked at the Natural History Museum, Berlin. [7] Kasper obtained her doctorate at Humboldt University of Berlin in 2013. [8]

She is a member of the New Zealand Entomological Society and as at 2022 serves as the President of the Wellington branch of that society. [9]

Works

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Kasper participating in a bioblitz.

Some publications by Kasper include:

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References

  1. "Natural History team". Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. University of Otago (2021). "Forensic Entomology: Murder, Maggots and Flies". University of Otago. Retrieved 4 March 2022.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. Allott, Amber (18 January 2022). "Climate change could see mosquitoes from the tropics thriving in New Zealand". Stuff. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. Nicol-Williams, Kate (26 December 2020). "Te Papa calling on Kiwis to collect mosquitoes for national census". 1 News. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  5. Broughton, Cate (6 February 2016). "Keeping New Zealand safe from Zika mosquitoes". Stuff. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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  9. "Wellington Branch Committee – Entomological Society of New Zealand" . Retrieved 4 March 2022.