| Julia Kasper | |
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| Birth Name: | Julia Kasper |
| Fields: | Entomology, taxonomy |
| Workplaces: | Te Papa |
| Thesis Title: | 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 |
| Thesis Url: | https://edoc.hu-berlin.de/handle/18452/17469 |
| Thesis Year: | 2013 |
| Doctoral Advisors: | )--> |
| Author Abbrev Zoo: | 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]
Some publications by Kasper include: