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Petroleum exploration and production; Solar energy conversion and lighting technologies; Wind energy conversion technologies; Wind energy measurement, forecasting, and storage; Geothermal energy conversion and production; Ocean energy conversion; Energy and sustainability; Energy and water supply chain; Environmental risk assessment for planning offshore structures

Dr. Knap’s primary research focuses include oceanography, organic geochemistry, environmental science, atmosphere/ocean interactions, oil pollution and dispersant use, and effects of contaminants on the marine environment. Global climate change is another area of interest, particularly climate instability, business/science interactions, renewable energy, marine derived bio-fuels, ocean genomics, ocean acidification. He was Founder and Principal Investigator of the NSF-funded Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) off Bermuda. He was also the Principal Investigator for 30 years of Hydrostation S, founded in 1954 and the longest continuous time-series in the Ocean, also funded by NSF. He most recently was appointed to the Gulf Research Board of the US National Academy of Sciences. He is the author of over 150 peer-reviewed articles in the subjects listed above.