Annette Frese Govindarajan telephone: Research Specialist fax:

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1 Annette Frese Govindarajan telephone: Research Specialist fax: Biology Department Redfield 230 MS#33 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole, MA EDUCATION B.S. Biology, University of Connecticut, Honors Program, Honors thesis title: Feeding ecology of the rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellis. Advisor: Dr. Robert Whitlatch. M.S. Biological Oceanography, University of Connecticut, Thesis title: Effects of resident adult ascidians on larval settlement and post-settlement success. Advisor: Dr. Robert Whitlatch Ph.D. Biological Oceanography, MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Thesis title: Life cycle evolution and systematics of campaulariid hydrozoans. Advisor: Dr. Larry Madin PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2015 present Research Specialist, Biology Department, WHOI Research Associate III, Biology Department, WHOI Instructor, Depts. of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Biology, Northeastern University 2004; Postdoctoral Investigator, Biology Department, WHOI. Advisor: Dr. Larry Madin Research Assistant II, AOPE, WHOI. Supervisor: Dr. Cheryl Ann Butman (Zimmer) Biological Sciences Technician, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, MD. Marine Invasions Lab. Supervisor: Dr. Greg Ruiz Graduate Research Assistant, Marine Sciences Department, University of Connecticut. Advisor: Dr. Robert Whitlatch Research Assistant, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, University of Connecticut. Supervisor: Dr. Jack Schultz Research Assistant, Soil Testing Laboratory, University of Connecticut AWARDS Scholarship to the Molecular Evolution Workshop at the Marine Biological

2 Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 2003 Best Student Poster Presentation, Benthic Ecology Meeting, Mystic, CT Animal Ecology Award for undergraduate honors thesis, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Connecticut PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) RESEARCH INTERESTS Evolution, ecology, and diversity of marine invertebrates, especially hydrozoans, tunicates, and barnacles; larval dispersal, settlement, and recruitment; fouling community dynamics; genetic and robotic methods in biological research. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES - WHOI 2015 present - Co-chair, Gender Equity Program Advisory Committee Student representative, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Biology Department PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Outside WHOI present Invited faculty participant for the Marine Biodiversity Symposium, SEA, Woods Hole MS thesis committee member, Charlotte Regula, University of New England, ME Reviewer for Systematic Biology, Molecular Ecology, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Marine Biology, Marine Biodiversity, Biological Bulletin, Journal of Plankton Research, and Journal of Biogeography Reviewer for an environmental science and two marine biology textbooks PARTICIPATION IN EDUCATION PROGRAM 2015 present Collaborative faculty and undergraduate mentor for the Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Program, SEA, Woods Hole Taught Biological Oceanography, New England Fisheries Resources, Weather and Climate, Evolution, and Environmental Pollution and advised undergraduate capstone and directed study projects, Northeastern University Teaching Assistant, MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Graduate Applied Statistics Teaching Assistant, MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Graduate Biological Oceanography Govindarajan CV - 2

3 SUPERVISION AT WHOI Guest student advisor, Taylor Sehein Guest student advisor, Dennis Claffey CRUISE PARTICIPATION Seafloor imaging to assess the potential impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on deep-sea corals in the Gulf of Mexico Cruise to collect specimens and to study larval transport between South America and the Antarctic Peninsula GLOBEC zooplankton survey cruise to Georges Bank SEA cruise for incoming WHOI/MIT Joint Program students Cruise on a commercial coal ship from Haifa, Israel to Baltimore, MD to study plankton dynamics in ballast water REFEREED PUBLICATIONS Govindarajan AF, Pineda J, Purcell M, Breier JA. Submitted. Species and stage specific barnacle larval distributions obtained from AUV sampling and genetic analysis in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA. Govindarajan AF, Buksa F, Bockrath K, Wares JP, Pineda J Phylogeographic structure and northward range expansion in the barnacle Chthamalus fragilis. PEER J, In press. Sehein T, Siuda A, Shank TM, Govindarajan AF Connectivity in the slender Sargassum shrimp (Latreutes fucorum): implications for a Sargasso Sea protected area. Journal of Plankton Research: doi: /plankt/fbu081. Hsing Pen-Yean, Fu, B., Berlet, S., Larcom, E., Shank, T.M., Govindarajan A.F., Lukäsiewicz, Dixon, P., Fisher, C Lasting impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill to a deep Gulf of Mexico coral community. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene. 1: doi: /journal.elementa Lindner, A., Govindarajan, A.F., Migotto, A.E Cryptic species, life cycles, and the phylogeny of Clytia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Campanulariidae). Zootaxa 2980: Govindarajan, A.F., A. Bucklin, and L.P. Madin A molecular phylogeny of the Thaliacea. J Plankton Research 33(6): (Featured article and journal cover) Govindarajan, A.F., Boero, F., and Halanych, K.M Phylogenetic analysis with Govindarajan CV - 3

4 multiple markers indicates a repeated loss of the adult medusa stage in Campanulariidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Mol Phyl Evol 38: Adamik, P., Gallager, S.M., Horgan, E, Madin, L.P., McGillis, W.R., Govindarajan, A., and Alatalo, P Effects of turbulence on the feeding rate of a pelagic predator: The planktonic hydroid Clytia gracilis. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 333: Govindarajan, A.F., Piraino, S., Gravili, C., Kubota, S Species identification of bivalve-inhabiting marine hydrozoans of the genus Eugymnanthea. Invertebrate Biology 124: Govindarajan, A.F., Halanych, K.M., Cunningham, C.W Mitochondrial evolution and phylogeography in the hydrozoan Obelia geniculata. Marine Biology 146: Wonham, M.J., Walton, W.C., Ruiz, G.M., Frese, A.M., Galil, B.S Going to the source: role of the invasion pathway in determining potential invaders. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 215: Whitlatch, R.B., Osman, R.W., Frese, A., Malatesta, R., Mitchell, P., Sedgwick, L The ecology of two introduced marine ascidians and their effects on epifaunal organisms in Long Island Sound. Proceedings of the Northeast conference on non-indigenous aquatic nuisance species. Pp OTHER PUBLICATIONS Bower A, Camilli R, Churchill J, Edgcomb V, Govindarajan A, Hughen K, Kite-Powell H, Pineda J, Swift S, Thorrold S Review of oceanographic research related to hydrocarbon exploration near Farasan Bank (southern Red Sea) and a proposed pilot study. 56 pages. (white paper for Saudi Aramco) Beeton, A.M., J.T. Carlton, B.A. Holohan, G.H. Wheless, A. Valle-Levinson, L.A, Drake, G. Ruiz, L. McCann, W. Walton, A. Frese, P. Fofonoff, S. Godwin, J. Toft, L. Hartman, E. von Holle, Ballast Exchange Study: Consideration of Back-Up Exchange Zones and Environmental Effects of Ballast Exchange and Ballast Release. Draft Report submitted to the National Sea Grant Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington D.C. (technical report) Wonham, M. J., Walton, W. C., Frese, A. M., & Ruiz, G. M. (1996). Transoceanic transport of ballast water: biological and physical dynamics of ballasted communities and the effectiveness of mid-ocean exchange. SERC Report. (technical report) PRESENTATIONS: Govindarajan AF, Jesús Pineda; Mike Purcell; John A. Breier. March Species and stage specific barnacle larval distributions obtained from AUV sampling and genetic Govindarajan CV - 4

5 analysis in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, USA. Benthic Ecology Meeting, Quebec City, Canada. Govindarajan AF, Pineda J, Purcell M, Packard G, Dennett M, Girard A, Tradd K, Breier JA. October Development of autonomous sampling capability for small marine organisms. Northeast Robotics Colloquium, Brown University, Providence, RI. Govindarajan AF, Rand D, Pineda J. February Do different larval source populations influence recruitment windows in the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides? Ocean Sciences Meeting ASLO-AGU-TOS, Honolulu, HI. Sehein, TR, Siuda A, Shank TM, Govindarajan AF. December Slender Sargassum shrimp (Latreutes fucorum) population genetic structure in the Sargasso Sea. 7 th NESP- BioNES Meeting, Roger Williams University, RI. Govindarajan, AF, Manganini, S., German, C.R., Shank, T.M. February Effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on biogenic fluxes and larval recruitment ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, New Orleans, LA. Govindarajan, AF. July Insights on Thaliaceans and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Impacts. National Marine Educators Association, Boston, MA. Govindarajan, AF, Sutherland KR, Bucklin, A, Madin, LP. June An evolutionary perspective on the Thaliacea. ASLO summer meeting, Santa Fe, NM. Madin, LP, Govindarajan A, Bucklin A. May New insights into phylogeny and evolution of thaliaceans. Census of Marine Zooplankton Steering Committee, Qingdao, China. Govindarajan, AF Jellyfish and Global Change. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University. Govindarajan, AF, Nigro, L., Madin, L.P., Bucklin, A. November Species identification in the Thaliacea (Chordata). Third International Barcode of Life Conference, Mexico City. Govindarajan, AF. August Thaliacean phylogenetics and species identification. Cnidarian Tree of Life 4 th Annual Meeting, Walpole, ME Govindarajan AF, Bucklin, A, Madin L Evolution of the Thaliacea and its Implications for Tunicate Phylogeny. Society for Integrative and Comparative biology Meeting, Boston, MA. Govindarajan AF, Boero F, Halanych K Life cycle evolution and systematics of Campanulariid Hydrozoans. Evolution Meeting, Chico, CA. Govindarajan CV - 5

6 Govindarajan AF, Boero F, Halanych K Evolution of life cycles and systematics of Campanulariid hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Benthic Ecology Meeting, Mystic, CT. Govindarajan AF, Cunningham CW, Halanych K Life cycle evolution and systematics of Campanulariid Hydrozoans (Phylum Cnidaria). Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting, Toronto, ON. Lindner A, Migotto, AE, Govindarajan A Diversity and species boundaries in cosmopolitan hydrozoans (Cnidaria): molecular and morphological evidence for cryptic species of Clytia gracilis. Hydrozoan Society Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa. Gravili C, De Vito D, Ferraro V, Govindarajan AF, Miglietta MP, Piraino S, Bouillon J, Boero F The Clytia genus (Hydroidomedusae, Leptomedusae) in the Mediterranean Sea: how many Clytia species are there? Hydrozoan Society Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa. Govindarajan AF, Halanych K, Cunningham CW Phylogeography of Obelia geniculata (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Coordinating Research on the North Atlantic (CORONA) Meeting, Shoals Marine Laboratory, NH. Frese A Ecological and evolutionary aspects of hydroid life cycles. Benthic Ecology Meeting, NH. Frese A Effects of resident adult ascidians on larval settlement and post-settlement success. Twenty-fourth annual benthic ecology meeting, Columbia, SC. Wonham MJ, Walton WC, Frese AM, Ruiz GM Ballast water transport of nonindigenous species: Biological and physical dynamics of a transoceanic voyage. Twentyfourth annual benthic ecology meeting, Columbia, SC. Govindarajan CV - 6