Annette Govindarajan

Instructor of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Department of Earth & Environmental Science
002 Holmes Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 02115-5096
617.373.8984
a.govindarajan@neu.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography 2004 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program.
M.S. in Biological Oceanography 1994 – University of Connecticut.
B.S. in Biology 1992 – University of Connecticut, Honors Program

Research Interests

Evolution, ecology, species diversity, and biogeography of marine invertebrates, focusing on the Hydrozoa (Cnidaria) and Thaliacea (Chordata)

Faculty Research

Selected Publications

  • Govindarajan, A.F., A. Bucklin, and Madin LP. 2010. A molecular phylogeny of the Thaliacea. J Plankton Res doi: 10.1093/plankt/fbq157
  • 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: 159-165.
  • Govindarajan, A.F., Boero, F., and Halanych, K.M. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis with multiple markers indicates a repeated loss of the adult medusa stage in Campanulariidae (Hydrozoa, Cnidaria). Mol Phyl Evol 38: 820-834.
  • Govindarajan, A.F., Piraino, S., Gravili, C., Kubota, S. 2005. Species identification of bivalve-inhabiting marine hydrozoans of the genus Eugymnanthea. Invertebrate Biology 124: 1-10.
  • Govindarajan, A.F., Halanych, K.M., Cunningham, C.W. 2005. Mitochondrial evolution and phylogeography in the hydrozoan Obelia geniculata. Marine Biology 146: 213-222.
  • Wonham, M.J., Walton, W.C., Ruiz, G.M., Frese, A.M., Galil, B.S. 2001. Going to the source: role of the invasion pathway in determining potential invaders. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 215: 1-12.
  • Whitlatch, R.B., Osman, R.W., Frese, A., Malatesta, R., Mitchell, P., Sedgwick, L. 1995. 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. 29-48.

Presentations

  • Govindarajan, A.F., Sutherland KR, Bucklin, A, Madin, LP. June 2010. An evolutionary perspective on the Thaliacea. ASLO summer meeting, Santa Fe, NM, June 2010
  • Madin, LP, Govindarajan A, Bucklin A. May 2010. New insights into phylogeny and evolution of thaliaceans. Census of Marine Zooplankton Steering Committee, Qingdao, China.
  • Govindarajan, AF. 2010. Jellyfish and Global Change. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University.
  • Govindarajan, AF, Nigro, L., Madin, L.P., Bucklin, A. November 2009. Species identification in the Thaliacea (Chordata). Third International Barcode of Life Conference, Mexico City
  • Govindarajan, AF. August 2009. Thaliacean phylogenetics and species identification. Cnidarian Tree of Life 4th Annual Meeting, Walpole, ME
  • Govindarajan AF, Bucklin, A, Madin L. 2009. 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. 2003. Life cycle evolution and systematics of Campanulariid Hydrozoans. Evolution Meeting, Chico, CA.
  • Govindarajan AF, Boero F, Halanych K. 2003. Evolution of life cycles and systematics of Campanulariid hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Benthic Ecology Meeting, Mystic, CT.
  • Govindarajan AF, Cunningham CW, Halanych K. 2003. 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. 2003. 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. 2003. 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. 2002. Phylogeography of Obelia geniculata (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa). Coordinating Research on the North Atlantic (CORONA) Meeting, Shoals Marine Laboratory, NH.
  • Frese A. 2001. Ecological and evolutionary aspects of hydroid life cycles. Benthic Ecology Meeting, NH.
  • Frese A. 1996. 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. 1996. Ballast water transport of non-indigenous species: Biological and physical dynamics of a transoceanic voyage. Twenty-fourth annual benthic ecology meeting, Columbia, SC.