People
Dr. Annette Frese Govindarajan (she/her)
Principal Investigator
Research Interests - zooplankton diversity, ecology and evolution; mesopelagic ecology, eDNA, cnidarian systematics and phylogeography
Contact Information:
Work: 508-289-3308
afrese@whoi.edu
Building: Redfield 104
Mailing Address:
266 Woods Hole Road, MS #33
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole, MA 02543
Education
- Ph.D.: Biological Oceanography. MIT-WHOI Joint Program
- M.S.: Biological Oceanography, University of Connecticut
- B.S.: Biology, Honors Program, University of Connecticut
Academic profiles
Dr. Nina Yang
Postdoctoral Investigator
Research interests: biological oceanography, biogeochemical cycling, biodiversity, environmental ‘omics, climate change, and ocean policy
Miranda Holland
Research Assistant II
Research Interests: Aquaculture, biodiversity and ecology, environmental DNA
Kaiah Callahan
Research Assistant I
Research Interests: ocean biodiversity, marine biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, genomics, climate change
Luke McCartin
Guest Student (Graduate)
PhD student at Lehigh University
Research Interests: Deep sea biology and environmental DNA
Helena McMonagle (she/her)
Guest Student (Graduate)
PhD student at the University of Washington
Research Interests: Fish ecology, ecological modeling, biogeochemistry, science communication
Engineering team members
Ben Weiss, Engineer II
Kaitlyn Tradd, Research Engineer
Fred Marin, Engineering Assistant III
Lab Alumni
John Selby, Research Assistant II, 2023, currently a PhD student at University of Rhode Island
Kimberly Henderson, Guest Student, 2023, currently an undergraduate student at Tuskegee University
Jessica Barrow, Guest Student, 2022, currently an undergraduate student at Tuskegee University
Evan Morrison, Research Assistant II, 2022
Dr. Elizabeth Andruszkiewicz Allan, Postdoctoral Investigator (2019-2020), Guest Investigator (2021 - present), now Chief Scientist at the eDNA Collaborative
Erin Frates, Research Assistant, 2020-2021, currently a PhD student at Boston University
Katie Pell, Guest Student, 2020, currently an undergraduate at Colorado College
Rene Francolini, Research Assistant 2018-2020, currently a graduate student at the University of Maine
Sarah Stover, Guest Student, 2019, and Research Assistant 2022-2023, currently a research assistant in the Stegeman/Goldstone laboratory