Rudolf Schilder, Ph.D.
- Associate Professor of Entomology and Biology
University Park, PA 16802
- Email rjs360@psu.edu
- Pronouns He/Him
Areas of Expertise
- Insect physiology, energetics, thermal biology, electronics, 3d printing, trial and error, troubleshooting
Websites
Education
- Postdoctoral fellow, 2008-2011. Penn State Hershey, Hershey, PA.
- Postdoctoral fellow, 2006-2008. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
- Ph.D. Biology, Penn State University, University Park, PA.
- M.Sc. Biology, Wageningen University and Research Center, The Netherlands.
Research Interests
The success or fitness of animals depends to a large extent on how well they respond to changes in demands from their environment. I am broadly interested in the (physiological) mechanisms that allow them to do this most optimally, but my research in this area is mainly focused on how animals match the performance of their locomotory apparatus (i.e. their musculoskeletal system) to changes in their body size, energy requirements and energy availability. As most organisms have to deal with these issues, I am not limited in the type of animal I can study. In fact, by studying these mechanisms across different animal taxa we may identify important evolutionary constraints on animal design (in a broad sense), and sources of design variation that natural selection may act on.
Publications
Body mass, temperature, and pathogen intensity differentially affect critical thermal maxima and their population-level variation in a solitary bee
Ecology and Evolution, Jones, L, Miller, D, Schilder, Rudolf J., López-Uribe, Margarita, 2024
Divergent impacts of the neonicotinoid insecticide, clothianidin, on flight performance metrics in two species of migratory butterflies
Conservation Physiology, Cibotti, Staci, Saum, Phineas J., Myrick, Andrew James, Schilder, Rudolf J., Ali, Jared Gregory, 2024
Hawkmoths regulate flight torques with their abdomen for yaw control
Journal of Experimental Biology, Le, V, Cellini, B, Schilder, Rudolf, Mongeau, Jean Michel, 2023
Impacts of larval host plant species on dispersal traits and free-flight energetics of adult butterflies
Communications Biology, Pocius, Victoria M., Cibotti, Staci, Ray, Swayamjit, Ankoma-Darko, Obenewa, McCartney, Nathaniel B., Schilder, Rudolf J., Ali, Jared G., 2022
Squash bees host high diversity and prevalence of parasites in the northeastern United States
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Jones, Laura J., Singh, Avehi, Schilder, Rudolf J., López-Uribe, Margarita M., 2022
Geographic variation and thermal plasticity shape salamander metabolic rates under current and future climates
Ecology and Evolution, Muñoz, D, Miller, David, Schilder, Rudolf, Campbell Grant, E, 2022
Honey bee viruses are highly prevalent but at low intensities in wild pollinators of cucurbit agroecosystems
Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, Jones, L, Ford, R, Schilder, Rudolf, López-Uribe, Margarita M., 2021
Operative temperature analysis of the honey bee Apis mellifera
Journal of Experimental Biology, Stupski, Stanley D., Schilder, Rudolf J., 2021
From Spinning Silk to Spreading Saliva: Mouthpart Remodeling in Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
Insect Systematics and Diversity, Mikó, István, Rahman, Sarthok Rasique, Jones, Anne C., Townley, Mark A., Gominho, Brandon, Paudel, Sulav, David Stupski, S., Hines, Heather M., Schilder, Rudolf J., 2019
Fat in the Leg: Function of the Expanded Hind Leg in Gasteruptiid Wasps (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae)
Insect Systematics and Diversity, Wetherington, Maxwell, Miko, Istvan, Rahman, Sarthok Rasique, Anzaldo, Salvatore S., Van De Kamp, Thomas, Parslow, Ben A., Tatarnic, Nikolai J., Anderson, Julie, Schilder, Rudolf Johannes, Ulmer, Jonah M., Deans, Andrew Robert, Hines, Heather M., 2019
Parasitic gut infection in Libellula pulchella causes functional and molecular resemblance of dragonfly flight muscle to skeletal muscle of obese vertebrates
Journal of Experimental Biology, Schilder, Rudolf, Stewart, H, 2019
Palmitate- and C6 ceramide-induced Tnnt3 pre-mRNA alternative splicing occurs in a PP2A dependent manner
Nutrition and Metabolism, Black, A, Schilder, Rudolf, Kimball, Scot R., 2018
Molecular plasticity and functional enhancements of leg muscles in response to hypergravity in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster
Journal of Experimental Biology, Schilder, Rudolf, Raynor, M, 2017
Dietary fat quantity and type induce transcriptome-wide effects on alternative splicing of pre-mRNA in rat Skeletal Muscle
Journal of Nutrition, Black, A, Ravi, S, Jefferson, Leonard S., Kimball, Scot R., Schilder, Rudolf, 2017
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics
Frontiers in Zoology, Bybee, S, Córdoba-Aguilar, A, Duryea, M, Futahashi, R, Hansson, B, Lorenzo-Carballa, M, Schilder, Rudolf, Stoks, R, Suvorov, A, Svensson, E, Swaegers, J, Takahashi, Y, Watts, P, Wellenreuther, M, 2016
(How) do animals know how much they weigh?
Journal of Experimental Biology, Schilder, Rudolf, 2016
Effects of age and hindlimb immobilization and remobilization on fast troponin T precursor mRNA alternative splicing in rat gastrocnemius muscle
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, Ravi, S, Schilder, Rudolf, Berg, Arthur S., Kimball, S, 2015
Influence of ageing and essential amino acids on quantitative patterns of troponin T alternative splicing in human skeletal muscle
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, Coble, J, Schilder, Rudolf, Berg, Arthur, Drummond, M, Rasmussen, B, Kimball, Scot R., 2015
Role of Precursor mRNA splicing in nutrient-induced alterations in gene expression and metabolism
Journal of Nutrition, Ravi, S, Schilder, Rudolf J., Kimball, Scot R., 2015
Purification and characterization of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase from the wing-polymorphic cricket, Gryllus firmus, and assessment of causes of morph-differences in enzyme activity
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Zera, A, Wehrkamp, C, Schilder, Rudolf, Black, C, Gribben, P, 2014
De novo transcriptome assembly from fat body and flight muscles transcripts to identify morph-specific gene expression profiles in Gryllus firmus
PLoS One, Vellichirammal, Neetha Nanoth, Nanoth Vellichirammal, N, Zera, A, Schilder, Rudolf, Wehrkamp, C, Riethoven, J, Brisson, J, 2014
