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Nathan Schroeder

Associate Professor

Primary Affiliation

Brain Connectivity and Networks

Affiliations

Status Affiliate Faculty

Home Department of Crop Sciences

Phone 244-6128

Email nes@illinois.edu

Address

  • Biography

    Nathan Schroeder is an associate professor in the Department of Crop Sciences and a faculty member in the Neuroscience Program. Originally from New York, he completed his PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and postdoctoral training at Rutgers University. In addition to his own research, Nate is a strong advocate of undergraduate research. Since 2017 he has been the PI of an NSF-funded REU focused on providing research experiences to community college students. He also teaches a course for new freshman about research and encourages them to seek out opportunities early in their academic careers.

    Education

    • B.A., Earlham College, 1998

    • Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008

  • Honors

    2014-2021, 2023: List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent

    2017: Neuroscience Program Student Recognition Award

    2013: Faculty of 1000 publication Award

  • Research

    Research areas:

    • Evolutionary neuroscience and comparative connectomics

    • Developmental plasticity

    • Nematode biology

    Research interests:

    • Heterodera glycines

    • Nematoda

    • Caenorhabditis elegans

    Nate’s research uses nematodes (unsegmented roundworms) to understand how cell shape is controlled at both molecular and evolutionary levels. He is a frequent user of the Beckman Institute Microscopy Suite’s electron microscopy instrumentation to discern the structure and connectivity of individual neurons and other cell types. As relatively simple animals, it is possible to map every individual cell in a nematode’s body. As part of these efforts, Nate is the co-director of the NIH-funded WormAtlas that provides anatomical resources to the research community. In addition to these fundamental studies, Nate also collaborates with members of the agricultural research community to address parasitic nematode problems in important crops.

  • 2022

    • Airs, P. M., Vaccaro, K., Gallo, K. J., Dinguirard, N., Heimark, Z. W., Wheeler, N. J., He, J., Weiss, K. R., Schroeder, N. E., Huisken, J., & Zamanian, M. (2022). Spatial transcriptomics reveals antiparasitic targets associated with essential behaviors in the human parasite Brugia malayi. PLoS pathogens, 18(4), [e1010399]. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010399
    • Han, J., Locke, S. P., Herman, T. K., Schroeder, N. E., & Hartman, G. L. (2022). Evaluation of perennial Glycine species for response to Meloidogyne incognita, Rotylenchulus reniformis, and Pratylenchus penetrans. Journal of Nematology, 54(1). https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2022-001
    • Han, J., Ugarte, C. M., Flores, M. A. N., Hansen, M. G., Bowen, C. R., Schroeder, N. E., & Hartman, G. L. (2022). Plant-Parasitic and Free-Living Nematodes from Organically Farmed Fields in Illinois and Wisconsin. Plant Health Progress, 23(2), 227-234. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-06-21-0096-S

    2021

    • Han, J., Colgrove, A. L., Bowman, N. D., Schroeder, N. E., & Kleczewski, N. M. (2021). A Survey of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Illinois Corn Fields, 2018 and 2020. Plant Health Progress, 22(4), 560-564. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-01-21-0012-S
    • Schroeder, N. E., & Hall, D. H. (2021). Announcement of WormAtlas partnership with the journal of nematology. Journal of Nematology, 53. https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-090