Publications & Presentations

Publications

(†co-first author, *undergraduates mentored):

In prep.

Noelker, J. E., Abreu Ruozzi, V., Sckrabulis, J. P., Craig, H. M., Nadjarian, A. R., Heabeart, J. T.*, McWhinnie, R. B., Fielhauer, G., Pell, B., & Raffel, T. R. (in prep.). How does temperature variability affect disease transmission in aquatic frog populations? An experimental approach. Target Journal: Ecology.

Noelker, J. E., Sckrabulis, J. P., Gamble, T., Siler, C. D., Daza, J. D., Bowlin, M. S., & Heinicke, M. P. (in prep). Aerial performance in the flap-footed geckos, Luperosaurus. Target Journal: Journal of Herpetology.

Sckrabulis, J. P.†, Noelker, J. E.† , Altman, K. A., Craig, H. M., Pell, B., Tituskin, J. R., McWhinnie, R. B., Stepanian, R., & Raffel, T. R. (in prep). Distinguishing temperature-dependent pathogen infectivity from host resistance using a metabolic theory-based thermal mismatch model. Target Journal: Nature Ecology & Evolution.

2024

Noelker, J. E., Abreu Ruozzi, V., Spengler, K. D.*, Craig, H. M., & Raffel, T. R. (2024). Dynamic effects of thermal acclimation on chytridiomycosis infection intensity and transmission potential in Xenopus laevis. Royal Society Open Science. 11: 240789. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240789

Noelker, J. E., Abreu Ruozzi, V., Craig, H. M., Sckrabulis, J. P., & Raffel, T. R. (2024). Glove decontamination procedures to prevent pathogen and DNA cross-contamination among frogs. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 158: 173–178. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03793

Presentations

Oral presentations:

(*undergraduates mentored)

Sckrabulis, J.P., Noelker, J.E., Altman, K.A., Craig, H.M., Pell, B., Tituskin, J.R., McWhinnie, R.B., & Raffel, T.R. (2024). Scaling metabolic models describing host-parasite dynamics from individuals to populations. Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics: Life Sciences Meeting, Portland, OR.

Noelker, J. E., Abreu Ruozzi, V., Sckrabulis, J. P., Craig, H. M., Nadjarian, A. R., Heabeart, J. T.*, McWhinnie, R. B., Fielhauer, G., Pell, B., & Raffel, T. R. (2023). Ongoing transmission explains elevated Bd infection intensities in a population-level controlled temperature experiment. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.

Noelker, J. E., Abreu Ruozzi, V., Sckrabulis, J. P., Craig, H. M., Nadjarian, A. R., Heabeart, J. T.*, McWhinnie, R. B., Fielhauer, G., & Raffel, T. R. (2022). Comparing temperature dependence of experimental Bd infection dynamics at individual and population levels. Global Amphibian & Reptile Disease Annual Conference, Knoxville, TN.

Sckrabulis, J. P., Altman, K. A., Craig, H. M., Noelker, J. E., Tituskin, J. R., McWhinnie, R. B., Stepanian, R., & Raffel, T. R. (2022). Using metabolic theory and thermal mismatches to model the temperature dependence of ectotherm resistance to an emerging disease. Global Amphibian & Reptile Disease Annual Conference, Knoxville, TN.

Sckrabulis, J. P., Altman, K. A., Craig, H. M., Noelker, J. E., Tituskin, J. R., McWhinnie, R. B., Stepanian, R., & Raffel, T. R. (2022). Using metabolic theory and thermal mismatches to model the temperature dependence of ectotherm resistance to an emerging disease. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Poster presentations:

(*undergraduates mentored)

Noelker, J. E., Bermudez, S. A., Six, V. M.*, Sckrabulis, J. P., Vassallo, M., Pell, B., Craig, H. M., & Raffel, T. R. (2026). Environmental predictors of metabolic EA to parameterize thermal mismatch models of disease across amphibian phylogeny. Global Amphibian & Reptile Disease Annual Conference, Knoxville, TN.

Bermudez, S. A., Theis, K. R., Greenburg, J. M., Noelker, J. E., & Raffel, T. R. (2026). Lack of evidence for the Adaptive Microbiome Hypothesis in the context of population-level experimental infections of X. laevis. Global Amphibian & Reptile Disease Annual Conference, Knoxville, TN.

Janson, T. B.*, & Noelker, J. E. (2026). Effects of human activity on animal behavior and scavenging. 12th Annual Madonna University Symposium for Research, Scholarship and Creativity, Livonia, MI.

Noelker, J. E., Pell, B., Sckrabulis, J. P., Craig, H. M., & Raffel, T. R. (2025). Transmission intensity feedbacks account for 800-fold heavier chytrid infections in a population level controlled-temperature experiment. 2025 Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases Conference, Notre Dame, IN.

Noelker, J. E., Six, V. M.*, Craig, H. M., Vassallo, M., Sckrabulis, J. P., McCrary, D. S.*, Brady, S. P., McWhinnie, R. B., & Raffel, T. R. (2024). Comparing metabolic thermal performance among amphibian species using Arduino-based respirometry. Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI.

Invited oral presentations:

Noelker, J. E. (2026). Do animals matter? Animal use in scientific research – what they can tell us. 12th Annual Madonna University Symposium for Research, Scholarship and Creativity, Livonia, MI.