Biography:

Rori Rohlfs is an academic expert in applied population genetics and molecular evolution. She has expertise in assessing the accuracy and limitations of forensic genetic identification technologies, and in the evolution of gene expression and genetic variants impacting gene expression. Rohlfs also performs applied data science research on a variety of topics, such as examinations of who gets credit for academic research. Rohlfs co-creates the podcast ScienceWise, where experienced scientists share stories about the challenges, strategies, and joys.

Recent Media:

• How forensic DNA analysis can falsely link people to crime scenes (LiveScience, Oct. 28, 2024)
• Study: DNA testing less accurate for certain groups of people (KGW, Oct. 27, 2024)
• Data detective cracks mysteries in biology (Oregon Quarterly, Autumn 2023)
• New study questions assumption that forensic STRs do not reveal medical data (Genome Web, Sept. 28, 2022)
• The women who contributed to science but were buried in footnotes (The Atlantic, February, 2019)