Elinor Karlsson, PhD profile page

Dr. Elinor Karlsson is an associate professor in genomics and computational biology at UMass Chan Medical School, and director of the Vertebrate Genomics Group at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. As an evolutionary biologist, she uses genomics and bioinformatics to understand the origins and purposes of mammalian traits. She applies this expertise to a variety of research projects, including Zoonomia, an international collaboration to understand genomic diversity and evolution in mammals. Elinor is recognized as one of the world’s leading researchers in canine genetics, but she shares her home with three lovable felines. She is thrilled that Darwin’s Ark has expanded its groundbreaking community science to include cats.