Kelsey C Jorgensen

Kelsey Jorgensen
  • Assistant Professor
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences Anthropology
  • College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
  • Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2021

Contact Info

ANTH Office Phone:
785-864-2633
ANTH Fax #:
785-864-5224
Fraser Hall, room 619
1415 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS 66045

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Research —

Human genomic variation, evolutionary anthropology, molecular and computational biology, bioinformatics, genotype to phenotype, diet, health and disease, human osteology and forensics, environmental adaptations, human-environmental interactions, multispecies genetics, prehistoric migration, Americas

Selected Publications —

Jorgensen, K.C., Garcia, O.A., Alcázar, J., Walden K.K.O., Morón, N.M., Cobián, C.V., Lesnik, J.J., Fan, C. (DOI:10.1101/2023.12.13.571405) “De Novo genome assembly of four Andean potato weevil species (Premnotrypes, Rhigospidius), the primary agricultural pest of the potato in South America.”

Jorgensen, K., Song, D., Weinstein, J., Garcia, O.A., Pearson, L.N., Inclán, M., Rivera-Chira, M., Léon-Velarde, F., Kiyamu, M., Brutsaert, T., Bigham, A.W., Lee, F.S. (2023) “High-Altitude Andean H194R HIF2A Allele is a Hypomorphic Allele.” Molecular Biology & Evolution. DOI:10.1093/molbev/msad162.

Jorgensen, K., Garcia, O. A., Kiyamu, M., Brutsaert, T. D., Bigham, A. W. (2023) “Genetic adaptations to potato starch digestion in the Peruvian Andes.” AmericanJournal of Biological Anthropology. DOI:10.1002/ajpa.24656.

Menéndez, L., Paul, K., de la Fuente, C., Almeida, T., Delgado, M., Figueiro, G., Jorgensen, K., Kuzminsky, S., López-Sosa, M.C., Nichols, J., Roksandic, M., Scott, G.R., O’Rourke, D., Hubbe, M. (2022) “Toward an interdisciplinary perspective for the study of human expansions and biocultural diversity in the Americas – Debates at an invited Symposium from the 90th Annual meeting of the AAPA.” Evolutionary Anthropology. DOI: 10.1002/evan.21937.

Jorgensen, K., Mallon, L., and Kranioti, E. (2020) “Testing Inter- and Intra- Observer Agreement of the Original and Revised Coimbra Methods,” International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. DOI: 10.1002/oa.2907.

Jorgensen, K. (2020) "The Detroit People Mover Faunal Assemblage: Diets of Wealthy 19th- to Early 20th- Century Urban Neighborhoods." The Michigan Archaeologist: Vol. 60 (2014).DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.27.514094.