Dr Adam Rohrlach
School of Biological Sciences
College of Science
I research human history via ancient DNA at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, an affiliated Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Adelaide and a former associate lecturer of statistics in the School of Mathematical Sciences. My areas of interest are bioinformatics, Y chromosomal studies population genetics and genetic relatedness analyses.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Affiliate Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2021 - ongoing | Postdoctoroal Researcher | Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology |
| 2019 - 2021 | Postdoctoral Researcher | Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History |
| 2017 - 2024 | Associate Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 - 2018 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| 2012 - 2014 | University of Adelaide | Austalia | M.Phil |
| 2009 - 2011 | University of Adelaide | Australia | B Ma Sc |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2026 | Higgins, D., & Rohrlach, A. B. (2026). Evidentiary value of tooth presence/absence patterns for human identification. Forensic Science International, 379, 112744. |
| 2026 | Rohrlach, A. B., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A., Hofmanová, Z., Rácz, Z., Roughan, M., Haak, W., & Tuke, J. (2026). Detecting and Quantifying Networks of Biological Kinship via Exponential Family Random Graph Models.. Genetics, 232(4), iyag053. Scopus2 |
| 2026 | Orfanou, E., Ghalichi, A., Rohrlach, A. B., Paust, E., Andrades Valtueña, A., Ernée, M., . . . Haak, W. (2026). Reconstruction of the lifeways of Central European Late Bronze Age communities using ancient DNA, isotope and osteoarchaeological analyses. Nature Communications, 17(1), 22 pages. Scopus2 WoS2 |
| 2026 | Rohrlach, A. B., & Tuke, J. (2026). What three Austrian cemeteries reveal about medieval marriage and family. Significance, 23(3), 22-26. |
| 2026 | Rohrlach, A. B., Tuke, J., Prüfer, K., & Haak, W. (2026). ChASM: A Statistically Rigorous Method for the Detection of Chromosomal Aneuploidies in Ancient DNA Studies. Bioinformatics, 42(5), btag204-1-btag204-10. |
| 2026 | Ghalichi, A., Seidualy, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Musralina, L., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G., Hermes, T., . . . Childebayeva, A. (2026). Ancient DNA Reveals Elite Dynastic Rule Among Iron Age Eurasian Steppe Nomads. Science Advances, 12(27), 1-14. |
| 2025 | Perkins, H., Rohrlach, A., Hughes, T., Forrest, A., & Higgins, D. (2025). 3D imaging for dental identification: a pilot investigation of a novel segmentation method using an intra oral scanning device. Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology, 21(3), 1213-1221. Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2025 | Barquera, R., Sitter, T. L., Kirkpatrick, C. L., Ramirez, D. A., Kocher, A., Spyrou, M. A., . . . Bos, K. I. (2025). Ancient genomes reveal a deep history of Treponema pallidum in the Americas. Nature, 640(8057), 186-193. Scopus18 WoS16 Europe PMC8 |
| 2025 | Sümer, A. P., Rougier, H., Villalba-Mouco, V., Huang, Y., Iasi, L. N. M., Essel, E., . . . Krause, J. (2025). Earliest modern human genomes constrain timing of Neanderthal admixture. Nature, 638(8051), 711-717. Scopus45 WoS41 Europe PMC23 |
| 2025 | Wang, K., Tobias, B., Pany-Kucera, D., Berner, M., Eggers, S., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A., . . . Hofmanová, Z. (2025). Ancient DNA reveals reproductive barrier despite shared Avar-period culture.. Nature, 638(8052), 1007-1014. Scopus23 WoS65 Europe PMC19 |
| 2025 | Rohrlach, A. B., Tuke, J., Popli, D. R., & Haak, W. (2025). BREADR: An R Package for the Bayesian Estimation of Genetic Relatedness from Low-coverage Genotype Data. Journal of Open Source Software, 10(108), 7916. |
| 2025 | Nägele, K., Kinaston, R., Gaffney, D., Walworth, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Carlhoff, S., . . . Krause, J. (2025). The impact of human dispersals and local interactions on the genetic diversity of coastal Papua New Guinea over the past 2,500 years. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 9(6), 908-923. Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC1 |
| 2025 | Davidson, R., Ravishankar, S., Souilmi, Y., Roca-Rada, X., Sobek, C., Taufik, L., . . . Pérez, V. (2025). The necessity for authentication of ancient DNA from archaeological artefacts. Journal of Archaeological Science, 181, 106317-1-106317-9. Scopus1 WoS2 |
| 2025 | Bretos Ezcurra, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Papac, L., Royo Guillén, J. I., Barquera, R., Gómez Lecumberri, F., . . . Villalba-Mouco, V. (2025). Genomic insights from a final Bronze Age community buried in a collective tumulus in an Urnfield settlement in Northeastern Iberia. Communications Biology, 8(1), 12 pages. Scopus1 WoS1 |
| 2024 | Rivollat, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Ringbauer, H., Childebayeva, A., Mendisco, F., Barquera, R., . . . Haak, W. (2024). Inferences on regional networks from local genetic trees, the example of the Neolithic site of Gurgy 'les Noisats'. Bulletins Et Memoires De La Societe D Anthropologie De Paris, 36. |
| 2024 | Rohrlach, A. B., Rivollat, M., de-Miguel-Ibáñez, P., Moilanen, U., Liira, A. -M., Teixeira, J. C., . . . Prüfer, K. (2024). Cases of trisomy 21 and trisomy 18 among historic and prehistoric individuals discovered from ancient DNA. Nature Communications, 15(1), 1294-1-1294-8. Scopus15 WoS11 Europe PMC10 |
| 2024 | Orfanou, E., Zach, B., Rohrlach, A. B., Schneider, F. N., Paust, E., Lucas, M., . . . Roberts, P. (2024). Biomolecular evidence for changing millet reliance in Late Bronze Age central Germany. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 13 pages. Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC5 |
| 2024 | Penske, S., Küßner, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Knipper, C., Nováček, J., Childebayeva, A., . . . Haak, W. (2024). Kinship practices at the early bronze age site of Leubingen in Central Germany. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 15 pages. Scopus16 WoS15 Europe PMC11 |
| 2024 | Michel, M., Skourtanioti, E., Pierini, F., Guevara, E. K., Mötsch, A., Kocher, A., . . . Krause, J. (2024). Ancient Plasmodium genomes shed light on the history of human malaria. Nature, 631(8019), 125-133. Scopus42 WoS38 Europe PMC26 |
| 2024 | Barquera, R., Del Castillo-Chávez, O., Nägele, K., Pérez-Ramallo, P., Hernández-Zaragoza, D. I., Szolek, A., . . . Krause, J. (2024). Ancient genomes reveal insights into ritual life at Chichén Itzá. Nature, 630(8018), 912-919. Scopus11 WoS9 Europe PMC7 |
| 2024 | Childebayeva, A., Fricke, F., Rohrlach, A. B., Huang, L., Schiffels, S., Vesakoski, O., . . . Haak, W. (2024). Bronze age Northern Eurasian genetics in the context of development of metallurgy and Siberian ancestry. Communications Biology, 7(1), 12 pages. Scopus9 WoS4 Europe PMC2 |
| 2024 | Gretzinger, J., Gibbon, V. E., Penske, S. E., Sealy, J. C., Rohrlach, A. B., Salazar-García, D. C., . . . Schiffels, S. (2024). 9,000 years of genetic continuity in southernmost Africa demonstrated at Oakhurst rockshelter. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 8(11), 2121-2134. Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC3 |
| 2024 | Ghalichi, A., Reinhold, S., Rohrlach, A. B., Kalmykov, A. A., Childebayeva, A., Yu, H., . . . Haak, W. (2024). The rise and transformation of Bronze Age pastoralists in the Caucasus. Nature, 635(8040), 917-925. Scopus11 WoS11 Europe PMC9 |
| 2024 | Velsko, I. M., Fagernäs, Z., Tromp, M., Bedford, S., Buckley, H. R., Clark, G., . . . Warinner, C. (2024). Exploring the potential of dental calculus to shed light on past human migrations in Oceania. Nature Communications, 15(1), 10191-1-10191-17. Scopus12 WoS13 Europe PMC8 |
| 2023 | Villalba-Mouco, V., van de Loosdrecht, M. S., Rohrlach, A. B., Fewlass, H., Talamo, S., Yu, H., . . . Haak, W. (2023). A 23,000-year-old southern Iberian individual links human groups that lived in Western Europe before and after the Last Glacial Maximum.. Nature ecology & evolution, 7(4), 597-609. Scopus34 WoS34 Europe PMC19 |
| 2023 | Posth, C., Yu, H., Ghalichi, A., Rougier, H., Crevecoeur, I., Huang, Y., . . . Krause, J. (2023). Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers.. Nature, 615(7950), 117-126. Scopus158 WoS137 Europe PMC103 |
| 2023 | Posth, C., Yu, H., Ghalichi, A., Rougier, H., Crevecoeur, I., Huang, Y., . . . Krause, J. (2023). Author Correction: Palaeogenomics of Upper Palaeolithic to Neolithic European hunter-gatherers.. Nature, 616(7956), E5. Scopus1 WoS2 Europe PMC1 |
| 2023 | Rohrlach, A., Tuke, J., Popli, D., & Haak, W. (2023). BREADR: An R Package for the Bayesian Estimation of Genetic Relatedness from Low-coverage Genotype Data. Europe PMC6 |
| 2023 | Penske, S., Rohrlach, A. B., Childebayeva, A., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G., Schmid, C., Spyrou, M. A., . . . Haak, W. (2023). Early contact between late farming and pastoralist societies in southeastern Europe. Nature, 620(7973), 358-365. Scopus35 WoS33 Europe PMC28 |
| 2023 | Rivollat, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Ringbauer, H., Childebayeva, A., Mendisco, F., Barquera, R., . . . Haak, W. (2023). Extensive pedigrees reveal the social organization of a Neolithic community.. Nature, 620(7974), 600-606. Scopus88 WoS77 Europe PMC65 |
| 2023 | Childebayeva, A., Fricke, F., Rohrlach, A. B., Huang, L., Schiffels, S., Vesakoski, O., . . . Haak, W. (2023). Bronze Age Northern Eurasian Genetics in the Context of Development of Metallurgy and Siberian Ancestry. |
| 2023 | Carlhoff, S., Kutanan, W., Rohrlach, A. B., Posth, C., Stoneking, M., Nägele, K., . . . Krause, J. (2023). Genomic portrait and relatedness patterns of the Iron Age Log Coffin culture in northwestern Thailand. Nature Communications, 14(1), 9 pages. Scopus11 WoS9 Europe PMC8 |
| 2023 | Rivollat, M., Rohrlach, A. B., & Ringbauer, H. (2023). Neolithic Community Revealed Using Ancient DNA Data. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS PART A, 191(12), 2797-2798. |
| 2022 | Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A., Szécsényi-Nagy, A., Koncz, I., Csiky, G., Rácz, Z., Rohrlach, A. B., . . . Krause, J. (2022). Ancient genomes reveal origin and rapid trans-Eurasian migration of 7<sup>th</sup> century Avar elites.. Cell, 185(8), 1402-1413. Scopus70 WoS57 Europe PMC52 |
| 2022 | Rivollat, M., Thomas, A., Ghesquière, E., Rohrlach, A. B., Späth, E., Pemonge, M. -H., . . . Deguilloux, M. -F. (2022). Ancient DNA gives new insights into a Norman Neolithic monumental cemetery dedicated to male elites.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 119(18), 9 pages. Scopus29 WoS25 Europe PMC22 |
| 2022 | Yu, H., van de Loosdrecht, M. S., Mannino, M. A., Talamo, S., Rohrlach, A. B., Childebayeva, A., . . . Krause, J. (2022). Genomic and dietary discontinuities during the Mesolithic and Neolithic in Sicily.. iScience, 25(5), 28 pages. Scopus32 WoS29 Europe PMC25 |
| 2022 | Childebayeva, A., Rohrlach, A. B., Barquera, R., Rivollat, M., Aron, F., Szolek, A., . . . Haak, W. (2022). Population Genetics and Signatures of Selection in Early Neolithic European Farmers.. Molecular biology and evolution, 39(6), 17 pages. Scopus37 WoS35 Europe PMC45 |
| 2022 | Roca-Rada, X., Tereso, S., Rohrlach, A. B., Brito, A., Williams, M. P., Umbelino, C., . . . Teixeira, J. C. (2022). A 1000-year-old case of Klinefelter's syndrome diagnosed by integrating morphology, osteology, and genetics.. Lancet (London, England), 400(10353), 691-692. Scopus14 WoS11 Europe PMC5 |
| 2022 | Souilmi, Y., Tobler, R., Johar, A., Williams, M., Grey, S. T., Schmidt, J., . . . Huber, C. D. (2022). Admixture has obscured signals of historical hard sweeps in humans. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6(12), 2003-2015. Scopus23 WoS22 Europe PMC36 |
| 2022 | Villalba-Mouco, V., Oliart, C., Rihuete-Herrada, C., Rohrlach, A. B., Fregeiro, M. I., Childebayeva, A., . . . Haak, W. (2022). Kinship practices in the early state El Argar society from Bronze Age Iberia.. Scientific reports, 12(1), 15 pages. Scopus44 WoS41 Europe PMC22 |
| 2021 | Rohrlach, A. B., Papac, L., Childebayeva, A., Rivollat, M., Villalba-Mouco, V., Neumann, G. U., . . . Haak, W. (2021). Using Y-chromosome capture enrichment to resolve haplogroup H2 shows new evidence for a two-Path Neolithic expansion to Western Europe. Scientific Reports, 11, 1-11. |
| 2021 | Borry, M., Hübner, A., Rohrlach, A. B., & Warinner, C. (2021). PyDamage: automated ancient damage identification and estimation for contigs in ancient DNA de novo assembly. PeerJ, 9, 22 pages. |
| 2021 | Purnomo, G. A., Mitchell, K. J., O'Connor, S., Kealy, S., Taufik, L., Schiller, S., . . . Tobler, R. (2021). Mitogenomes reveal two major influxes of Papuan ancestry across Wallacea following the last glacial maximum and Austronesian contact. Genes, 12(7), 1-21. Scopus30 WoS27 Europe PMC18 |
| 2021 | Rohrlach, A. B., Papac, L., Childebayeva, A., Rivollat, M., Villalba-Mouco, V., Neumann, G. U., . . . Haak, W. (2021). Using Y-chromosome capture enrichment to resolve haplogroup H2 shows new evidence for a two-path Neolithic expansion to Western Europe. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 15005-1-15005-11. Scopus38 WoS36 Europe PMC33 |
| 2021 | Borry, M., Hübner, A., Rohrlach, A. B., & Warinner, C. (2021). PyDamage: Automated ancient damage identification and estimation for contigs in ancient DNA de novo assembly. PeerJ, 9, 22 pages. Scopus37 WoS38 Europe PMC42 |
| 2021 | Moilanen, U., Kirkinen, T., Saari, N. J., Rohrlach, A. B., Krause, J., Onkamo, P., & Salmela, E. (2021). A Woman with a Sword?-Weapon Grave at Suontaka Vesitorninmäki, Finland. European Journal of Archaeology, 25(1), 42-60. Scopus34 WoS26 |
| 2021 | Papac, L., Ernée, M., Dobeš, M., Langová, M., Rohrlach, A. B., Aron, F., . . . Haak, W. (2021). Dynamic changes in genomic and social structures in third millennium BCE central Europe.. Sci Adv, 7(35), 1-17. Scopus104 WoS85 Europe PMC73 |
| 2021 | Kocher, A., Papac, L., Barquera, R., Key, F. M., Spyrou, M. A., Hübler, R., . . . Kühnert, D. (2021). Ten millennia of hepatitis B virus evolution. Science, 374(6564), 182-188. Scopus95 WoS80 Europe PMC81 |
| 2021 | Villalba-Mouco, V., Oliart, C., Rihuete-Herrada, C., Childebayeva, A., Rohrlach, A. B., Fregeiro, M. I., . . . Haak, W. (2021). Genomic transformation and social organization during the Copper Age-Bronze Age transition in southern Iberia.. Sci Adv, 7(47), eabi7038. Scopus65 WoS58 Europe PMC39 |
| 2020 | Furtwängler, A., Rohrlach, A. B., Lamnidis, T. C., Papac, L., Neumann, G. U., Siebke, I., . . . Krause, J. (2020). Ancient genomes reveal social and genetic structure of Late Neolithic Switzerland.. Nature communications, 11(1), 1915. Scopus75 WoS79 Europe PMC56 |
| 2020 | Skourtanioti, E., Erdal, Y. S., Frangipane, M., Balossi Restelli, F., Yener, K. A., Pinnock, F., . . . Krause, J. (2020). Genomic History of Neolithic to Bronze Age Anatolia, Northern Levant, and Southern Caucasus.. Cell, 181(5), 1158-1175. Scopus120 WoS115 Europe PMC104 |
| 2020 | Rivollat, M., Jeong, C., Schiffels, S., Küçükkalıpçı, İ., Pemonge, M. -H., Rohrlach, A. B., . . . Haak, W. (2020). Ancient genome-wide DNA from France highlights the complexity of interactions between Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and Neolithic farmers. Science Advances, 6(22), eaaz5344-1-eaaz5344-16. Scopus131 WoS115 Europe PMC97 |
| 2020 | Souilmi, Y., Tobler, R., Johar, A., Williams, M., Grey, S., Schmidt, J., . . . Cooper, A. (2020). Ancient human genomes reveal a hidden history of strong selection in Eurasia. Europe PMC1 |
| 2020 | Rivollat, M., Jeong, C., Schiffels, S., Küçükkalıpçı, İ., Pemonge, M. -H., Rohrlach, A. B., . . . Haak, W. (2020). Ancient genome-wide DNA from France highlights the complexity of interactions between Mesolithic hunter-gatherers and Neolithic farmers.. Sci Adv, 6(22). |
| 2020 | Furtwängler, A., Rohrlach, A., Lamnidis, T. C., Papac, L., Neumann, G. U., Siebke, I., . . . Krause, J. (2020). Author Correction: Ancient genomes reveal social and genetic structure of Late Neolithic Switzerland.. Nat Commun, 11(1), 4759. Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2020 | Parker, C., Rohrlach, A., Friederich, S., Nagel, S., Meyer, M., Krause, J., . . . Haak, W. (2020). A systematic investigation of human DNA preservation in medieval skeletons.. Sci Rep, 10(1), 18225. Scopus76 WoS66 Europe PMC51 |
| 2018 | Rohrlach, A. B., Bean, N., Glonek, G., Holland, B., Tobler, R., Tuke, J., & Cooper, A. (2018). Unsupervized Quantification of Demographic Structure for Single-copy Alignments. |
| 2017 | Tobler, R., Rohrlach, A., Soubrier, J., Bover Arbos, P., Llamas, B., Tuke, J., . . . Cooper, A. (2017). Aboriginal mitogenomes reveal 50,000 years of regionalism in Australia. Nature, 544(7649), 180-184. Scopus173 WoS159 Europe PMC75 |
| 2016 | Llamas, B., Fehren-Schmitz, L., Valverde, G., Soubrier, J., Mallick, S., Rohland, N., . . . Haak, W. (2016). Ancient mitochondrial DNA provides high-resolution time scale of the peopling of the Americas. Science Advances, 2(4), e1501385-1-e1501385-10. Scopus275 WoS248 Europe PMC157 |
| 2016 | Soubrier, J., Gower, G., Chen, K., Richards, S., Llamas, B., Mitchell, K., . . . Cooper, A. (2016). Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison. Nature Communications, 7(1), 13158-1-13158-7. Scopus94 WoS89 Europe PMC47 |
| 2015 | Higgins, D., Rohrlach, A., Kaidonis, J., Townsend, G., & Austin, J. (2015). Differential nuclear and mitochondrial DNA preservation in post-mortem teeth with implications for forensic and ancient DNA studies. PLoS One, 10(5), e0126935-1-e0126935-17. Scopus79 WoS64 Europe PMC52 |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2024 | Bove, L. C., Villalbamouco, V., Kirkpatrick, C. L., Rohrlach, A. B., Lamnidis, T., Guirado, A. V. -E., . . . Bos, K. (2024). An archaeogenetic and paleopathological evaluation of an early medieval Iberian community at La Olmeda (Spain, 6th-11th c. CE). In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY Vol. 183 (pp. 34). WILEY. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Rohrlach, A., Gnecchi-Ruscone, G. A., Hofmanová, Z., Roughan, M., Haak, W., & Tuke, J. (2025). Detecting and Quantifying Networks of Biological Kinship via Exponential Family Random Graph Models. DOI |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | A Study of Ancient Pandemics in Human History Based on Virus Interacting Protein Genes | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Miss Huize Gao |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 - 2021 | Co-Supervisor | Exploring the Matrilineal Genomic History of Aboriginal Australians through Mitochondrial DNA | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Miss Sophie Anne Schiller |
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