Cheryl K. Rofer is an American chemist[1] and writer who worked as a nuclear researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory for over thirty years.
[2][3] She moved to the University of California, Berkeley for graduate studies, where she earned a master's degree.
[2] Rofer's early research considered photochemistry and how it can be used to understand uranyl compounds in organic solvents.
[4] After retiring from Los Alamos National Laboratory in 2001[5] Rofer became involved in documenting the Manhattan Project.
[8][9] When asked about the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Rofer told Chemistry World, "Obviously, you don’t want nuclear reactors in the middle of a war.