Personal Information:
Date & Place of Birth: April 27 1959 in Chemnitz, Germany
Marital Status: Married to Kristin Hofmann, two children
Educational Background:
1979-1984 Studies of Physics, University of Technology, Chemnitz (former Karl-Marx-Stadt)
1984 Diploma in Physics, University of Technology, Chemnitz
1984-1989 PhD student, Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Technology, Chemnitz and
College of Education Erfurt
9/29/1989 Escape from East Germany via Hungary because of political reasons
1990-1993 PhD student, Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Regensburg
1993 PhD in Physics, University of Regensburg
Employment history:
1993-1994 Guest Scientist, Department of Theoretical Physics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena,
Germany
1994-1997 Postdoc, Department of Theoretical Physics at Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar-and
Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
12/1995-1/96 Participation in the ATNTXIII/2 Polarstern cruise in the Southern Ocean
1997-1998 Visiting Research Scientist, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University,
New York, USA
1998-2000 Postdoc, Department of Aquatic Ecology, University of Constance, Germany
2000-2011 Research Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
since 2012 Senior Scientist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany
INVITED RESEARCH TALKS
- 12/01/1995 M. Hofmann, Modeling the d13C(POC) distribution in the World Ocean, Sea Fishery Research Institute, Cape Town, South Africa
- 28/04/2004 M. Hofmann and M. A. M. Maqueda, Transport and distribution of passive tracers in Ocean General Circulation Models, European Geoscience Union: EGU04-A-06464, Nice, France
- 12/05/2005 M. Hofmann and M. A. M. Maqueda, A more accurate scheme for tracer advection in ocean models: Fundamentals and applications, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar- and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- 07/09/2008 M. Hofmann, The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation: Mono- or bistable?, MARUM University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- 01/28/2010 M. Hofmann, Der Einfluss der Ozeanversauerung auf die biologische Kohlenstoffpumpe, Faculty of Computer Science, University of Magdeburg
- 09/26/2012 M. Hofmann, Marine chlorophyll decline under global warming: Simulations with POTSMOM-C, IFM-GEOMAR University of Kiel, Germany
- 12/01/2015 M. Hofmann, The challenge of marine ecosystem modeling, iDiv Workshop: "Global Changes in Marine Plankton Diversity and Productivity", Leipzig, Germany, 30 November - 04 December 2015
- 09/02/2017 M. Hofmann, The "Paris Agreement" and its consequences for the future ocean state, Integrated Assessment Workshop, Kiel, Germany
WORKSHOP ORGANIZED
05/03 – 05/04 2011 Declining chlorophyll(a) concentrations in the World Ocean (DECCA), held at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Reviews for Funding Organizations and Journals:
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF)
- National Science Foundation (NSF) U.S.A.
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) UK
- Oregon Sea Grant U.S.A.
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Journal of Geophysical Research - Oceans
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A.
- Global Biogeochemical Cycles
- Ocean Modelling
- Biogeosciences & Biogeosciences Discussion
- Journal of Climate
- Environmental Research Letters
- Nature Climate Change
- Progress in Oceanography
- Climate Dynamics
- Climate of the Past & Climate of the Past Discussion
- Earth System Dynamics
- Geoscientific Model Development
