
Ph.D. in Marine Sciences and Engineering, North Carolina State University, (1980)
M.S. in Physical Oceanography, North Carolina State University, (1976)
B.S. in Biology, Chestnut Hill College, (1974)
Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Hofmann, E. "Productivity in Plynas and the Western Antarctic Peninsula" $252,000. Federal. September 15, 2017 - August 31, 2020
- Hofmann, E. "Development Implementation Workshops Facilitate Capacity Ocean Circulation" $49,900. Federal. August 1, 2017 - July 31, 2020
- Hofmann, E. "Imber Imbizo V Workshop: Management Strategy Evaluation" $25,000. Foreign. August 1, 2017 - July 31, 2018
- Hofmann, E. "Consortium For Oil Spill Exposure Pathways In Coastal River-Dominated Ecosystems" $175,000. Higher Education. January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2017
- Hofmann, E., Vernier, T. and Xiao, S. "Predicted Impacts of Climate Change On The Success of Alternative Management Actions In The Chesapeake Bay: Using Multiple Community Models In Support of Hypoxia Management Decision-Making" $50,000. Higher Education. September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017
- Hofmann, E. "Synergistic Impacts of Population Growth, Urbanization, And Climate Change On Watershed And Coastal Ecology of The Northeastern United States" $42,636. Higher Education. August 12, 2016 - March 18, 2017
- Dickerson, D. L., Hofmann, E., Nelson, L., Katsioloudis, P. and Haun, J. "Project SEARCH 2.0" $645,903. Federal. August 01, 2011 - July 31, 2014
- Dickerson, D. L., Hofmann, E., McKinney, S. E., Klinck, J. and Nelson, L. "Science education advancing research of the Chesapeake Bay and its habitats (SEARCH)" $160,000. Federal. July 01, 2009 - June 30, 2012
- Dickerson, D. L. and Hofmann, E. "Collaborative research: Impact of mesoscale processes on iron supply and phytoplankton dynamics in the Ross Sea" $393,267. Federal. 2008 - 2011
Research Interests
Analysis and modeling of biological and physical interactions in marine ecosystems anddescriptive physical oceanography.
Articles
- Dinniman, M. S., Klinck, J., Hofmann, E. and Smith, W. O. (2018). Effects of projected changes in wind, atmospheric temperature, and freshwater inflow on the Ross Sea. Journal of Climate 31 (4) , pp. 1619-1635.
- Davis, L., Hofmann, E., Klinck, J., Pi\~nones, Andrea and Dinniman, M. S. (2017). Distributions of krill and Antarctic silverfish and correlations with environmental variables in the western Ross Sea, Antarctica. Marine Ecology Progress Series 584 , pp. 45--65.
- Cavanagh, R. D., Murphy, E. J., Bracegirdle, T. J., Turner, J., Knowland, C. A., Corney, S. P. and Hofmann, E. (2017). A synergistic approach for evaluating climate model output for ecological applications. Frontiers in Marine Science 4 (SEP).
- Steele, J. H.., Aydin, K., Gifford, D. J.. and Hofmann, E. (2013). Construction kits or virtual worlds; Management applications of E2E models. Journal of Marine Systems , pp. 109-110, 103-108.
- Soniat, T. M.., Klinck, J. M.., Powell, E. N.. and Hofmann, E. (2012). Understanding the success and failure of oyster populations: Periodicities of Perkinsus marinus, and oyster recruitment, mortality, and size. Journal of Shellfish Research 31 , pp. 635-646.
- Powell, E. N.., Klinck, J. M.., Ashton-Alcox, K., Hofmann, E. and Morson, J. M.. (2012). The rise and fall of Crassostrea virginica oyster reefs: The role of disease and fishing in their demise and a vignette on their management. Journal of Marine Research 70 (2-3) , pp. 505-558.
- Munroe, D., Klinck, J. M.., Hofmann, E. and Powell, E. N.. (2012). The role of larval dispersal in metapopulation gene flow: Local population dynamics matter. Journal of Marine Research 70 (2-3) , pp. 441-467.
- Wang, Z., Haidvogel, D. B.., Bushek, D., Ford, S., Hofmann, E., Powell, E. and Wilkin, J. (2012). Circulation and water properties and their relationship to the disease, MSX, in Delaware Bay.. Journal of Marine Research 70 (2-3) , pp. 279-308.
- Narváez, D., Klinck, J. M.., Powell, E. N.., Hofmann, E., Wilkin, J. and Haidvogel, D. B.. (2012). Circulation and behavior controls on dispersal of Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) larvae in Delaware Bay. Journal of Marine Research 70 (2-3) , pp. 411-440.
- Hofmann, E. (2012). Modeling the dispersal of Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) larvae in Delaware Bay. Journal of Marine Research 70 (2-3) , pp. 381-409.
- Steele, J. H.., Hofmann, E. and Gifford, D. J.. (2012). End-to End Models: Management Applications, Preface to special section on marine food webs. Progress in Oceanography.
- Murphy, E., Cavanagh, R. D.. and Hofmann, E. (2012). Developing integrated models of Southern Ocean food webs: including ecological complexity, accounting for uncertainty and the importance of scale. . Progress in Oceanography.
- Ashford, J., Dinniman, M., Brooks, C., Andrews, A., Hofmann, E., Cailliet, G., Jones, C. and Ramanna, N. (2012). Does large-scale ocean circulation structure life history connectivity in Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni)?. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
- Dinniman, M. S.., Klinck, J. M.. and Hofmann, E. (2012). The influence of surface winds on Circumpolar Deep Water transport and ice shelf basal melt along the west Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of Climate (25) , pp. 4799-4816.
- Costa, D., Klinck, J., Hofmann, E., Dinninman, M. S. and Burns, J. M. (2008). Upper ocean variability in the west Antarctic Peninsula continental shelf waters as measured using instrumented seals. Deep-Sea Res. II, 55 , pp. 323-337.
- SONIAT, T. M., POWELL, E. N., Hofmann, E. and Klinck, J. (2006). Understanding the Success and Failure of Oyster Populations: Climatic Cycles and Perkinsus marinus. J. Shellfish Res. 25 (1) , pp. 83-94.
- Hofmann, E., Bushek, D., Ford, S., Guo, X., Haidvogel, D., Hedgecock, D., Klinck, J., Milbury, C., Narvaez, D., Powell, E., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Wilkin, J. and Zhang, L. (2009). Understanding how disease and environment combine to structure resistence in estuarine bivalve populations. Oceanography 22 (4) , pp. 212-231.
- WIGGERT, J. D., HASKELL, A. G. E.., PAFFENHOFER, G. A., Hofmann, E. and Klinck, J. (2005). The role of feeding behavior in sustaining copepod populations in the tropical ocean. J. Plank. Res 27 (10) , pp. 1013-1031.
- Loeb, V., Hofmann, E., Dinniman, M. S. and Klinck, J. (2010). Hydrographic control of the marine ecosystem in the south Shetland-Elephant Island and Bransfield Strait region. Deep-Sea Res 57 (7-8) , pp. 519-542.
- Loeb, V., Hofmann, E., Klinck, J., Holm-Hansen, O. and White, W. B. (2009). ENSO and variability of the Antarctic Peninsula pelagic marine ecosystem.. Ant. Sci. 21 , pp. 135-148.
- SONIAT, T. M., Hofmann, E., Klinck, J. and POWELL, E. N. (2008). Differential modulation of eastern oyster (Crassostria virginica) disease parasites by the El-Ni˜no-Southern Oscillation and the North Atlantic Oscillation. Int. J. Earth Sci. 98 , pp. 99-114.
- Pinones, M. A., Hofmann, E., Dinniman, M. S. and Klinck, J. (2010). Circulation on the western Antarctic Peninsula and implication for biological production. Deep-Sea Res..
- POLYAKOV, O., KRAEUTER, J. N ., Hofmann, E., BUCKNER, S. C ., BRICELJ, V. M., POWELL, E. N. and Klinck, J. (2007). Benthic predators and northern quahog (=hard clam)(Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758) populations. J. Shellfish Res. 26 (4) , pp. 995-1010.
- Hofmann, E., Klinck, J., KRAEUTER, J. M., POWELL, E. N., GRIZZLE, R. E., BUCKNER, S. C. and BRICELJ, V. M. (2006). A population dynamics model of the Hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria: development of the age- and length-frequency structure of the population.. J. Shellfish Res. 25 (2) , pp. 417-444.
- Salihoglu,, B. and Hofmann, E. Simulations of phytoplankton species and carbon production in the equatorial Pacific Ocean 1. Model configuration and ecosystem dynamics. J. Mar. Res., (65) , pp. 219-273.
- Fach, B. A., Hofmann, E. and Murphy,, E. J. (2006). Transport of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) across the Scotia Sea Part II: Krill growth and survival. Deep-Sea Research I, , pp. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2006.03.00/.
Books
- de Young, B., Werner, F., Batchelder, H., Caroltti, F., Fiksen, O., Hofmann, E., Kim, S. and Yamazaki, H. (2010). Physical-biological interactions: integration and modelling. Marine Ecosystems and Global Change.
Presentations
- Dickerson, D. L., Hofmann, E., McKinney, S. E., Klinck, J., Nelson, L. and Horne, P. (July , 2009). SEARCH - Science education advancing research of the Chesapeake Bay and its habitats National NOAA B-WET Conference Silver Spring, MD.
- Dickerson, D., Hofmann, E., Horne, P., Hathcock, S. and Nelson, L. (January , 2011). Project SEARCH - Bringing STEM and Environmental Education Together Association of Science Teacher Educators Minneapolis, MN.