Albrecht Hofmann
Albrecht Hofmann | |
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Born | Albrecht Werner Hofmann 1939 (age 84–85) |
Alma mater | Brown University (PhD) |
Awards | Urey Medal (2015)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Carnegie Institution for Science Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Columbia University |
Thesis | Hydrothermal experiments on equilibrium partitioning and diffusion kinetics of Rb, Sr, and Na in biotite - alkali chloride solution systems (1969) |
Doctoral advisor | Bruno Giletti |
Website | www |
Albrecht (Al) Werner Hofmann,
Education
Hofmann studied
Career and research
After working at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C. as a post-doctoral fellow (1971–1972) and then staff scientist (1972–1980), Al was appointed director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany, in 1980, to lead the new Department of Geochemistry. He has been emeritus in Mainz and visiting senior research scientist at Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University since 2007.
Hofmann uses trace elements and isotopic compositions of basalts to study the composition and evolution of Earth's mantle.[5] He recognized "canonical" trace element ratios as tools to distinguish recycling processes of ancient oceanic and continental crust through the mantle and showed that the chemical heterogeneity of the mantle is dominated by recycled ocean crust.
Awards and honours
Among the awards he received are the Goldschmidt Medal of the
References
- ^ a b "About Albrecht W. Hofmann « European Association of Geochemistry". www.eag.eu.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ Albrecht Hofmann publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ "Albrecht HOFMANN | Professor Emeritus | Ph.D. | Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz | mpic | Department of Climate Geochemistry | Research profile". Retrieved 26 March 2023.
- ^ Brown University historical database of print Theses and Dissertations
- ^ a b c Anon (2018). "Professor Albrecht Hofmann ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:
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