Biography

BAS Honorary Fellow Professor Joe Hoffman (PhD, Cambridge University) is an evolutionary geneticist based at Bielefeld University in Germany.  He has been working closely with researchers from BAS for over two decades and has co-authored over fifty scientific papers on the genetics of Antarctic organisms.  His research contributes toward understanding the basic biology, population dynamics and evolutionary potential of Antarctic marine organisms, with a main focus on Antarctic fur seals and benthic marine invertebrates.  He has supervised nine PhD students, published 125 scientific articles and obtained grant income in excess of €5M over the past ten years.

Brief CV

2019    Honorary Professor of the Universidad de Alcalá, Spain

2018    Extraordinary Professor, Bielefeld University, Germany

2012    Associate Professor, Bielefeld University, Germany

2011    Assistant Professor, Bielefeld University, Germany

2008    BAS Strategic Alliance Postdoctoral Fellow

2004    Postdoctoral fellow, Cambridge University

2003    PhD in evolutionary genetics, Cambridge University

1997    MSc Integrative Bioscience, Oxford University

1994    BSc (First Class Hons) Environmental Biology, Swansea University

Research interests

Joe’s research tackles important and timely questions at the interface of evolutionary, ecological and conservation genetics by combining classical population genetics with cutting-edge population genomics.  He is particularly interested in the factors that shape genetic diversity over space and time, as well as in the impacts of genetic variation on individual fitness, population demography and eco-evolutionary dynamics.  His research is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary and embraces approaches as diverse as gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, stable isotope analysis, endocrinological and immunological profiling, movement analysis, in situ mesocosms, reciprocal transplant experiments and thermal challenge experiments.

Joe’s profile page can be found here  https://thehoffmanlab.com

Collaborations

Dr. Jaume Forcada

Prof. Lloyd Peck

Prof. Melody Clark