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Professor Michael R. Hoffmann, Caltech
Professor Hoffmann received a BA in chemistry from Northwestern University and a PhD degree from Brown University. He was appointed as a post-doctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) from 1973 to 1976. From 1975 to 1980, he served as an assistant and associate professor at the University of Minnesota. He joined the Environmental Science & Engineering faculty at Caltech in 1980. Prof. Hoffmann has more than 52,000 citations on Google Scholar. His Google Scholar H-Index is 102. Professor Hoffmann has also been recognized by the Web of Science as one of the most highly cited researchers in engineering in the world. Prof. Hoffmann was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Prize in 1991, the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Advances in 2001, a second von Humboldt Prize in 2005, and the Jack E. McKee Medal presented by the Water Environment Federation in 2003. He was honored as a Distinguished Chair Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering at the National Taiwan University, Taipei in 2010. Prof. Hoffmann is a Member of the National Academy of Engineering. In 2012, Prof. Hoffmann received a prize from Bill Gates for his group’s work on solar-powered electrochemical treatment of human waste as applied to sanitation in the developing world. In the same year, he was also recognized as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow of the British Royal Academy of Engineering and as a Global Vision Scholar by Tsinghua University. Prof. Hoffmann has been named as an Honorary Professor at the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, the Beijing University of Science and Technology, and the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Beihang University).
University Degrees:
Northwestern University, B.A., Chemistry, 1968
Brown University, Ph.D., Chemistry, 1974
California Institute of Technology, Post-Doctoral Scholar, 1973-76
Academic Positions:
Theodore Y. Wu Professor, 2016 -
James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science, 1996-2015
Dean of Graduate Studies, 2002-2009
Professor of Environmental Chemistry, Caltech, 1986-1995
Associate Professor of Environmental Science & Engineering, Caltech, 1980-1985
Associate Professor of Civil/Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota 1978-1980
Assistant Professor of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Minnesota 1975-1978
Professor Hoffmann’s publications are listed in Google Scholar:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KPeon7UAAAAJ&hl=en
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