Interests: Remote sensing, Medical diagnostics for space missions

Hofmeister’s research: Combine measurements of spectra, heat transfer, and thermal expansivity with other available data and basic physical principles to understand processes from microscopic to grand scales. Stars, Dust and Nebula in NGC 6559 Credit: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT)

Planets and Stars form from collapse of dusty clouds: R.E. = ½Iw2 Star data: M35: Meibom et al. (2009) ApJ, 695, 679-694 M50: Irwin et al. (2009) MNRAS, 392, 1456-1466 Hofmeister and Criss: 2012 Planetary and Space Science 62, p. 111-131.

Earth’s composition from its radiogenic emissions and meteorite data Chondrites  Upper mantle Silicates Oxygen isotopes of meteorites require two reservoirs Bulk Oxide Earth CAIs  Lower mantle Hofmeister and Criss (2013) Gondwana Research 24, p. 490–500