1. Interests: Remote sensing, Medical diagnostics for space missions

2. 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 Credit: Jean-Charles Cuillandre (CFHT)

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

4. 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