John Hoffman, Ph.D. School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Professor of Physics
Dr. Hoffman’s instruments have helped unpack the mysteries of our solar system from three Apollo missions to the moon, to the Pioneer Mission to Venus in 1978, to the landmark Phoenix Mission to Mars in 2008.
His spectrometer helped explore Halley’s Comet in 1986.
The recent Phoenix Mars Mission depends heavily on a small furnaces and a mass spectrometer system he designed to determine the presence of water and to study the mineralogical composition of soil on the Red Planet.
He received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Minnesota.
News Coverage
Scientist to Describe Water Discovery on Mars
A Work Day on Mars is More than 9 to 5:40
Professor Heads to Arizona to Monitor Mars Experiment
Updated: December 18, 2008
