Paul F. Hoffman

Paul F. Hoffman

Paul F. Hoffman is a Canadian geologist and the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology at Harvard University. He specializes in the Precambrian era and is widely known for the theory of the Snowball Earth about phenomena that occurred in the Neoproterozoic era, co-published with Daniel P. Schrag.

He received the B.Sc. from McMaster University in 1964, the M.Sc. from Johns Hopkins University in 1965, and was awarded a Ph.D. by Johns Hopkins University in 1970.

Paul Hoffman formerly worked for the Geological Survey of Canada.

Honours

*In 1974, he was awarded the Geological Association of Canada's Past-Presidents' Medal
*In 1991, he was awarded the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists's R. J. W. Douglas Medal
*In 1992, he was awarded the Geological Association of Canada's highest honour, the Logan Medal
*In 1997, he was awarded the Royal Society of Canada's Willet G. Miller Medal

External links

* [http://www.eps.harvard.edu/people/faculty/hoffman/ Harvard page]
* [http://www-eps.harvard.edu/people/faculty/hoffman/snowball_paper.html Snowball Earth Theory]
* [http://www.esd.mun.ca/~gac/MEDALS/medal.html Geological Association of Canada Medals and Awards]
* [http://www.rsc.ca/index.php?page_id=61&lang_id=1&award_id=19 Miller Medal] Royal Society of Canada


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