Dr. Felix Martin Hofmann
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Glaciations, glacial geomorphology, glacial geology, geomorphological mapping, geochronology, terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide dating, luminescence dating, Black Forest, Alps
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As a Quaternary geologist and glacial geomorphologist, I am particularly interested in glacier variations and their climatic significance. My research involves geomorphological mapping with remote sensing data, field mapping, terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide dating, luminescence dating, radiocarbon dating, and the reconstruction of equilibrium line altitudes for precipitation reconstructions. My areas of interest are the mid-elevation (Variscan) mountain ranges in Central Europe, the Alps, and the Swiss Plateau. My current PostDoc project aims to reconstruct Late Pleistocene glacier variations in the mid-elevation mountainous regions of Central Europe (Harz Mts. and northern Black Forest).
Selected publications
Hofmann, F. M., Rambeau, C., Gegg, L., Schulz, M., Steiner, M., Fülling, A., Léanni, L., Preusser, F., and ASTER Team: Regional beryllium-10 production rate for the mid-elevation mountainous regions in central Europe, deduced from a multi-method study of moraines and lake sediments in the Black Forest, Geochronology, 6, 147–174, https://doi.org/10.5194/gchron-6-147-2024, 2024.
Hofmann, F. M., Steiner, M., Hergarten, S., ASTER Team (Aumaître, G., Keddadouche, K., and Zaidi, F.), and Preusser, F.: Limitations of precipitation reconstructions using equilibrium line altitudes exemplified for former glaciers in the Southern Black Forest, Central Europe. Quaternary Res, 117, 135-159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qua.2023.53, 2024.
Hofmann, F. M., Groos, A. R., Garcia Morabito, E., Struck, J., Gnägi, C., Scharf, A., Rugel, G., Merchel, S., and Zech, R.: A regional assessment of the deglaciation history of the Swiss Plateau based on newly obtained and re-evaluated Be-10 cosmic-ray exposure ages. Quaternary Sci Adv, 13, 100124, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2023.100124, 2024.
Hofmann, F. M., Preusser, F., Schimmelpfennig, I., Léanni, L., and ASTER Team (Aumaître, G., Keddadouche, K., and Zaidi, F.): Late Pleistocene glaciation history of the southern Black Forest, Germany: 10Be cosmic‐ray exposure dating and equilibrium line altitude reconstructions in Sankt Wilhelmer Tal, J Quaternary Sci, 37, 688-706, https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3407, 2022.
Hofmann, F. M., Alexanderson, H., Schoeneich, P., Mertes, J. R., Léanni, L., and ASTER Team (Georges Aumaître, Didier L. Bourlès, Karim Keddadouche): Post-Last Glacial Maximum glacier fluctuations in the southern Écrins massif (westernmost Alps): insights from 10Be cosmic ray exposure dating, Boreas, 48, 1019-1041, https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.12405, 2019.
Scientific career
| Since 6/2024 |
Postdoctoral researcher Chair of Sedimentary Geology, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany Chronology of the last glaciation of low mountainous areas in Central Europe project (funded by the German Research Foundation) |
| 1/2023 - 5/2024 |
Postdoctoral researcher Chair of Sedimentary Geology, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany Geometry, chronology and dynamics of the last Pleistocene glaciation of the Black Forest and Chronology of the glaciation of the Southern Black Forest after the Late Pleistocene glaciation maximum projects (funded by the German Research Foundation) |
| 4/2022 |
Visiting researcher Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement de Géosciences de l’Environnement (CEREGE), Aix-en-Provence, France |
| 6/2019 - 1/2023 |
Pre-doctoral fellow Geometry, chronology and dynamics of the last Pleistocene glaciation of the Black Forest project (funded by the German Research Foundation) Chair of Sedimentary Geology, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany |
| 12/2018 - 5/2023 |
Ph.D. student Chair of Sedimentary Geology, Institute of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany Title of the thesis: Geometry, chronology and dynamics of the last Pleistocene glaciation of the Black Forest |
| 09/2018 - 04/2019 |
Research associate FFAS - Freiburger Forschungsstelle Arbeits- und Sozialmedizin [FFAS - research centre for occupational and social medicine], Freiburg, Germany |
Education
| 07/2017 - 08/2017 |
Studies in Arctic Geology (M.Sc. level) The University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, Norway |
| 08/2017 - 07/2018 |
M.Sc. studies in Physical Geography & Ecosystem Analysis, Quaternary Geology Lund University, Sweden |
| 08/2014 - 06/2015 |
B.Sc. studies in Geography Aix-Marseille Université, France |
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10/2012 - 06/2016 |
B.Sc. studies in Geography Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany |