Dr. Sharon Hoffmann

Assistant Professor of Geology

CMS 1332, DeLoach 128 Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences University of North Carolina Wilmington 601 South College Road Wilmington, NC 28403-5944 Tel: 910 962-2072; Fax: 910 962-7077 email: hoffmannsATuncw.edu, Personal Webpage

Expertise:
Paleoceanography, Isotope Geochemistry

Education:
Ph.D., 2009, MIT/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program in Oceanography; Woods Hole, MA
B.A., 1999, Columbia University, New York, NY

Teaching:
OCN 150 Introduction to Oceanography
GLY 350 Advanced Oceanography

Research Interests:

Dr. Hoffmann studies the history of the oceans and climate, using the chemistry of geological archives such as deep sea sediments and tropical cave stalagmites. Her research focuses on uranium-series radioisotopes in marine sediments from the Arctic and Atlantic, to investigate past deep ocean circulation, particle scavenging dynamics, and sedimentation processes. She also measures stable isotopes from cave deposits in Borneo, located within the Western Pacific Warm Pool, to study the history of El Nino-Southern Oscillation variability.