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Michael Hofmockel CV for NSF 2007

Biography

Tue, 01/15/2008 - 15:29 — mhof

Curriculum Vita
Michael S. Hofmockel
1146 Ravenwood St., Ann Arbor MI 48103 USA
Tel:734-255-8556
Email: mhof@duke.edu
http://LTSE.env.duke.edu
http://www.CZEN.org
http://CALHOUN.env.duke.edu
http://SCSF.env.duke.edu
 
a. Professional Preparation
Pennsylvania State University - B.F.A. (1996)
 
b. Professional Appointments
Associate in Research, Pennsylvania State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Center for Environmental Informatics. (2006-present).

  • Senior developer of cyber-infrastructure for the Critical Zone Exploration Network (CZEN) website (http://www.czen.org). CZEN is a NSF-EAR sponsored network of people, sites, tools and ideas to investigate the processes within the Critical Zone.

Associate in Research, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences: The Forest, Soil and Water Lab (1997- present)

  • Senior Developer and Associate Director of the Long-Term Soil Experiment (LTSE) website, a metadatabase and portal of LTSEs and their data holders (http://ltse.env.duke.edu).
  • Database Architect and Data Manager of The Calhoun Experimental Forest. The database combines a multitude of data types across space and time. Methods of data entry, verification and exploration are integrated into the application.
  • Senior Systems Administrator of The Forest, Soil and Water Lab and The Environmental Chemistry Lab. Responsible for the following services: Web servers, Domain Controller, File Server, Database server, Terminal server (Remote Desktop), Graphics work stations and maintained over 30 client PCs.
  • Project Manager of soil research at the Free Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) site, the Southeast Tree Research and Education Site (SETREs) and the Calhoun Experimental Forest.
  • Graphic Artist/Editor, Photographer and Conceptual Illustrator for the book “Understanding Soil Change: Soil Sustainability over Millennia, Centuries, and Decades” by Daniel D. Richter Jr. and Daniel Markewitz. I created over 100 graphs, conceptual drawings and photographs, including the cover art.

Graphic Artist/Photographer (1994 - Present)

  • Recent projects with Water Resources Research Institute, University of North Carolina and Duke University.

Interim System Administrator, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences (2000-2001)

  • Interim System Administrator from December 2000 until June 2001 while the school searched for a new senior systems administrator. The school has over 300 students and faculty with a mixed Linux/Windows environment, four computer labs and a cutting edge GIS facility. I was instrumental in the successful search for a permanent System Administrator.

Laboratory Technician, Maryland Dept. of Agriculture: Plant Protection (1997)

  • Biocontrol/IPM of insects and weeds on crop land.

Laboratory Technician, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: Nutrient Lab (1996-1997)

  • Nutrient cycling of 12 constructed wetlands adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay.

 
c. Publications
Peer-Reviewed

  • Oh, N-H., Hofmockel, M., Lavine, M., Richter, D. 2006. Soil CO2 affected acidification and chemical weatheringin a temperate forest with experimental CO2 enrichment: A review of five-year data. Global Biogeochemical Cycles (Submitted).
  • Richter, D. D., Hofmockel, M., Callaham, M., Powlson, D., Smith, P. 2006. Long-Term Soil Experiments: Keys to Managing Earth’s Rapidly Changing Terrestrial Ecosystems. SSSAJ (in press).
  • Callaham Jr., M.A., Richter, D.D., Coleman, D.C., Hofmockel, M. 2006. Long-term land-use effects on soil invertebrate communities in Southern Piedmont soils, USA. European Journal of Soil Biology (in press).
  • Krishnaswamy, J., Halpin, P. N., Richter, D.D., Hofmockel, M. 2001. Spatial patterns of suspended sediment yields in a humid tropical watershed. Hydrological Processes15:2237-2257.

Posters

  • Richter, D.D., Callaham, M., Smith, P., Hofmockel, M., Powlson, D. 2006. Improving the Science of Soil Change by Networking Long-Term Soil-Ecosystem Experiments (LTSEs). SSSA Conference Poster, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Callaham, M.A., Richter, D.D., Hofmockel, M. 2005. Long-term land use effects on soil invertebrate communities in Southern Piedmont soils. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, 8-11 August, Montréal, Canada. Poster.
  • Richter, D. D., Hofmockel, M. and Markewitz, D. 2000. Five Tales from the Calhoun and a Proposal for a Network of Soil-Ecosystem Experiments. LTER Conference Poster.
  • Richter, D. D., Heine, P., Hofmockel, M., Johnsen, K., Markewitz, D., Raikes, J. and Tian, K. 1999. Satisfying a Forest’s Four-Decade Nitrogen Demand: The Case for Long-term Soil-Ecosystem Experiments. SSSA 1999 Conference Poster, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Illustrations/Photographs

  • Richter, D.D. and D. Markewitz. 2001. Understanding Soil Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK. Created over 100 graphs, conceptual drawings and photographs, including the cover art.
  • Levine, M.A., Whalen, S.C., 2001. Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton production in Alaskan Arctic foothill lakes. HydroBiologia, Volume 455, Issue 1-3. Contributed graphic art, including the cover art.

 
d. Synergistic Activities
Senior Developer, The Critical Zone Exploration Network - http://www.czen.org. (2006-present)
Senior Developer and Associate Director, The Long-Term Soil-Ecosystem Inventory website - http://ltse.env.duke.edu. (2006-present)
Scientist, Long-term Soil-Ecosystem Experiment, Calhoun Experimental Forest, SC (1997-Present)
 
e. Collaborators
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URLs
CZEN - The Critical Zone Exploration Network - http://www.czen.org
LTSE - The First Inventory of Long-Term Soil-Ecosystem studies - http://ltse.env.duke.edu
The Calhoun Experimental Forest - http://calhoun.env.duke.edu
The Southern Center for Sustainable Forests - http://scsf.env.duke.edu