Peter Manfred Hoffmann (aj6883)
University information
Title: Adjunct Professor
Unit: Physics & Astronomy
Department: College of Liberal Arts & Science
Contact information
666 W Hancock
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Detroit, 48201
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Department:
Title:
Adjunct Professor
Phone:
313-577-4573
Email:
hoffmann@wayne.edu
Office:
387 Physics Research Bldg.
Website:
https://s.wayne.edu/hoffmann
Social Media:
https://x.com/PM_Hoffmann
Research interest(s)/area of expertise:
Experimental soft condensed matter physics and biophysics: studies of interatomic and intermolecular forces using atomic force microscopy, forces associated with liquid ordering and bonding in biological molecules, nanomechanics, development of state-of-the-art AFM, undergraduate science education, science writing.
Education:
- Vordiplom (BS equivalent) in Physics & Mathematics, Technische Universitat Clausthal
- M.S. in Physics, Southern Illinois University
- Ph.D. in Materials Science, Johns Hopkins University
Awards and grants:
- Presidential Excellence in Teaching Award, Wayne State University, April 2009
- Richard Barber Faculty Award, Wayne State University/ Department of Physics, April 2008
- Career Development Chair Award, Wayne State University, April 2007
- College of Science "Excellence in Teaching" Award, 2004
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002
- Abel Wolman Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University 1994-1995
- "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes" Fellowship, 1996-1999
- Sultana N Nahar Excellence in Teaching Award, Wayne State University/ Department of Physics, 2017
Selected Publications:
- Peter M. Hoffmann, “Life’s Ratchet – How molecular machines extract order from chaos”, Basic Books, 2012
- Shah H. Khan, Edward L. Kramkowski, and Peter M. Hoffmann, “NaCl-dependent ordering and dynamic mechanical response in nanoconfined water”, Langmuir 32, 10802 (2016)
- Peter M. Hoffmann, “How molecular motors extract order from chaos (a key issues review)”, Rep. Prog. Phys. 79, 032601 (2016)
- Shah H. Khan, Edward L. Kramkowski, Peter J. Ochs, David M. Wilson, Peter M. Hoffmann, “Viscosity of a nanoconfined liquid during compression”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 023110 (2014)
- Essa Mayyas, Margarida Bernardo, Lindsay Runyan, Anjum Solhail, Venkatesh Subba-Rao, Mircea Pantea, Rafael Fridman, and Peter M. Hoffmann, “Dissociation kinetics of an enzyme-inhibitor system using single-molecule force measurements”, Biomacromolecules 11, 3352 (2010)
- Shah Khan, George Matei, Shivprasad Patil, Peter M. Hoffmann, “Dynamic Solidification in Nanoconfined Water Films”, Physical Review Letters 105, 106101 (2010)
- George Matei, Steve Jeffery, Shivprasad Patil, Shah H. Khan, Mircea Pantea, John B. Pethica, and Peter M. Hoffmann, Simultaneous Normal and Shear Measurements of Nanoconfined Liquids in a Fiber-based Atomic Force Microscope, Review of Scientific Instruments 79, 023706 (2008)
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