Jenny Hoffman

Jenny Hoffman
Born
Jennifer Eve Hoffman
Education
Known forQuasiparticle interference imaging
Scientific career
WorkplacesHarvard University
ThesisA Search for Alternative Electronic Order in the High Temperature Superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (2003)
J. C. Séamus Davis
Sports career
Event
Ultramarathon
Medal record
Representing  United States
Ultramarathon
USATF 24 Hour National Championship
Gold medal – first place2014 Cleveland, OH
Gold medal – first place2015 Cleveland, OH
Gold medal – first place2016 Cleveland, OH
IAU 24 Hour World Championship
Gold medal – first place2017 (team) Belfast

Jennifer "Jenny" Eve Hoffman is an American physicist and a professor at Harvard University. Hoffman is interested in atomic-scale synthesis and imaging of quantum materials, using molecular beam epitaxy and scanning probe microscopy. Hoffman has received several awards for her research and teaching, including the 2005 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[1] and 2010 Sloan Research Fellowship.[2]

Education

After graduating from Greenwich Academy,[3] Hoffman went on to study physics at Harvard University, earning a B.A. with magna cum laude distinction in 1999. She then entered the University of California, Berkeley, where she obtained an M.A. in 2001, and a Ph.D. in 2003. While a graduate student of UC Berkeley, Hoffman worked with J. C. Séamus Davis on the characterization of bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide,[4] which became the topic of her doctoral thesis.[5]

Career and research

Hoffman joined Stanford University as a postdoctoral research associate in Kathryn Moler's group.[6] In 2005, she joined Harvard University as an assistant professor. Hoffman's group use layer by layer growth and high-resolution imaging of molecules.[7] Using scanning tunneling spectroscopy they explained vortex pinning in high-temperature superconductors.[7] She is also interested in topological insulators and strongly correlated materials.[8] She has won several large research grants, from National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, United States – Israel Binational Science Foundation and the Air Force Research Laboratory.[9][10] She has developed quasiparticle interference imaging and force microscopy to trigger electronic phase transitions.[11]

In 2015, Hoffman joined University of British Columbia as a Canada Excellence Research Chair.[12] The position was worth $10 million over seven years, enabling University of British Columbia to use atomic level 3D printing.[13][14] She returned to Harvard University after less than a year.[15]

Awards

In 2013, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study awarded her a fellowship to image complex oxides.[11]

Athletics

As an undergraduate at Harvard University, Hoffman rowed on the varsity crew team (lightweight). In her senior year, she began to run marathons, and has since taken up triathlons and ultramarathons.[16]

Hoffman won the national title in the USA Track & Field National Championship 24 Hour Run in 2014, 2015 and 2016,[17][18] and she was selected as the USATF athlete of the week in September 2016.[19] She competed on the gold medal-winning team at the IAU 24 Hour World Championships in Belfast, UK in July 2017.

In November 2023, Hoffman set a new record for the fastest known time for a woman to run across the United States.[20][21] She completed the Trans America Run from San Francisco to New York City, covering 3,032 miles, in 47 days, 12 hours, and 35 minutes.[22][23]

Personal records

  • Marathon - 3:23:08 (Lowell, MA, 2021)
  • 100 Miles - 15:26:51 (Milwaukee, WI, 2023)
  • 24 Hour - 147.7673 miles (Milwaukee, WI, 2024)
  • Trans America Run - 47 days, 12 hours, 35 minutes (SF to NY, 2023)

References

  1. ↑ PR Release.pdf "White House Announces 2005 Awards for Early Career Scientists and Engineers" (PDF). Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President. 2006-07-26. Retrieved 2018-11-12 – via Center for Space Research, University of Texas at Austin.
  2. ↑ "Past Fellows". sloan.org. Archived from the original on March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  3. ↑ Laguarda, Ignacio (May 21, 2026). "Greenwich Academy holds graduation ceremony for Class of 2026 as a light rain falls". Greenwich Time. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Jenny Hoffman". users.physics.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  5. ↑ Hoffman, Jennifer Eve (2003). A Search for Alternative Electronic Order in the High Temperature Superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (PDF) (Ph.D. thesis).
  6. ↑ Inc., CoffeeCup Software. "Moler Group Members". web.stanford.edu. Retrieved June 2, 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. 1 2 "Jenny Hoffman Lab Research Scanning Tunneling Microscopy". hoffman.physics.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Jennifer Hoffman - CIFAR : CIFAR". www.cifar.ca. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Hoffman, Kim, Yacoby receive 2014 Moore Foundation Experimental Investigator Award in Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems | Harvard University Department of Physics". www.physics.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on September 9, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Hoffman Lab Funding". hoffman.physics.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on May 28, 2018. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  11. 1 2 "Jenny Hoffman". www.seas.harvard.edu. November 23, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Our Campus: Fresh from Harvard, hotshot prof Jenny Hoffman adjusts to Point Grey". The Ubyssey. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  13. ↑ Bellett, Gerry. "Renowned Harvard quantum physicist joining UBC". www.vancouversun.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  14. ↑ "Renowned quantum physicist Jennifer Hoffman comes to BC | Watch News Videos Online". Global News. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  15. ↑ "Quantum materials research chair leaves UBC after less than a year". Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  16. ↑ "Jenny Hoffman Adventures". users.physics.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  17. ↑ "24 Hour Team | USA Ultra Running". www.usaultrarunning.com. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Hoffman Wins in USA Track & Field National Championship 24 Hour Run! | Harvard University Department of Physics". www.physics.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  19. ↑ "USATF Athlete of the Week". September 23, 2016.
  20. ↑ Milne, Keeley (November 9, 2023). "Harvard physics professor destroys transamerica speed record". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  21. ↑ Lim, Megan (November 10, 2023). "This physics professor ran 3,000 miles across America in record time". National Public Radio.
  22. ↑ "FKT: Jenny Hoffman - Trans America Run (USA)". Fastest Known Time. September 16, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
  23. ↑ Atwal, Sanj. "Harvard professor runs across America in record-breaking time". Guinness World Records. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
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