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Magdalena Hofmann

Jul. 2013 - current	Post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Research project: Clumped isotopes in CO2 (¹⁸O¹³C¹⁶O) as a new tracer for the global carbon cycle and stratospheric chemistry
Sep. 2012 - Jun. 2013	Laboratory Manager, Flask and Calibration Laboratory of the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS), Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Aug. 2009 - Aug. 2012	Research assistant, Geoscience Centre, Department of Isotope Geology, University of Göttingen, Germany

Aug. 2009 - Sep. 2012	PhD studies at the Geoscience Centre, University of Göttingen, Germany. Title of PhD thesis: Triple oxygen isotope variations in natural and anthropogenic CO2 (passed with distinction)
Oct. 2006 - Jul. 2009	Post-graduate studies in Geosciences, University of Göttingen, Germany (Diploma in Geosciences, passed with distinction)
Oct. 2003 - Apr. 2008	Studies in International Economics, University of Göttingen, Germany (Bachelor of Arts in Economics)
Feb. 2007 - Nov. 2007	Post-graduate studies in Geology, University of Auckland, New Zealand (Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Geology)
Oct. 2003 - Oct. 2006	Studies in Geosciences, University of Göttingen, Germany (Bachelor of Science in Geosciences)

Bernd-Rendel Prize awarded by the German Science Foundation for achievements as an early career scientist

stable isotope geochemistry (in particular novel stable isotope tracers e.g. triple oxygen isotope variations and clumped isotope geochemistry)
atmospheric chemistry.
the global carbon cycle.
carbonate geochemistry.

Hofmann, M.E.G., Horváth, B., and Pack, A., Triple oxygen isotope composition of tropospheric CO2: Observational data and model simulation, in preparation.
Horváth, B., Hofmann, M.E.G., and Pack, A., (2012): On the triple oxygen isotope composition of carbon dioxide from some combustion processes, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 95, 160-168.
Hofmann, M.E.G.,Horváth, B., and Pack, A., (2012): Triple oxygen isotope equilibrium fractionation between carbon dioxide and water, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 319-320, 159-164.
Hofmann, M.E.G., and Pack, A., (2010): Technique for high-precision analysis of triple oxygen isotope ratios in carbon dioxide, Anal. Chem. 82, 4357-4361.

Hofmann, M.E.G., Triple oxygen isotope variations in natural and anthropogenic CO2, PhD thesis, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.