Professor and Acting Head
Physics
+1 312-996-2198
hofman@uic.edu
Physics Department
845 W. Taylor (M/C 273), Chicago, IL
Dept: +1 312-996-3400
Fax: +1 312-996-9016
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David J Hofman Professor and Acting Head Physics |
Office: 2258 SES +1 312-996-2198 hofman@uic.edu Physics Department 845 W. Taylor (M/C 273), Chicago, IL Dept: +1 312-996-3400 Fax: +1 312-996-9016 |
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Welcome to my home page at the
University of Illinois at Chicago. I have been
a faculty member in the UIC Physics Department since
the spring of 2000 and Acting Head of the Department since August 2011.
I enjoy teaching and was honored and touched to be
selected as a recipient of the UIC Silver Circle teaching award by graduating seniors in
2007 and
2010.
My area of scientific research is
experimental high-energy nuclear physics, also often called high-energy
"heavy-ion" physics. This research is primarily
carried out at Brookhaven National Laboratory, in Upton, NY, and CERN, in
Geneva Switzerland. We utilize large particle accelerators (or colliders) to
collide "heavy-ion" nuclei such as gold and lead at near the speed of light
in order to re-create the conditions of the early universe in the laboratory. By
doing this we are able to melt normal nuclear matter, the protons and
neutrons, into a "plasma" of quarks and gluons in order to study, and
better understand, the strong force and the theory of Quantum Chromo-Dynamics. Our research is funded by the U.S.
Department of Energy, through the Nuclear Physics Program in the Office of
Science.
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