Hans J. Hofmann

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Hans J. Hofmann is an award winning paleontologist, specializing in the study of Precambrian fossils using computer modelling and image analysis to quantify morphologic attributes.

Hofmann is an adjunct professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.

The National Academy of Sciences noted him for, “his pioneering discoveries of fossils that have illuminated life's early evolution, from Archean stromatolites and Proterozoic cyanobacteria, to the rise of multicellular organisms."

Hofmann’s contributions have shed light on the biologic, stratigraphic, and evolutionary significance of various stromatolites, microfossils, macrofossils, and trace fossils.