Frank Hoffmann

Background

About Frank Hoffmann

I studied chemistry in Hamburg, Germany, and obtained my ph.d. in 2002. After spending 5 years in Gießen (near Frankfurt) as a post-doc I came back to Hamburg and have now a permanent position as the head of the X-ray crystallography department at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry of the University of Hamburg. I am always looking for opportunities to combine the technical progress, and in particular the development of web tools, with my teaching passion. In 2014 I decided to give a MOOC (massive open online course) on the topic "Fascination of Crystals and Symmetry", which was a really great experience. In my spare time I love to take photos (Architecture, Stills) and enjoy urban gardening. I also like very much windsurfing, cycling and mountain-walks. Apart from my science-oriented business preferences I'm interested in politics, arts, music, design, photography, architecture - and other open-minded people -) Probably my motto - The community is the message - needs some explanation. The shortest is as follows: 150 years ago, it was probably possible to live rather isolated and to pursue one's own happiness. This is no longer be possible, and as we are social human-beings we should do everything to raise the well-being of the communities in which we are involved. Despite other credos or paradigms: it is not the individual person that counts.