Eric Hoffman serves as the new Chair of the Department of Biology at UCF. He received his Ph.D. from Oregon State University in 2003. As a member of the UCF Department of Biology for more than eighteen years he has received multiple Research Incentive Awards (RIAs) as well as Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) awards. Dr. Hoffman has served as both Undergraduate Program Director and Associate Chair of Biology.<\/p>\n
The main theme of his research program is to investigate levels of genetic variation present in natural populations and to use this information to address hypotheses about the evolutionary history of the organism of study. Much of his work focuses on genetics of endangered species, such as the Key Deer and the Florida Scrub Jay. His research has produced more than 60 peer-reviewed publications and research grants worth over 1.5 million dollars. He is a previous Fulbright Scholar (2014), and conducted research in Brazil.<\/p>\n
Dr. Hoffman is also affiliated with the Genomics and Bioinformatics Faculty Cluster at UCF. He has taught a wide variety of courses in evolution and population genetics at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at UCF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eric Hoffman serves as the new Chair of the Department of Biology at UCF. He received his Ph.D. from Oregon State University in 2003. As a member of the UCF Department of Biology for more than eighteen years he has received multiple Research Incentive Awards (RIAs) as well as Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) awards. Dr. […]","protected":false},"featured_media":11106,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"people_group":[25,27,23],"class_list":["post-7778","person","type-person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","people_group-ecology-conservation","people_group-evolution-genetics","people_group-faculty"],"yoast_head":"\n