Marty Hoffert

Marty Hoffert is a leading advocate of advanced clean energy technologies. He was the lead author of the landmark 2002 article in Science that concluded global warming was a clean energy problem, not a regulation problem. As Professor Emeritus of Physics and former Chair of the Department of Applied Science at New York University, Professor Hoffert’s research interests include global environmental change, geophysical fluid dynamics, oceanography, biogeochemical cycles and alternate energy technology. He holds a BS in aeronautical engineering (Michigan), an MS and PhD in astronautics (Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn), and an MA in Liberal Studies with graduate work in sociology and economics (New School). He has published broadly in fluid mechanics, plasma physics, oceanography, planetary atmospheres, climatic change, solar and wind energy and space solar power. His geophysical research includes the ocean/climate model first employed by the IPCC to assess global warming for different scenarios of fossil fuel use. His energy research includes laboratory and full-scale experiments on wind turbines, photovoltaic hydrogen production and wireless power transmission for solar power satellites. His present efforts focus on sustainable, carbon-neutral technologies to power high-tech civilization. Professor Hoffert is a member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and was elected Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He has participated in numerous panels, has been interviewed on PBS and NPR, and has published in a wide number of journals including Climatic Change, Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research, Icarus, and Space Power.

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