简介：Professor Hoffmann graduated in physics from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Germany) in 1975. He then completed his doctorate at the Technical University of Darmstadt until 1979. This was followed by a stay abroad at Stanford University, California, USA (Alexander-von Humboldt fellowship) and again a position at the TU Darmstadt, which lasted until 1982. Professor Hoffmann then worked for the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching near Munich and for the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt. He habilitated at the TU Darmstadt in 1993 and accepted a professorship in experimental nuclear physics at the University of Erlangen. In 1998 he became professor of nuclear physics in Darmstadt. In 2017 he accepted a professorship as especially appointed professor under the 1000 talents program of China. Scientific Work: Professor Hoffmann is author and co-author of more than 400 peer reviewed scientific articles covering the areas of Nuclear Physics, Plasma Physics and Astroparticle Physics. His special interest is in High Energy Density Physics related to Fusion Science. He is also the international guest editor of MRE.