Andrew Hoffman

Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University

Andrew O Hoffman (2026). Melt channelization stronger than previously recognized: Ice sheets. Nature Climate Change.
Nicholas Holschuh, Knut Christianson, William Dienstfrey, Benjamin Hills, Andrew O Hoffman, John Paden, Kate Winter, Ruth Zuraw (2026). Entrained debris records regrowth of the Greenland Ice Sheet after the last interglacial. Nature Geoscience.
Ronan S Agnew, Emma Pearce, Marianne Karplus, Meghana Ranganathan, Andrew O Hoffman, Madeline Hunt, Andrew Pretorius, Sooraj E Shanly, Mitchel Beres, Kaushik K Pradhan, Yeshey Seldon, Adam D Booth, Roger a Clark, Tun Jan Young (2026). Active and passive seismic surveys over the grounding zone of Eastwind Glacier, Antarctica. Seismological Research Letters.
B. H. Hills, N. Holschuh, A. O. Hoffman, A. N. Horlings, E. Erwin, L. R. Kirkpatrick, T. J. Fudge, E. J. Steig, K. Christianson (2025). Radar-Derived Crystal Orientation Fabric Suggests Dynamic Stability at the Summit of Hercules Dome. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. doi:10.1029/2023JF007588
A. O. Hoffman, K. Christianson, C.-Y. Lai, I. Joughin, N. Holschuh, E. Case, J. Kingslake, The GHOST Science Team (2025). Inland migration of near-surface crevasses in the Amundsen Sea Sector, West Antarctica. The Cryosphere. doi:10.5194/tc-19-1353-2025
Andrew O Hoffman, Howard Conway, Joséphine Anselin, Keith W Nicholls, Jonathan Kingslake, Paul Winberry, Michelle Koutnik, Knut Christianson, Pierre Dutrieux (2025). Discharge promotes melt and formation of submarine ice‐shelf channels at the Beardmore Glacier grounding zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface.
H.D. Pritchard, P.T. Fretwell, A.C. Fremand, J.A. Bodart, J.D. Kirkham, A. Aitken, J. Bamber, R. Bell, C. Bianchi, R.G. Bingham, D.D. Blankenship, G. Casassa, K. Christianson, H. Conway, H.F.J. Corr, X. Cui, D. Damaske, V. Damm, B. Dorschel, R. Drews, G. Eagles, O. Eisen, H. Eisermann, F. Ferraccioli, E. Field, R. Forsberg, S. Franke, V. Goel, S.P. Gogineni, J. Greenbaum, B. Hills, R.C.A. Hindmarsh, A.O. Hoffman, N. Holschuh, J.W. Holt, A. Humbert, R.W. Jacobel, D. Jansen, A. Jenkins, W. Jokat, L. Jong, T.A. Jordan, E.C. King, J. Kohler, W. Krabill, J. Maton, M.K. Gillespie, K. Langley, J. Lee, G. Leitchenkov, C. Leuschen, B. Luyendyk, J.A. MacGregor, E. MacKie, G. Moholdt, K. Matsuoka, M. Morlighem, J. Mouginot, F.O. Nitsche, O.A. Nost, J. Paden, F. Pattyn, S. Popov, E. Rignot, D.M. Rippin, A. Rivera, J.L. Roberts, N. Ross, A. Ruppel, D.M. Schroeder, M.J. Siegert, A.M. Smith, D. Steinhage, M. Studinger, B. Sun, I. Tabacco, K.J. Tinto, S. Urbini, D.G. Vaughan, D.S. Wilson, D.A. Young, A. Zirizzotti (2025). Bedmap3 updated ice bed, surface and thickness gridded datasets for Antarctica. Scientific Data. doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04672-y
J.D. Wille, V. Favier, I.V. Gorodetskaya, C. Agosta, R. Baiman, J.E. Barrett, L. Barthelemy, B. Boza, D. Bozkurt, M. Casado, A. Chyhareva, K.R. Clem, F. Codron, R.T. Datta, C. Duran-Alarcon, D. Francis, A.O. Hoffman, M. Kolbe, S. Krakovska, G. Linscott, M.L. Maclennan, K.S. Mattingly, Y. Mu, B. Pohl, C. Leroy-Dos Santos, C.A. Shields, E. Toker, A.C. Winters, Z. Yin, X. Zou, C. Zhang, Z. Zhang (2025). Atmospheric rivers in Antarctica. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. doi:10.1038/s43017-024-00638-7
A. O. Hoffman, M. L. Maclennan, J. Lenaerts, K. M. Larson, K. Christianson (2025). Amundsen Sea Embayment accumulation variability measured with global navigation satellite system interferometric reflectometry. The Cryosphere. doi:10.5194/tc-19-713-2025
Andrew O. Hoffman, Nicholas Holschuh, Knut Christianson (2023). Subglacial landscape in the Antarctic interior consistent with past fast ice flow. Nature Geoscience.
A.O. Hoffman, N. Holschuh, M. Mueller, J. Paden, A. Muto, G. Ariho, C. Brigham, J.E. Christian, L. Davidge, E. Heitmann, B. Hills, A. Horlings, S. Morey, G. O'Connor, T.J. Fudge, E.J. Steig, K. Christianson (2023). Scars of tectonism promote ice-sheet nucleation from Hercules Dome into West Antarctica. Nature Geoscience. doi:10.1038/s41561-023-01265-5
Andrew Hoffman, Nicholas Holschuh, Knut Christianson (2023). Research briefing. Nature Geoscience.
M. L. Maclennan, J. T. M. Lenaerts, C. A. Shields, A. O. Hoffman, N. Wever, M. Thompson-Munson, A. C. Winters, E. C. Pettit, T. A. Scambos, J. D. Wille (2023). Climatology and surface impacts of atmospheric rivers on West Antarctica. The Cryosphere. doi:10.5194/tc-17-865-2023
A. C. Frémand, P. Fretwell, J. A. Bodart, H. D. Pritchard, A. Aitken, J. L. Bamber, R. Bell, C. Bianchi, R. G. Bingham, D. D. Blankenship, G. Casassa, G. Catania, K. Christianson, H. Conway, H. F. J. Corr, X. Cui, D. Damaske, V. Damm, R. Drews, G. Eagles, O. Eisen, H. Eisermann, F. Ferraccioli, E. Field, R. Forsberg, S. Franke, S. Fujita, Y. Gim, V. Goel, S. P. Gogineni, J. Greenbaum, B. Hills, R. C. A. Hindmarsh, A. O. Hoffman, P. Holmlund, N. Holschuh, J. W. Holt, A. N. Horlings, A. Humbert, R. W. Jacobel, D. Jansen, A. Jenkins, W. Jokat, T. Jordan, E. King, J. Kohler, W. Krabill, M. Kusk Gillespie, K. Langley, J. Lee, G. Leitchenkov, C. Leuschen, B. Luyendyk, J. MacGregor, E. MacKie, K. Matsuoka, M. Morlighem, J. Mouginot, F. O. Nitsche, Y. Nogi, O. A. Nost, J. Paden, F. Pattyn, S. v. Popov, E. Rignot, D. M. Rippin, A. Rivera, J. Roberts, N. Ross, A. Ruppel, D. M. Schroeder, M. J. Siegert, A. M. Smith, D. Steinhage, M. Studinger, B. Sun, I. Tabacco, K. Tinto, S. Urbini, D. Vaughan, B. C. Welch, D. S. Wilson, D. A. Young, A. Zirizzotti (2023). Antarctic Bedmap data: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) sharing of 60 years of ice bed, surface, and thickness data. Earth System Science Data. doi:10.5194/essd-15-2695-2023
T. J. Fudge, Benjamin H. Hills, Annika N. Horlings, Nicholas Holschuh, John Erich Christian, Lindsey Davidge, Andrew Hoffman, Gemma K. O’Connor, Knut Christianson, Eric J. Steig (2023). A site for deep ice coring at West Hercules Dome: results from ground-based geophysics and modeling. Journal of Glaciology. doi:10.1017/jog.2022.80
Andrew O. Hoffman, Knut Christianson, Nicholas Holschuh, Elizabeth Case, Jonathan Kingslake, Robert Arthern (2022). The Impact of Basal Roughness on Inland Thwaites Glacier Sliding. Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2021GL096564
Benjamin H. Hills, Knut Christianson, Andrew O. Hoffman, T. J. Fudge, Nicholas Holschuh, Emma C. Kahle, Howard Conway, John E. Christian, Annika N. Horlings, Gemma K. O’Connor, Eric J. Steig (2022). Geophysics and Thermodynamics at South Pole Lake Indicate Stability and a Regionally Thawed Bed. Geophysical Research Letters. doi:10.1029/2021GL096218
D. R. Shapero, J. A. Badgeley, A. O. Hoffman, I. R. Joughin (2021). icepack: a new glacier flow modeling package in Python, version 1.0. Geoscientific Model Development. doi:10.5194/gmd-14-4593-2021
A. Bliss, R. Hock, G. Wolken, E. Whorton, C. Aubry-Wake, J. Braun, A. Gusmeroli, W. Harrison, A. Hoffman, A. Liljedahl, J. Zhang (2020). Glaciers and climate of the Upper Susitna basin, Alaska. Earth System Science Data. doi:10.5194/essd-12-403-2020
A. O. Hoffman, K. Christianson, D. Shapero, B. E. Smith, I. Joughin (2020). Brief communication: Heterogenous thinning and subglacial lake activity on Thwaites Glacier, West Antarctica. The Cryosphere. doi:10.5194/tc-14-4603-2020
A. O. Hoffman, H. C. Steen-Larsen, K. Christianson, C. Hvidberg (2019). A low-cost autonomous rover for polar science. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems. doi:10.5194/gi-8-149-2019