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💡Chapter Meeting: “Coastal Ecosystems in Flux: Nutrients, Restoration, and Future Outlooks”
January 15 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
All 2024 speaker meetings will be the third Wednesday of every other month month at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) Eastern Shore Laboratory, Seaside Hall, 40 Atlantic Street, Wachapreague. Note that per VIMS you may park on Atlantic Avenue along the yellow curbs.
- 5:00 pm social time
- 5:30 business meeting
- 6:00 pm speaker
About the Speaker
Sophia Hoffman is a coastal and estuarine ecologist with a passion for studying the dynamics of salty environments, from ghost forests and marshes to lagoons and barrier islands. Since 2022, she has been a research specialist at the University of Virginia’s Coastal Research Center (CRC) in Oyster, Virginia, home to the Virginia Coast Reserve Long Term Ecological Research Program.
At the CRC, Sophia is integral to facilitating and conducting long-term ecological research, overseeing laboratory operations, and navigating research vessels along the ESVA seaside. She works closely with a collaborative team on diverse projects that deepen our understanding of coastal ecosystems.
Sophia earned her B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Michigan in 2018 and completed her M.S. in Biology from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi during the pandemic in 2020. Her research background spans a variety of ecosystems, including the bogs of northern Michigan, the salt marshes, streams, and mangrove forests of Texas, and the wetlands of South Florida.