2413 Kingston Dr., Ames IA 50010
Tel:515-450-9416
Email: michael@hofmockel.org
http://drupal.org/user/20694

a. Professional Preparation
1996 B.F.A., Pennsylvania State University

b. Professional Appointments
Consultant, Independent Drupal Developer (2005-present)
•Open-source consultant building communities of environmental scientiest by implementing cyber-infra
•structure to bridge the earth science domains (primarily with Drupal).

Senior Software Engineer, iMed Studios. (2008-present).
•Senoir Drupal Developer for iMed Studios (http://www.imedstudios.com). iMed Studios is a pioneer in the development of digital communications solutions – from Tablet PC applications to interactive video iWalls, mobile applications, Wii games, and web sites.

Co-Founder and Partner, Switchback, a CMS-driven web development and design firm. (2007-2008).
•Drupal lead for Switchback (http://www.switchbackcms.com). Based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Switchback
•provides smaller- to medium-sized organizations with the ability to update and maintain their own websites.

Associate in Research, Pennsylvania State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Center for Environmental Informatics. (2006-2008).
•Senior developer of cyber-infrastructure for the Critical Zone Exploration Network (CZEN) website (http://www.czen.org). CZEN is a NSF-EAR sponsored network of people, sites, tools and ideas to investigate the processes within the Critical Zone.

Associate in Research, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences: The Forest, Soil and Water Lab (1997- 2005)
•Senior Developer and Associate Director of the Long-Term Soil Experiment (LTSE) website, a metadatabase and portal of LTSEs and their data holders (http://ltse.env.duke.edu).
•Database Architect and Data Manager of The Calhoun Experimental Forest. The database combines a multitude of data types across space and time. Methods of data entry, verification and exploration are integrated into the application. (http://calhoun.env.duke.edu)
•Senior Systems Administrator of The Forest, Soil and Water Lab and The Environmental Chemistry Lab. Responsible for the following services: Web servers, Domain Controller, File Server, Database server, Terminal server (Remote Desktop), Graphics work stations and maintained over 30 client PCs.
•Project Manager of soil research at the Free Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) site, the Southeast Tree Research and Education Site (SETREs) and the Calhoun Experimental Forest.
•Graphic Artist/Editor, Photographer and Conceptual Illustrator for the book “Understanding Soil Change: Soil Sustainability over Millennia, Centuries, and Decades” by Daniel D. Richter Jr. and Daniel Markewitz. I created over 100 graphs, conceptual drawings and photographs, including the cover art.

Interim System Administrator, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences (2000-2001)
•Interim System Administrator from December 2000 until June 2001 while the school searched for a new senior systems administrator. The school has over 300 students and faculty with a mixed Linux/Windows environment, four computer labs and a cutting edge GIS facility. I was instrumental in the successful search for a permanent System Administrator.

Associate in Research, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center: Nutrient Lab (1996-1997)
•Investigated nutrient cycling of 12 constructed wetlands adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay.

c. Synergistic Activities
1.Leader of the Iowa Drupal Users Group. A group dedicated to sharing knowledge related to web development using Drupal. http://groups.drupal.org/iowa (2008-present)

2.DrupalCamp Colorado 2009 event sponsor delegate - http://drupalcampcolorado.org/sponsors/imed-studios

3.Founder and Leader of the Ann Arbor Drupal Users Group. A group dedicated to sharing knowledge related to web development using Drupal. http://groups.drupal.org/ann-arbor (2006-2008)

4.WATer and Environemnt Research Systems Network, Community Workshop (27-28 February, 2008)

5.Co-Coordinator of the LTSE international Global Soil Change Workshop 07, Durham NC. Duke U. (10-14 December 2007)

6.Goldschmidt 2007 - “Atoms to Planets”, premier annual international meeting in geochemistry. Live demonstration of CZEN.org (19-24 August 2007)

7.GeoInformatics 2007 - “Data to Knowledge”, technologies as they relate to developing the cyberinfrastructure for the geosciences. San Diego, California (17-18 May 2007)

d. Publications Peer-Reviewed
• Hofmockel, M., D. Richter, D. Miller, and S. Brantley (2007), Building critical zone research cyberinfrastructure, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(50), 560.

• Oh, N-H., Hofmockel, M., Lavine, M., Richter, D. 2007. Did elevated atmospheric CO2 alter soil mineral weathering?: an analysis of 5-year soil water chemistry data at Duke FACE study. Global Change Biology (2007) 13: 2626–2641

•Richter, D.D., Hofmockel, M., Callaham, M., Powlson, D. Smith, P. 2007. Long-Term Soil Experiments: Keys to Managing Earth’s Rapidly Changing Ecosystems. SSSAJ 71: 259-265

•Callaham Jr., M.A., Richter, D.D., Coleman, D.C., Hofmockel, M. 2006. Long-term land-use effects on soil invertebrate communities in Southern Piedmont soils, USA. European Journal of Soil Biology.

•Krishnaswamy, J., Halpin, P. N., Richter, D.D., Hofmockel, M. 2001. Spatial patterns of suspended sediment yields in a humid tropical watershed. Hydrological Processes15:2237-2257.

Posters
•Hofmockel, M., Brantley, S., Miller, D., Richter, D.D. 2007. The Critical Zone Exloration network: Your growing community. Geoinformatics Conference 2007, San Diego, California May 17-18.

•Miller, D., Brantley, S., Richter, D.D., Hofmockel, M. 2006. Building a Cyberinfrastructure for the Critical Zone Exploration Network. Geoinformatics Conference 2006, Reston Virgina May 10-12.

•Richter, D.D., Callaham, M., Smith, P., Hofmockel, M., Powlson, D. 2006. Improving the Science of Soil Change by Networking Long-Term Soil-Ecosystem Experiments (LTSEs). SSSA Conference Poster, Indianapolis, Indiana

•Callaham, M.A., Richter, D.D., Hofmockel, M. 2005. Long-term land use effects on soil invertebrate communities in Southern Piedmont soils. Ecological Society of America annual meeting, 8-11 August, Montréal, Canada. Poster.

•Richter, D. D., Hofmockel, M. and Markewitz, D. 2000. Five Tales from the Calhoun and a Proposal for a Network of Soil-Ecosystem Experiments. LTER Conference Poster.

•Richter, D. D., Heine, P., Hofmockel, M., Johnsen, K., Markewitz, D., Raikes, J. and Tian, K. 1999. Satisfying a Forest’s Four-Decade Nitrogen Demand: The Case for Long-term Soil-Ecosystem Experiments. SSSA 1999 Conference Poster, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Illustrations/Photographs
• The Rhizosphere: An Ecological Perspective by Zoe G. Cardon and Julie Lynn Whitbeck (Hardcover - Mar 29, 2007) . Created 3D graph, p.189

•Richter, D.D. and D. Markewitz. 2001. Understanding Soil Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK. Created over 100 graphs, conceptual drawings and photographs, including the cover art.

•Levine, M.A., Whalen, S.C., 2001. Nutrient limitation of phytoplankton production in Alaskan Arctic foothill lakes. HydroBiologia, Volume 455, Issue 1-3. Contributed graphic art, including the cover art.