Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION 

Ph.D. Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley, 2015

B.S. Marine Biology, UC Los Angeles, 2008

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2018-Present: Environmental Scientist, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, San Diego, CA

2016-2018: Postdoctoral Scholar, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, CA

2015-2016: Analyst I, UC Davis, CA

2009-2015: Doctoral Dissertation Research, UC Berkeley, CA

2014-2015: AAUS Dive Safety Board Student Representative, UC Berkeley, CA

2013-2015: Content Developer, UC Berkeley, CA

 2014: Featured Scientist on Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin, Catalina Island, CA

2012: Scientific Consultant for BBC Wonders of Life, Catalina Island, CA

2010: Field Research Assistant, UC Berkeley CA

2008: Field and Lab Research Assistant, UC Los Angeles, CA

2007: Field Researcher, University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP), Australia 

2006: Field Researcher, UC Los Angeles Marine Biology Quarter, Mo'orea, French Polynesia

2004-2005: Lab Research Assistant, UC Los Angeles, CA

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS 

2016-2022: NOAA Section 6 Grant for Species Recovery

2019: BioOne Ambassador Award

2015: Sea Grant Core Grant

2015: American Academy of Underwater Sciences Best Student Presentation

2014, 2013: Graduate Fellowships for the Tien Scholars in Environmental Sciences and Biodiversity 

2013-2014: UCMP Research Grant for Non-Vertebrate Animals

2011-2014: UC Berkeley Integrative Biology Summer Research Fellowship

2014: Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research, National

2012-2014: USC Wrigley Summer Graduate Research Fellowship

2014: Conchologists of America Academic Grant

2013, 2014, 2010: Sigma Xi Grants in Aid of Research, Berkeley Chapter

2014, 2012, 2011: Remington Kellogg Fellowship for Marine Mammal Research

2012: UC Berkeley Graduate Division Research Grant

2012: Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor for the 2011-2012 Academic Year

2012: Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Grant in Aid of Research

2009:  William V. Power Graduate Award

2008: Graduated Summa Cum Laude, College Honors, and Departmental Honors from UC Los Angeles

PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

2018: Hofmeister, J. K., Alba, J., and Rogers-Bennet, L. Prey-handling and preference of octopus on red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) and potential impacts on recovering abalone populations. Cephalopod International Advisory Council Meeting. St. Petersburg, FL, USA. (Poster presentation)

2017: Hofmeister, J. K., Alba, J., and Rogers-Bennet, L. Prey-handling and preference of octopus on red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) and potential impacts on recovering abalone populations. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting. Pasadena, CA, USA. (Oral presentation)

2016: Hofmeister, J. K., Kawana, S., Walker, B., Catton, C., Taniguchi, I., Stein, D., Maguire, A., and Rogers-Bennet, L. Predation and predatory response to experimental stocking of red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) in Southern California. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting. Monterey, CA, USA. (Oral presentation)

2016: Hofmeister, J. K., Kawana, S., Walker, B., Rogers-Bennet, L., Catton, C., Juhasz, C., Taniguchi, I., Stein, D., and Maguire, A. Experimental stocking of red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) in Southen California Artificial Reefs. First Binational Abalone Workshop. Ensenada, Mexico. (Oral presentation)

2016: Hofmeister, J. K., Kawana, S., Walker, B., Rogers-Bennet, L., Catton, C., Taniguchi, I., Stein, D., and Maguire, A.Predation and predator response to experimental stocking of red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) in Southern California. American Malacological Society and Western Society of Malacologists Annual Meeting, Ensenada, Mexico. (Oral presentation)

2015: Hofmeister, J. K. and K. M. Voss. Movement of patterns of Octopus bimaculatus using acoustic telemetry. Cephalopod International Advisory Council Meeting, Hakodate, Japan. (Oral presentation)

2015: Hofmeister, J. K. and K. M. Voss. Movement of patterns of Octopus bimaculatus using acoustic telemetry. American Academy of Underwater Sciences Annual Meeting, Key West, FL, USA. (Oral presentation)

2014: Hofmeister, J. K. and K. M. Voss. Movement of patterns of Octopus bimaculatus using acoustic telemetry. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting. Tacoma, WA, USA. (Oral presentation)

2013: Hofmeister, J. K. and R. L. Caldwell. Utilizing binomial mixture models to reveal the biotic variables influencing octopus abundance and small-scale distribution. Western Society of Naturalists Annual Meeting. Oxnard, CA, USA. (Oral presentation)

2013: Hofmeister, J. K. Distribution and abundance of a temperate octopus inside and outside a marine protected area. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA. (Oral presentation)

2012: Hofmeister, J. K. Distribution and abundance of a temperate octopus inside and outside a marine protected area. Cephalopod International Advisory Council Meeting, Florianopolis, Brazil. (Oral presentation)

2011: Hofmeister, J. K. Observations on mating behavior and development in the lesser Pacific striped octopus, Octopus chierchiae (Jatta, 1889). Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. (Oral presentation)

2010: Hofmeister, J. K. Observations on mating behavior in the lesser Pacific striped octopus, Octopus chierchiae (Jatta, 1889). 76th American Malacological Society and 43rd Western Society of Malacologists Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA. (Oral presentation)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE 

  • Animal Behavior

  • Behavioral Ecology

  • Marine Mammals

  • Invertebrate Zoology

  • Biology and Geomorphology of Tropical Islands

  • General Biology

  • Introduction to Marine Science

OUTREACH 

2020: Presenter at the Girls in Ocean Science (GIOS) conference at the Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA

2018: Presenter, CTSA Climate Summit, San Jose, CA

2018: Science Advisor and Leadership Team Member, NGSS Early Implementers Teachers Workshop, Lakeside, CA

2018: Presenter at the Girls in Ocean Science (GIOS) conference at the Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA

2017: Science Advisor and Leadership Team Member, NGSS Early Implementers Teachers Workshop, Palm Springs, CA

2016: Featured Scientist: Science Exploration Adventure (SEA) Days at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps, La Jolla, CA

2016: Science Advisor and Leadership Team Member, NGSS Early Implementers Teachers Workshop, San Diego, CA

2016: Science Advisor, Escondido STEM Institute, Escondido, CA

2003-2016: Assistant Supervisor Sunday Night Animal Husbandry, Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, CA

2013-2015: Content Developer, Understanding Global Change website, UC Berkeley, CA

2012-2015: Chair of Information, Expanding Your Horizons Conference, UC Berkeley, CA

2009-2015: Educational Tour Guide, University of California Museum of Paleontology, UC Berkeley, CA

2009-2015: SCUBA Instructional Assistant, UC Berkeley, CA

2012-2014: Education and Outreach Intern, USC Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, Catalina Island, CA

2014: Invited Speaker, Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA

2013, 2012: UC Berkeley Cal Day Speaker, Berkeley, CA

2011-2013: Pleasant Hill Elementary Science Night Presenter, Pleasant Hill, CA

2011-2012: Integrative Biology Graduate Student Assembly Co-Chair, UC Berkeley, CA

2011-2012: Day-Of Event Coordinator, Expanding Your Horizons Conference, UC Berkeley, CA

2011: Mo'orea Science Teachers Conference Presenter, Mo'orea, French Polynesia

2011, 2010: UC Berkeley Cal Day Participant - Biodiversity Road Show, Berkeley, CA

2010: Dinner With a Scientist Presenter, Oakland Zoo, Oakland, CA

2010: Marine Science Review Coordinator, UC Berkeley, CA

2008: Marine Science Institute Camp Counselor, Redwood City, CA

2007-2009: Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Octopus Breeding Program Director (Internship), Santa Monica, CA

2006-2007: Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Shark Education Intern, Santa Monica, CA

MEDIA COVERAGE

June 2019 “Octopus Houdini.” Featured Scientist, Science’s Strangest Mysteries: Solved. Season 1, Episode 7 (television) 

May 2018 “To bring back abalone, researchers aim to outsmart octopus.” https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/news/to-bring-back-abalone-researchers-aim-to-outsmart-octopus

Sept 2017 “Fighting for a foothold.” https://www.biographic.com/posts/sto/fighting-for-a-foothold

May 2016 “White abalone were nearly eaten out of existence in the 1970s. Now, a breeding program aims to revive them.” https://www.ocregister.com/2016/05/29/white-abalone-were-nearly-eaten-out-of-existence-in-the-1970s-now-a-breeding-program-aims-to-revive-them/

March 2016 “Keeping endangered abalone alive, 1 fertilized egg at a time” https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Keeping-endangered-abalone-alive-1-fertilized-6869129.php 

Nov 2014 “Journey Across the Pacific.” Featured Scientist, Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin (television)

CERTIFICATIONS

  • NAUI DIveMaster

  • AAUS Scientific SCUBA Certification - 100 ft

  • California Boating License