To teach physics and provide hands-on laboratory experience to college students in a strong Christian environment.

• Experienced in teaching discussion labs to physics and non-physics majors, incorporating one-on-one and small group interaction (as well as some lecturing).
• Skilled researcher with extensive training and expertise in condensed matter physics, specifically Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM), X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS), Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED), and Low Energy Electron Microscopy (LEEM).
• Mature Christian with years of leadership experience within the church.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, WordPerfect, Mathematica, Web browsers, and some C++ programming.

Graduate Research Assistant
STM Lab, University of California – Davis, CA (Sept. 2001 to present)

• Cut and polished single crystal samples with specified surface.
• Sputtered and annealed samples in ultra high vacuum.
• Conducted STM experiments under cryogenic temperatures.
• Used XPS and LEED to determine surface composition and crystallography.
• Learned how to operate LEEM.
• Altered and repaired instrument and gas line.
• Maintained daily lab records.
• Managed lab and ordered lab supplies/equipment.

Church Music Director
First Church of the Nazarene – Sacramento, CA (March 2003-present
(on staff 2/04 to 10/04 – requested to be removed from payroll).

• Prepare order of service for Sunday morning and Sunday evening services.
• Hold weekly practices with 12 piece band and praise teams.
• Direct band and congregation during services.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations for services.
• Help with and run sound when necessary.
• Orchestrate monthly dessert services.
• Purchase, set up and maintain equipment.
• Serve on church board (2003 and 2005).

Graduate Student Reader
University of California – Davis, CA (Fall quarter 2001 and spring quarter 2002)

• Prepared solutions and graded graduate level Classical Mechanics.
• Graded graduate level Electrodynamics.
• Held weekly office hours.

Teaching Assistant
University of California – Davis, CA (Sept. 2000-Sept. 2001 and August 2002-Sept. 2002)

• Taught discussion labs for Physics for non-physics majors.
• Prepared solutions for and graded tests and exams.
• Held weekly office hours.

Teaching Assistant
University of California – Davis, CA (Winter quarter 2002)

• Taught discussion labs for Classical Physics for physics majors.
• Prepared solutions for and graded tests and exams.
• Held weekly office hours.

Publications

Shefford Baker, Brandon Hoffman, Lindsay Timian, Adam Silvernail, Elizabeth Ellis, “Texture Transformations in Thin Ag Films,” Acta Materialia, 61, 19 (2013).

Presentations

Markus Chmielus, Elizabeth A Ellis, Emily Morrow, Ethan Ocock, Brandon Hoffman, Shefford P Baker, “In Situ EBSD Characterization of the Texture Transformation of Silver Thin Films Related to Film Thickness and Adhesion Layer,” The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society Annual Meeting and Exhibition, San Diego, CA (2014).

Brandon Hoffman, “God Meet Physics,” chapel, Houghton College, Houghton, NY (2012).

Brandon Hoffman, “Why do Laptops Die? Experimental Research on Thin Ag Films,” invited talk, State University of New York, Geneseo, NY (2011).

Brandon Hoffman, Carl Shultz, Chris Stewart, “On Giving Intelligent Design Theorists What They Say They Want,” Integrative Studies lecture, Houghton College, Houghton, NY (2008).

Brandon Hoffman, “Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Imaging of Crown- Ether Molecules on Pd(111),” APS California Section Meeting, California State University, Sacramento, CA (2005).

Measurements of thin metal film crystal structure via x-ray diffraction and electron microscopy.

Design and construction of laser interferometer, x-ray diffractometer, and scanning tunneling microscope.