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Biology and Biochemistry
Luxembourg
2026

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
23393
World Ranking
4738
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Luxembourg Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Luxembourg Leader Award
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Lucien Hoffmann is affiliated with the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology in Luxembourg. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong focus on Oceanography and Ecology as key subfields of study.

Their work involves extensive exploration of marine and coastal ecosystems, marine biology and ecology research, and the effects and responses to ocean acidification. Other notable research areas include microbial community ecology and physiology, isotope analysis in ecology, coral and marine ecosystems studies, as well as geology and paleoclimatology research.

Some of the frequent publication venues where Hoffmann has contributed include Communications Biology, the Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data (PANGAEA) associated with the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, and the New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. Additional venues include Environment International and Molecular Ecology.

Hoffmann has coauthored multiple publications alongside several researchers, including Tina C. Summerfield, Ro Allen, Evelyn Armstrong, Eric P. Achterberg, and Mark J. Hopwood.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Hoffmann are:

  • Interactions between the ice algae Fragillariopsis cylindrus and microplastics in sea ice, 2020, Environment International
  • Homogeneous environmental selection dominates microbial community assembly in the oligotrophic South Pacific Gyre, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Volcaniclastic density currents explain widespread and diverse seafloor impacts of the 2022 Hunga Volcano eruption, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Feedback mechanisms stabilise degraded turf algal systems at a CO2 seep site, 2021, Communications Biology
  • The potential of manipulating light for the commercial production of carotenoids from algae, 2023, Algal Research

In recognition of their contributions to science, Hoffmann was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1981.

Best Publications

  • Housekeeping gene selection for real-time RT-PCR normalization in potato during biotic and abiotic stress

    Nathalie Nicot;Jean-François Hausman;Lucien Hoffmann;Danièle Evers

  • Intraspecific variability and trait‐based community assembly

    Vincent Jung;Cyrille Violle;Cyrille Violle;Cédric Mondy;Lucien Hoffmann

  • Total phenolics, flavonoids, anthocyanins and antioxidant activity following simulated gastro-intestinal digestion and dialysis of apple varieties: Bioaccessibility and potential uptake

    Jaouad Bouayed;Lucien Hoffmann;Torsten Bohn

  • Phylum BX. Cyanobacteria

    Richard W. Castenholz;Annick Wilmotte;Michael Herdman;Rosmarie Rippka

  • Andean potato cultivars (Solanum tuberosum L.) as a source of antioxidant and mineral micronutrients.

    Christelle M Andre;Marc Ghislain;Pierre Bertin;Mouhssin Oufir

  • Towards an automated SAR-based flood monitoring system: Lessons learned from two case studies

    P. Matgen;R. Hostache;G. Schumann;L. Pfister

  • Phylogenetic and morphological evaluation of the genera Anabaena, Aphanizomenon, Trichormus and Nostoc (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria).

    Pirjo Rajaniemi;Pavel Hrouzek;Klára Kaštovská;Raphaël Willame

  • A European Database of Fusarium graminearum and F. culmorum Trichothecene Genotypes

    Matias Pasquali;Marco Beyer;Antonio Logrieco;Kris Audenaert

  • Alteration of oxidative and carbohydrate metabolism under abiotic stress in two rice (Oryza sativa L.) genotypes contrasting in chilling tolerance.

    Mustafa R. Morsy;Laurent Jouve;Jean-François Hausman;Lucien Hoffmann

  • Measuring soil organic carbon in croplands at regional scale using airborne imaging spectroscopy

    Antoine Stevens;Thomas Udelhoven;Antoine Denis;Bernard Tychon

  • Solid phase extraction coupled to liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis of sulfonamides, tetracyclines, analgesics and hormones in surface water and wastewater in Luxembourg.

    J.-Y. Pailler;A. Krein;L. Pfister;L. Hoffmann

  • A diffusive transport approach for flow routing in GIS-based flood modeling

    Y.B. Liu;S. Gebremeskel;F. De Smedt;L. Hoffmann

  • Diatom teratological forms and environmental alterations: a review

    Elisa Falasco;Francesca Bona;Guido Badino;Lucien Hoffmann

  • System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) state in 2004

    Lucien Hoffmann;Jiří Komárek;Jan Kaštovský

  • Nomenclatural validation of the genetically revised cyanobacterial genus Dolichospermum (RALFS ex BORNET et FLAHAULT) comb. nova.

    Pirjo Wacklin;Lucien Hoffmann;Jiří Komárek;Jiří Komárek

  • Integration of SAR-derived river inundation areas, high-precision topographic data and a river flow model toward near real-time flood management

    Patrick Matgen;Guy J.-P. Schumann;Jean-Baptiste Henry;Lucien Hoffmann

  • Bioaccessible and dialysable polyphenols in selected apple varieties following in vitro digestion vs. their native patterns

    Jaouad Bouayed;Hannah Deußer;Lucien Hoffmann;Torsten Bohn

  • Comparison of remotely sensed water stages from LiDAR, topographic contours and SRTM

    G. Schumann;P. Matgen;M.E.J. Cutler;A. Black

  • Gene expression changes related to the production of phenolic compounds in potato tubers grown under drought stress.

    Christelle M. André;Roland Schafleitner;Sylvain Legay;Isabelle S. Lefèvre

  • Quantitative changes in protein expression of cadmium‐exposed poplar plants

    Pol Kieffer;Jacques Dommes;Lucien Hoffmann;Jean-François Hausman

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Pfister
Laurent Pfister Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Luc Ector
Luc Ector Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Marco Beyer
Marco Beyer Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Jean-Francois Hausman
Jean-Francois Hausman Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Jenny Renaut
Jenny Renaut Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Patrick Matgen
Patrick Matgen Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Arno C. Gutleb
Arno C. Gutleb Wageningen University & Research
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Jeffrey J. McDonnell University of Saskatchewan
Guy Schumann
Guy Schumann University of Bristol
Hubert H. G. Savenije
Hubert H. G. Savenije Delft University of Technology

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