Amy Moe Hoffman was born and raised in Minnesota.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Geology at Gustavus Adolphus College and went on to get her Master of Science Degree in Museum Studies with a focus in Paleontology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Amy’s research interests include the use of fossil insects to determine paleoclimate and paleoenvironment, taphonomy, and the conservation and management of museum collections. She has been Collections Manager at both the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, New York and the University of Colorado Natural History Museum in Boulder, Colorado.  Amy teaches Physical Geology Labs for the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State. She also is one of the people responsible for the organization and management of geological specimens for the Dunn-Seiler Museum. 

Education
M.S. (Museum Studies), University of Colorado at Boulder
B.S. (Geology), Gustavus Adolphus College

Publications

Peer-Reviewed:

Smith, D.M., Moe, A.P.,  2007. "Taphonomy of Diptera in a Lacustrine Environment: A case study from the Florrisant Fossil Beds, Colorado.” Palaios, v.22, p 629-629.

Moe, A.P., Smith, D.M., 2005. "Using pre-Quaternary Diptera as indicators of paleoclimate", Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 221, p. 203-214.

Books:

Moe-Hoffman, A.P., IN PRESS.  Animals of Costa Rica; A bilingual activity book for children.  Instituto Nacional de Biologia (INBI), Heredia, Costa Rica.

Solicited Articles and Presentations:

Smith, D.M., Moe, A.P.,  2006. “Taphonomy of Diptera in the Lacustrine Deposits of the Florissant Formation (Eocene) Colorado”, GSA Programs with Abstracts, Session No. 122, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 306.

Moe, A.P., 2006. “Evolution of the Insects: A Review” American Paleontologist.

Moe, A.P., 2005. “The fascinating world of fossil insects: A brief look at the Florissant Formation”, American Paleontologist 13(1).

Moe, A.P., 2004. “Caring for fossils”, MAPS Digest, 27 (3), p. 121-124.

Moe, A.P., Smith, D.M., Cook, A., 2003. “Near shore or off shore? Reconstructing the depositional setting of an ancient lake assemblage in Stewart Valley (Miocene) Nevada”, GSA Programs with Abstracts, Session No. 220-1, 2003.

Moe, A.P., 2003. “Everything you ever wanted to know about insects: A Review of the History of Insects by Rasnitsyn and Quicke”, American Paleontologist, 11 (2).

Moe, A.P., and Smith, D.M., “Using fossilized Diptera from the Florissant Formation as paleoenvironmental indicators” GSA Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, Session No. 46-6, 2002.

Moe, A.P., and Brown, S., “A fossiliferous till in New Ulm Minnesota.” North-central GSA Programs with Abstracts, Poster Session, 1998.

Gramstad, S., Moe, A.P., Mann, J., and Palmsted, M., “Quaternary stratigraphy of the big bend area of the Minnesota River Valley in Mankato, Minnesota.” North-central GSA Programs with Abstracts, Poster Session, 1997.