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Mr. Hoffman’s career is remarkable for its variety and range. Widely published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, Time, Wired and more, he describes himself as “a journalist and biographer whose work explores the relationship between genius, madness, obsession and creativity.” Mr. Hoffman is also co-owner of a new locavore Italian restaurant in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, called Rucola.

He has been a “brainstorming expert” for Internet startups, publishers, advertising agencies, museums and scientific organizations from NASA to the National Science Foundation. He also served as an award-winning president of both Discover magazine and Encyclopaedia Britannica and as the editorial chairman of Big Think. A well-known television personality, Mr. Hoffman has appeared on CNN, ESPN, the BBC, Good Morning America, PBS NewsHour, David Letterman and Oprah, among others.

“The board was very impressed that in the midst of all these remarkable accomplishments, Paul also has museum experience,” Dr. Tansey explains. “He is the creative director of a planned Rubik’s Cube worldwide traveling exhibition and an ‘evangelist’ for the new Museum of Mathematics whose exhibition, Math Midway, opened at Liberty Science Center on October 7.” Math Midway left after January 22.

Mr. Hoffman is the author of 11 books including the international bestseller, The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdös and the Search for Mathematical Truth, which received the Rhone-Poulenc prize for best science book of the year.

Paul Hoffman graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.