Dr. Hoekman joined Olivet’s full-time faculty in 2022. He received a B.S. in Biology and Archaeology from Wheaton College and a Ph.D. in Ecology from the University of Notre Dame. He studies arthropod food webs in aquatic and terrestrial systems and teaches a range of field-based classes including Marine Biology, Insect Ecology, Ornithology, General Ecology, and Tropical/Arctic Field Research in Costa Rica/Alaska. In the summer he teaches at the Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies and the Wheaton College Science Station.
Along with his wife, a high school science teacher, and three sons, he enjoys running, hiking, biking and spending time outside looking at plants, insects and birds. Prior to coming to Illinois, they have lived and worked in Ontario, Oklahoma, Colorado, Montana, Wisconsin, Iceland, Indiana and Michigan.
