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James L. Hench
Environmental Fluid Mechanics Lab
Stanford University
Yang & Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building, m/c 4020
473 Via Ortega
Stanford, CA 94305

(650) 721-5311 (office)
(650) 725-9720 (fax)
jhench(@)stanford.edu
EDUCATION:

  • Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2002
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, Stanford University, 1992
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1991

    PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

  • 2006 - pres. Res. Assoc. and Lecturer, Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Stanford University
  • 2005 - pres. Post-doctoral scholar, Moorea Coral Reef LTER
  • 2004 - 2006 Post-doc., Environmental Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Stanford University
  • 2003 - 2004 Post-doc., Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 1995 - 2002 Res. / Teach. Assist., Dept. of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 1994 - 1995 Teaching Assist., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington
  • 1993 - 1994 Research Tech., Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 1992 - 1993 Research Tech., Civil Engineering Department, North Carolina State University
  • 1991 - 1992 Research Assist., Department of Civil Engineering, Stanford University
  • 1989 - 1991 Research Assist., Civil Engineering Department, North Carolina State University

    PUBLICATIONS: (25 total, 22 refereed, plus 1 in review) *indicates graduate student co-author

    Hench, J. L., and J. H. Rosman, in review. Analysis of bottom-track and compass error in a self-contained acoustic Doppler diver navigation console. Submitted to Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology.

    Nidzieko, N. J., J. L. Hench, and S. G. Monismith, 2009. Lateral circulation in well-mixed and stratified estuarine flows with curvature. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 39 (4): 831-851.

    Monismith, S. G., J. L. Hench, D. A. Fong, N. J. *Nidzieko, W. E. Fleenor, L. D. *Doyle, and S. G. Schladow, 2009. Thermal variability in a tidal river. Estuaries and Coasts, 32 (1): 100-110.

    Hench, J. L., J. J. Leichter, and S. G. Monismith, 2008. Episodic circulation and exchange in a wave-driven coral reef and lagoon system. Limnology & Oceanography, 53 (6): 2681-2694.

    Lenihan, H. S., M. Adjeroud, M. Kotchen, J. L. Hench, and T. Nakamura, 2008. Effects of environmental conditions and reef structure on small-scale spatial variation in coral bleaching. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 370: 127-141, doi:10.3354/meps07622.

    *Davis, K. A., J. J. Leichter, J. L. Hench, and S. G. Monismith, 2008. Effects of western boundary current dynamics on the internal wave field of the southeast Florida shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, C09010, doi:10.1029/2007JC004699.

    *Rosman, J. H., J. L. Hench, J. R. Koseff, and S. G. Monismith, 2008. Extracting Reynolds stresses from acoustic Doppler current profiler measurements in wave-dominated environments. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 25 (2): 286-306.

    *Nidzieko, N. J., D. A. Fong, and J. L. Hench, 2006. Comparison of Reynolds stress estimates derived from standard and fast-ping ADCPs. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 23 (6): 854-861.

    *Carr, S. D, J. L. Hench, R. A. Luettich, R. B. Forward, and R. A. Tankersley, 2005. Spatial patterns in the ovigerous Callinectes sapidus spawning migration: results from a coupled behavioral-physical model. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 294: 213-226.

    Hench, J. L., R. B. Forward, Jr., S. D. *Carr, D. Rittschof, and R. A. Luettich, Jr., 2004. Testing a selective tidal-stream transport model: observations of female blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) vertical migration during the spawning season. Limnology and Oceanography, 49 (5): 1857-1870.

    *Carr, S. D., R. A. Tankersley, J. L. Hench, R. B. Forward, Jr., and R. A. Luettich, Jr., 2004. Movement patterns and trajectories of ovigerous blue crabs Callinectes sapidus during the spawning migration. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 60 (4): 567-579.

    Brix, H., J. L. Hench, H. L. Johnson, T. M. S. Johnston, J. Polton, M. Roughan, and P. Testor, 2003. An international perspective on graduate physical oceanography education. Oceanography, 16 (3): 128-133.

    Hench, J. L., and R. A. Luettich, Jr., 2003. Transient tidal circulation and momentum balances at a shallow inlet. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33 (4): 913-932.

    Hench, J. L., B. O. *Blanton, and R. A. Luettich, Jr., 2002. Lateral dynamic analysis and classification of barotropic tidal inlets. Continental Shelf Research, 22 (18/19): 2615-2631.

    *Moisander, P. H., J. L. Hench, K. Kononen, and H. W. Paerl, 2002. Small-scale shear effects on heterocystous cyanobacteria. Limnology and Oceanography, 47 (1): 108-119.

    Hench, J. L., and R. A. Luettich, Jr., 2000. Tidal inlet circulation: observations, model skill and momentum balances. Proc. 6th Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, M. L. Spaulding and H. L. Butler (eds.), ASCE, pp. 811-826.

    Hench, J. L., J. T. Bircher, and R. A. Luettich, Jr. 2000. A portable retractable ADCP boom-mount for small boats. Estuaries, 23 (3): 392-399.

    Blanton, J. O., J. Amft, R. A. Luettich, Jr., J. L. Hench, and J. H. Churchill, 1999. Tidal and subtidal fluctuations in temperature, salinity and pressure for the winter 1996 larval ingress experiment - Beaufort Inlet, NC. Fisheries Oceanography, 8 (Suppl. 2): 134-152.

    Churchill, J. H., R. B. Forward, R. A. Luettich, J. L. Hench, W. F. Hettler, L. B. Crowder, and J. O. Blanton, 1999. Circulation and larval fish transport through a tidally dominated estuary. Fisheries Oceanography, 8 (Suppl. 2): 173-189.

    Luettich, Jr., R. A., J. L. Hench, C. W. Fulcher, F. E. Werner, B. O. Blanton, and J. H. Churchill, 1999. Barotropic tidal and wind-driven larval transport in the vicinity of a barrier island inlet. Fisheries Oceanography, 8 (Suppl. 2): 190-209.

    Churchill, J. H., J. O. Blanton, J. L. Hench, R. A. Luettich, Jr., and F. E. Werner, 1999. Flood tide circulation near Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina: Implications for larval recruitment. Estuaries, 22 (4): 1057-1070.

    Hench, J. L., and R. A. Luettich, Jr., 1998. Analysis and application of Eulerian finite element methods for the transport equation, Proc. 5th Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, M. L. Spaulding and A. F. Blumberg (eds.), ASCE, pp. 138-152.

    Luettich, Jr., R. A., J. L. Hench, C. D. Williams, B. O. Blanton, and F. E. Werner, 1998. Modeling circulation and larval transport through a barrier island inlet, Proc. 5th Conference on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, M. L. Spaulding and A. F. Blumberg (eds.), ASCE, pp. 849-863.

    Benton, S. B., C. J. Bellis, M. F. Overton, J. S. Fisher, J. L. Hench, and R. Dolan, 1997. North Carolina long term average annual rates of shoreline change: methods report 1992 update. North Carolina Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Division of Coastal Management, Raleigh, NC, 42 pages and 14 plates.

    Hench, J. L., R. A. Luettich, Jr., J. J. Westerink, and N. W. Scheffner, 1995. ADCIRC: An advanced three-dimensional circulation model for shelves, coasts, and estuaries: Report 6, Development of a Tidal Constituent Database for the Eastern North Pacific. Technical Report DRP-92-6, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS, 60 pages.

    Overton, M. F., J. S. Fisher, J. L. Hench and R. Dolan, 1993. 1992 Update of North Carolina Annual Average Shoreline Change Rates. Proceedings of the Hilton Head International Coastal Symposium, Per Bruun ed., Hilton Head, SC, pp. 249-254.

    PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS:

    Schrope, M., 2009. The lab at the bottom of the sea. Nature, 457: 141-143, doi:10.1038/457141a.

    Powell, H., 2005. Solving for glide. Science Notes, University of California at Santa Cruz, (http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciNotes/0501/surf/index.html).

    UNPUBLISHED TECHNICAL REPORTS:

    Hench, J. L., 2004. Circulation in Paopao Bay, Moorea, French Polynesia. Annual report for Richard B. Gump South Pacific Research Station, 11 pp. (in French).

    Hench, J. L., and R. A. Luettich, Jr., 2000. ADBED: advanced sediment bed change model. Numerical formulation and user's manual. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 20 pp.

    Hench, J. L., and R. A. Luettich, Jr., 1999. ADTRANS 2DDI user's manual. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 11 pp.

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

    Winter 2008: Instructor, Introduction to Physical Oceanography, Stanford University (15 students, mostly seniors and graduate students in earth science and engineering)

    Spring 2005: Instructor, Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, Stanford University (18 students, mostly juniors and seniors in engineering)

    Spring 1997: TA, Tidal Inlet Circulation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2 students, graduate seminar)

    Spring 1996: TA, Marine Systems Modeling, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (10 students, mostly first year graduate students)

    Spring 1995: TA, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, University of Washington (>70 students, mostly juniors in engineering)

    Fall 1994: TA, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, University of Washington (>70 students, mostly juniors in engineering)

    STUDENTS ADVISED:

    Liv Walter, Ph.D. student, Stanford University, (2006 - present, co-advisor with S. Monismith)
    Nick Nidzieko, Ph.D. student, Stanford University, (2006 - 2009, committee member)
    Kristen Davis, Ph.D. student, Stanford University, (2005 - 2008, committee member)

    UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

    Scientific Diving Control Board member, Stanford University, 2006 - present

    CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED: (28 total)

  • November 2008: Moorea Coral Reef LTER science workshop, Santa Barbara, CA (talk)
  • July 2008: 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, FL (talk)
  • March 2008: AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando, FL (talk)
  • July 2007: NSF-LTER Moorea Coral Reef site review, Moorea, French Polynesia (poster)
  • December 2006: Tropical Island Ecosystems workshop, Moorea, French Polynesia (invited talk)
  • November 2006: Moorea Coral Reef LTER science workshop, Santa Barbara, CA (talk)
  • October 2006: 4th CALFED Science Conference, Sacramento, CA (poster)
  • September 2006: 13th Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Astoria, OR (talk)
  • February 2006: AGU/ASLO Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI (invited talk)
  • November 2005: Moorea Coral Reef LTER science workshop, Santa Barbara, CA (talk)
  • March 2005: California Bay-Delta IEP Workshop, Pacific Grove, CA (talk)
  • February 2005: ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (talk)
  • October 2004: 3rd CALFED Science Conference, Sacramento, CA (poster)
  • November 2003: Estuarine and Coastal Modeling VIII, Monterey, CA (talk)
  • September 2003: Estuarine Research Federation, Seattle, WA (poster)
  • June 2002: NSF/ONR Physical Oceanography Dissertation Symposium I, Breckenridge, CO (talk)
  • February 2002: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, Honolulu, HI (talk)
  • February 2001: ADCIRC Users' Group Meeting, Stennis Space Center, MS (talk)
  • October 2000: 10th Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, Norfolk, VA (talk)
  • June 2000: Coastal Inlets Research Program Workshop, Vicksburg, MS (talk)
  • November 1999: Estuarine and Coastal Modeling VI, New Orleans, LA (talk)
  • June 1999: 1st Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Modeling, New London, NH (poster)
  • October 1997: Estuarine and Coastal Modeling V, Alexandria, VA (talk)
  • June 1997: 2nd Gordon Research Conference on Coastal Ocean Circulation, New London, NH
  • June 1997: QUODDY Users' Group Meeting, Hanover, NH (talk)
  • September 1996: 25th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Orlando, FL
  • September 1993: Estuarine and Coastal Modeling III, Chicago, IL
  • June 1993: International Coastal Symposium, Hilton Head, SC (talk)

    SEMINARS: (19 total)

  • October 2008: Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
  • April 2008: Center for Marine Studies, University of Queensland
  • April 2008: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sydney
  • March 2008: Nicholas School of the Environment Marine Laboratory, Duke University
  • December 2007: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
  • May 2007: School of Oceanography (Physical Oceanography group), University of Washington
  • May 2007: School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University (2)
  • April 2007: Dept. Marine Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, North Carolina State University
  • February 2007: East-West Marine Biology Program, Moorea, French Polynesia
  • February 2007: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
  • May 2006: Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences, Eilat, Israel
  • May 2005: Marine Science Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • April 2005: Ocean Sciences Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
  • January 2005: United States Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
  • July 2004: Gump South Pacific Research Station, University of California, Berkeley
  • May 2004: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
  • March 2003: Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin
  • November 2002: Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, HONORS AND ACTIVITIES:

  • Member, American Geophysical Union, 1994 - present
  • Member, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 2004 - present
  • Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1990 - present
  • Member, American Shore and Beach Preservation Association, 1995 - present
  • Member, Estuarine Research Foundation, 2000 - present
  • Member, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 1996 - present
  • Member (organizational and voting), American Academy of Underwater Sciences, 2007 - present
  • AAUS scientific diver certification (150 ft depth rating, >600 science dives), 2001 - present
  • Patricia Dortch Memorial Fellowship, 1998
  • Ocean Science Bowl, science judge or moderator (high school students), 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
  • Groundhog Day Shadow Mentor (eighth grade students), 2000, 2001
  • Supervised summer research project for one high school senior, 1999
  • Carteret County Career Fair (Physical Oceanography representative), 1997, 1998

    MANUSCRIPTS, PROPOSALS, AND BOOKS REVIEWED: (28 total)

    Continental Shelf Research, Estuaries, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Fisheries Oceanography, Proc. 5th-8th Conferences on Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, Journal of Coastal Research, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans), Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering, Limnology & Oceanography, Sea Grant (CA, NH, RI), National Science Foundation (Physical Oceanography), Association of Southeastern Biologists Bulletin (book review, Vol. 45 (4): 209-210).