Scholars@Duke
James Hench

James Hench

Associate Professor of Oceanography
Marine Science and Conservation
jim.hench@duke.edu
135 Duke Marine Lab Rd, Beaufort, NC 28516

Selected Grants

Increasing understanding of how coral restoration affects wave attenuation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2022 - 2025

Mission: Iconic Reefs - Long term wave attenuation and hydrodynamics study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Marine Sanctuary Foundation · 2021 - 2025

Combined Waves and Currents over Multi-Scale Topography: From Boundary Layer Dynamics to Parameterization

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2024

REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2024

Into uncharted waters: understanding and predicting water movement and fluxes over coral reef atolls of the future

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Tetiaroa Society · 2016 - 2021

Increasing understanding of how coral restoration affects wave attenuation

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration · 2022 - 2025

Mission: Iconic Reefs - Long term wave attenuation and hydrodynamics study

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Marine Sanctuary Foundation · 2021 - 2025

Combined Waves and Currents over Multi-Scale Topography: From Boundary Layer Dynamics to Parameterization

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2024

REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Estuarine and Coastal Marine Systems

ResearchSenior Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2021 - 2024

Into uncharted waters: understanding and predicting water movement and fluxes over coral reef atolls of the future

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Tetiaroa Society · 2016 - 2021

Blue Waters Fellowship - University of Illinois - Walter Torres

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign · 2018 - 2019

Collaborative Research: Relating Topographic Complexity and Circulation Patterns on Coral Reefs from Colony-Scale to Reef-Scale

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2014 - 2019

Assessment of the Frequency and Duration of Hypoxic Events in the lower Neuse River Estuary from Real Time Continuous Measurements and Long Term Data Sets

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill · 2015 - 2017

A SAFE vessel: Advancing research capabilities to the Gulf Stream

EquipmentCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2013 - 2014