Jim Hendee

Dr. James C. "Jim" Hendee worked as a Marine Ecologist, Oceanographer and Supervisory Physical Scientist for the U.S. Government (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA) for 30 years before retiring in September, 2020, after starting the Coral Health and Monitoring Program (group of researchers, first coral-related Website in the world), originating Coral-List (currently about 10,000 subscribers), the Coral Reef Early Warning System (artificial intelligence monitoring of coral reef ecosystems), and finally became the Director of the Ocean Chemistry and Ecosystems Division (over 40 researchers) for his final seven years of U.S. government service. He has authored or co-authored 63 scientific publications (so far), written two novels (working on two more, including an autobiography), been a halibut fisherman, kelp diver and Dungeness crab diver in Alaska, an aquaculturist in Hawaii (Oceanic Institute) and Texas (Texas Parks & Wildlife Department), a snake-hunter and orchid collector in the Florida Everglades, worked on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline, served in Belize in the Peace Corps, worked for four universities (Univ. Miami, Univ. Hawaii, Univ. Alaska, Harvard), and dove SCUBA in the Arctic (Prudhoe Bay), the Pacific (Hawaii, Saipan, Australia), the Indian (Sri Lanka, Bali), and Atlantic Oceans (too many Caribbean countries to list). He currently lives in Pompano Beach, Florida.