Associate Professor
Email: bohong@scut.edu.cn
Phone: 87111030-3511
Research Interests
Ocean/Estuary Exchange and Dissolved Substances Transport; Climate change and its impact on marine environment; Continental Shelf and Open Ocean Circulation Dynamics; Estuarine Dynamics; Numerical Modeling
Professional Experience
2013.07- Associate Professor, School of Civil Engineering and Transportation, South China University of Technology
2010.12-2012.11 Assistant Research Scientist, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary
2007.12-2010.11 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William & Mary
2006.07-2007.11 Assistant Research Scientist, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
PH.D. 2006.06 South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Projects
1.Chinese National Science Foundation (#41406005)“Responses of material transport processes between the Pearl River Estuary and its adjacent coastal sea to future sea-level rise”， 2015.01-2017.12. PI
2.Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of SCUT (2014ZM0075) “Material transport in the coastal are of northern South China Sea under the impact of storm surge”， 2014.01-2015.12. PI
3.Open project of State key laboratory of tropical oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences ( LTO1301), 2013.12-1015.11. PI
4.United States Geological Survey project “A Numerical Model Study of Change of Salinity under Different Sea-level Rise Scenarios in the York River and James River”, 2009.09-2010.12. PI
5.State Oceanic Administration 2013 Marine Renewable Energy Founds“Hydrologic observation and numerical modeling for the system design of Dawanshan wave energy demonstration project”，2013.12-2014.12. co-PI
6.Chesapeake Environmental Communications project “Modeling Support for James River Chlorophyll Study”, team with TetraTech, HydroQua. 2012.03-2015.12. co-PI
7.Maryland Department of the Environmentproject “Development of PCB TMDL's in Baltimore Harbor and Back River”. 2007.01-2011.03. co-PI
8.Southeastern Universities Research Association project“A Super-regional Testbed to improve models of environmental processes on the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts”. 2010.05-2011.06. PI
9.Maryland Department of Environment project “Development of Dissolved Nutrients TMDLs for upper Pocomoke in Maryland”. 2011.11-2012.09. co-PI
10.Virginia Department of Environment Quality project “Development of Lower James PCB TMDLs”. 2010.10-2013.12. co-PI
11.Virginia Department of Environment Quality project “Development of Elizabeth River PCB TMDLs”. 2010.10-2013.12. co-PI
Selected Journal Publications
1.Hong, B., J. Shen, H. Z. Xu, Upriver Transport of Dissolved Substances in an Estuary and Sub-estuary System. Ocean Dynamics, 2015
2.Gong, W.P., Maa, J., B. Hong, Shen J., Salt transport during a dry season in the Modaomen Estuary, Pearl River Delta, China. Ocean & Coastal Management, Vol. 100, 139-150, 2014
3.Hong, B., J. Shen. Linking dynamics of transport timescale and variations of hypoxia in the Chesapeake. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 118, 1-13, doi:10.1002/2013JC008859, 2013
4.Shen, J., B. Hong*, A. Y. Kuo. Using timescales to interpret dissolved oxygen distributions in the bottom waters of Chesapeake Bay. Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 58(6), 2237-2248. doi:10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.2237, 2013
5.Wang D.X., Liu Q., Xie Q., He Z., Zhuang W., Shu Y., Xiao X., B. Hong, Wu X., Sui D., Progress of regional oceanography study associated with western boundary current in the South China Sea. Chinese Science Bulletin, Vol. 58(11), 1205-1215, 2013
6.Wang, D.X., Q. Wang*, W. Zhou, S. Cai, L. Li, B. Hong.An analysis of the current deflection around Dongsha Islands in the northern South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research,Vol 118(1), 490-501, 2013
7.Rice, C.K., B. Hong*, J. Shen. Assessment of Salinity Intrusion in the James and Chickahominy Rivers as a Result of Simulated Sea-Level Rise in Chesapeake Bay,East Coast, United States. Journal of Environmental Management, doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.06.036, 2012
8.Shen, J., B. Hong*, L. Schugam, Y. Zhao, J. White. Modeling of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in the Baltimore Harbor. Ecological Modelling, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.05.025, 2012
9.Hong, B., J. Shen. Responses of estuarine salinity and transport processes to potential future sea-level rise in the Chesapeake Bay. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2012.03.014, 2012
10.Wang, Q., Y. Wang, B. Hong, W. Zhou, D. Wang*. Different roles of Ekman pumping in the west and east segments of the South China Sea Warm Current. Acta Oceanol. Sin., Vol. 30(3), 1-13, 2011
11.Wang, D.*, B. Hong*, J. Gan, H. Xu. Numerical investigation on propulsion of the counter-wind current in the northern South China Sea in winter. Deep Sea Research I, Vol. 57, 1206-1221 , 2010
12.Hong, B., N. Panday, J. Shen, H. V. Wang, W. Gong, A. Soehl. Modeling water exchange between Baltimore Harbor and Chesapeake Bay using artificial tracers: Seasonal variations. Marine Environmental Research, Vol. 70, 102-119, 2010
13.Gong, W., J. Shen*, B. Hong. The influence of wind on the water age in the tidal Rappahannock River. Marine Environmental Research, Vol. 68, 203-216, 2009
14.Hong, B. and D. Wang. Sensitivity Study of the Seasonal Mean Circulation in the Northern South China Sea. Advances in atmospheric sciences, VOL. 25, NO. 5, 824–839, 2008
15.Hong, B., D. Wang. Diagnostic analysis on the northern South China Sea winter counter-wind current. Chinese Science Bulletin. Vol.51, 9-16, 2006
16.Tian, Zhenfu*, B. Hong, 2004. Numerical investigation on mode-transition of laminar natural convection in inclined enclosures with the higher-order compact FDM. Computational Mechanics. Vo. II, P. 106. WCCM VI in conjunction with APCOM’ 04, 2004, Beijing, China, Tsinghua University Press & Springer-Verlag, Editors Z. H. Yao, M.W. Yuan, W. X. Zhong.
Monograph
Wang, D.X.，B. Hong，S.Q. Cai et al. Translate 'Numerical Ocean Circulation Modeling ' by Dale B. Haidvoel, Aike Beckmann）；China Meteorological Press, ISBN 7-5029-3943-1, 2005.
Professional Meeting Abstracts
1) Hong, B.*, Shen J., Using dynamics of transport timescale and variations of hypoxia in the Chesapeake. 2014 AGU Ocean Science Meeting, Hawaii, USA. 2014.2.23-28
2) Hong, B.*, Shen J., Upriver transport of dissolved substances in an estuary and sub-estuary system, ECSA53Estuaries and coastal areas in times of intense change, Shanghai, China,2013.10.13-17
3) Shen, J.*, Hong B., Kuo Y., Using Transport Timescales to Interpret Estuarine Eutrophication of the Chesapeake Bay, 2012 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Ocean Science Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A., 2012.02.20-24
4) Rice, K.C.*, Shen J., Hong B., Simulated changes in salinity in the York and James River estuaries, southeastern Virginia, USA, from projected sea-level rise in the Chesapeake Bay, 2010 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2010.12.13-17
5) Shen J.*, Hong B., Identifying potential problems associated with numerical simulations of hydrodynamics in the Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Modeling Symposium, Annapolis, U.S.A., 2010.05.21-22
6) Hong, B.*, Shen J., Modeling study of salinity change under different sea-level rise scenarios in the Chesapeake Bay, 2010 AGU Ocean Science Meeting, Portland, U.S.A., 2010.02.22-26
7) Shen J.*, Hong B., A modeling tracer age study of vertical mixing and cross-channel transport in the Chesapeake Bay, 11th International Conference of Estuarine and Coastal Modeling, Seattle, U.S.A., 2009,11.04-06
8) Hong B.*, Shen J., Wang H.V., Modelling water exchange between Baltimore Harbor and Chesapeake Bay using artificial tracers, 2008 AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A., 2008.12.15-19
9) Hong B.*, Wang D.X., Numerical investigation on the propulsion of northern South China Sea winter counter-wind current, The Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Beijing, China, 2006.07.24-27
10) Hong B., Wang D.X.*, Xu H., Anticyclonic eddies in the northeastern South China Sea during winter 2003/2004, The Asia Oceania Geosciences Society 3rd Annual Meeting, Singapore, 2006.07.10-14
Professional Memberships
American Geophysical Union; Chinese Limnology and Oceanography Union; Woods Hole Sea Grant Program
Academic Services
<Journal of Geophysical Research>; <Continental Shelf Research>; <Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science>; <Journal of Hydro-environment Research>; <Journal of Marine Systems>; <Hydrological Sciences Journal>; <Water>; <River Research and Applications>
Courses Teaching
1. Computational Fluid Dynamics
2. Marine Engineering Environment,
