Mark Hunter is Dean and Eugene P. Odum Professor of Ecology at the University of Georgia. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1984 and his doctorate in 1988, both from the University of Oxford in England. After serving as a NATO International Fellow and an NSERC International Fellow, he joined the faculty of the University of Georgia in January of 1995. During his first appointment at UGA, he served as Professor in the Institute of Ecology and as founding Director of the Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes. Hunter joined the University of Michigan in January 2006 where he served as the Earl E. Werner Distinguished University Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He returned to UGA in 2023 to serve as dean of the Odum School. Hunter’s research interests include conservation biology, environmental change, ecosystem ecology, biodiversity, and population dynamics. His research links population dynamics with ecosystem processes in terrestrial environments and explores the mitigation of global environmental change. Professor Hunter has published over 170 research articles and written or edited six books. He is the recipient of both a CAREER Award and an OPUS Award from the National Science Foundation, and in 2014 was elected a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America. From 2007 to 2012, he served as the first Director of the award-winning Frontiers Master’s Program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, which fosters graduate student diversity at the University of Michigan. Media coverage of his research includes The BBC, CNN, CBC, ABC, The Times, The Business Standard, The LA Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Science Podcast, Nature World News, The National Geographic, Scientific American, Natural History Magazine, Science News, Science Magazine, The Smithsonian, United Press International, and National Public Radio/Public Radio International.