Mark D. Hunter

Dean
Odum Chair of Ecology
Graduate Program Faculty

Mark D. Hunter is Dean of the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia. He received his undergraduate degree (Zoology) and doctoral degree (Ecology) from the University of Oxford, UK. After a NATO Fellowship at Penn State University and NSERC Fellowship at Laval University, Hunter joined the faculty at the University of Georgia in 1995. After 11 years at UGA, Hunter moved to the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan. While at Michigan, Hunter was the Founding Director of the Frontiers Program in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, which seeks to increase participation by underrepresented students in the field. Hunter received the Henry A. Gleason Collegiate Professorship and Earl E. Werner Distinguished University Professorship for his contributions to research, education and outreach at UM.

Hunter returned to UGA in 2023 to serve as Dean of the Odum School of Ecology, and holds the Eugene P. Odum Chair.  Hunter is committed to fostering interdisciplinary programs and partnerships within and beyond academic institutions that advance scholarship, education, service and outreach in the ecological sciences.