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Mark Hunter


Mark Hunter
MMPEI Faculty Fellow

 

 


Mark Hunter is Professor of Natural Resources & Environment and Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan.

He received his bachelors 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 1995.  While at UGA, he served as Professor in the Institute of Ecology and as founding Director of the Center for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Processes. 

He joined the University of Michigan in January 2006 as Professor in both the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and in the School of Natural Resources and Environment. 

His research interests include plant-herbivore interactions, population dynamics, ecosystem ecology, and biodiversity. This research links population processes and ecosystem processes in terrestrial environments.

Dr. Hunter has published over 95 journal articles and books and served on the editorial board of several major journals. Media coverage of his research includes The BBC, CNN, The National Geographic and National Public Radio/PRI.

Dr. Mark Hunter is a MMPEI Faculty Fellow.