{"542631":{"#nid":"542631","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mark Hay Named Fellow of Ecological Society","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Biology Professor\u0026nbsp;and Harry and Linda Teasley Chair\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/labs.biology.gatech.edu\/labs\/hay\/\u0022\u003EMark E. Hay\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has been\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.esa.org\/esa\/2016-esa-fellows\/\u0022\u003Eelected\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;a Fellow of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.esa.org\/esa\/\u0022\u003EEcological Society of America\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(ESA). ESA fellows\u0026nbsp;are members who have made outstanding contributions to a wide range of fields served by ESA, including, but not restricted to, those that advance or apply ecological knowledge in academia, government, non-profit organizations, and the broader society. They are elected for life.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHay is being recognized for advancing the science of ecology. Specifically, Hay is credited for seminal contributions to understanding community organization, consumer-prey interactions, and the chemical cues regulating biotic interactions in aquatic ecosystems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAn experimental ecologist, Hay has been revolutionizing marine conservation and management and is a founder of the field of marine chemical ecology. For the past four decades, he has led scientific expeditions to remote regions to study the processes and mechanisms that control the organization, function, and sustainability of natural ecosystems.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Mark links the design of field experimentation with laboratory analysis in ways that reinforce, and often revise or invent, ecological theory,\u0026rdquo; comments \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ecology.uga.edu\/facultyMember.php?Covich-20\/\u0022\u003EAlan P. Covich\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor of ecology at the University of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong Hay\u0026rsquo;s seminal contributions, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/werc.ucsc.edu\/Estes\/Estes_dk.html\u0022\u003EJames A. Estes\u003C\/a\u003E singles out the identification and demonstration of the interplay between plant secondary metabolites and species interactions in ocean systems. Estes is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. These early research findings, Estes says, have led to key discoveries \u0026ndash; such as the multiple functionality of secondary metabolites \u0026ndash; and \u0026ldquo;an integrated view of the ecological importance of plant secondary metabolites across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENotably, Hay\u0026rsquo;s pioneering work was carried out in remote areas of the world, like Fiji, that otherwise would lack long-term ecological research, comments \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ib.berkeley.edu\/labs\/power\/\u0022\u003EMary E. Power\u003C\/a\u003E, a professor of integrative biology at the University of California, Berkeley. \u0026nbsp;\u0026ldquo;Mark and his graduate students overcame logistical and cultural challenges to maintain prolonged field studies of reefs in remote tropical areas.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd according to Georgia Tech School of Biology Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.biology.gatech.edu\/people\/joshua-weitz\/\u0022\u003EJoshua S. Weitz\u003C\/a\u003E, through outreach, education, and communication efforts, Hay \u0026ldquo;has transformed conservation practices for coral reefs and helped support the next generation of marine ecologists.\u0026rdquo; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERecently, Hay\u0026rsquo;s work has enabled scientists to \u0026ldquo;listen\u0026rdquo; to the conversations of marine organisms, carried out with chemical signals. Hay is learning to treat marine environmental collapse by understanding the chemical communication of critical marine organisms.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Mark\u0026rsquo;s accomplishments make us beam with pride,\u0026rdquo; says College of Sciences Dean Paul M. Goldbart. \u0026ldquo;Mark is an exemplary scientist and educator, inspiring students and colleagues alike.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn April, Hay received the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/524411\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award\u003C\/a\u003E, in recognition of his highly impactful publications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA skilled science communicator, Hay has shared his discoveries with various nonexpert audiences, including village chiefs in Fiji. His work has been featured in the \u003Cem\u003EWall Street Journal,\u003C\/em\u003E the \u003Cem\u003ENew York Times,\u003C\/em\u003E BBC, NPR, and other global media outlets. For being at the forefront of conservation science, Hay received the prestigious \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/explorers.org\/news\/news_detail\/announcing_the_2015_lowell_thomas_awardees\u0022\u003ELowell Thomas Award\u003C\/a\u003E from the Explorers Club in 2015.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"School of Biology professor cofounded field of marine chemical ecology."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Biology professor cofounded field of marine chemical ecology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"School of Biology professor cofounded field of marine chemical ecology."}],"uid":"32503","created_gmt":"2016-06-07 14:47:45","changed_gmt":"2018-01-11 21:55:16","author":"Scotty Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-06-07T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"542651":{"id":"542651","type":"image","title":"Clone of Mark Hay","body":null,"created":"1465412400","gmt_created":"2016-06-08 19:00:00","changed":"1475895333","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:33","alt":"Clone of Mark Hay","file":{"fid":"90753","name":"mark.hay_.capture.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mark.hay_.capture_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/mark.hay_.capture_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":2444763,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/mark.hay_.capture_0.png?itok=2NlnNEcf"}}},"media_ids":["542651"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"172106","name":"Ecological Society of America"},{"id":"4320","name":"ecology"},{"id":"589","name":"ESA"},{"id":"13884","name":"Mark Hay"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA. Maureen Rouhi\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDirector of Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}