Marco Hatch is an Associate Professor of Environmental Science at the College of the Environment, Western Washington University. Marco is marine ecologist with a Ph.D. in Biological Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a member of the Samish Indian Nation. Prior to WWU he directed the Salish Sea Research Center at Northwest Indian College. His research weaves traditional ecological knowledge and marine science through the exploration of food systems. He is currently co-PI for the NSF funded Native Food, Energy, Water Systems INCLUDES Alliance. Hatch is on the Board of Trustees for the Washington Chapter of the Nature Conservancy and an Advisory Committee member for the UN Decade Northeast Pacific Collaborative Center.
Service Outside the University
2022-current UN Decade of the Ocean Collaborative Center Northeast Pacific Advisory committee
2022-current Indigenous Aquaculture Collaborative Steering committee member
2020-current Clam Garden Advisory Board Member
2020-current Advisory Board for the Coast Salish Youth Stewards Corps
2020-current Board of Trustees for The Nature Conservancy, Washington Chapter
2019-current Swinomish Clam Garden Technical Advisory Group Member
2019-current Science Advisor, SeaDoc Society
2019-current Steering Committee, Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program, University of Washington
2018 Session Organizer Coastal Almanac: Marine Science Beyond the Ivory Tower, Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
2016 Session Co-Organizer Strengthening Connections to Place in Changing Times: Clam Garden Knowledge, Research, and Stories, Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference
2015 Co-Organizer Role of Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge and Science in Tribal and First Nation Research and Restoration. Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation.
2014-2015 Research Advisor, Stephanie Moore, JPB Environmental Health Fellows Program, Harvard School of Health
2014-2015 Cohort Project Advisor, University of Washington IGERT Program in Ocean Change.
Awards and Recognition
2017 Research Conservation Award, Seattle Aquarium
2017 Outstanding Native American Mentor, Society of Chicanos / Latinos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
2017 WWU Profiles faculty
2017 Lifelong Learning Certificate in STEM: WWU Campus Equity & Inclusion Forum