Robert Lund received his Ph.D. degree in Statistics from The University of North Carolina in 1993. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Clemson University. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and was the 2005-2007 Editor of the Journal of the American Statistical Association, Reviews Section. He has published over 70 refereed papers and has graduated 15 doctoral students. His interests are in time series, applied probability, statistical climatology, and veterinary disease mapping.