I am honored to be the recipient of the American Statistical Association’s Section on Statistics and the Environment 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award.
Citation: For outstanding methodological contributions in diverse areas of environmental statistics including spatial statistics and extreme value analysis; for deep and prolific collaborations with researchers in climate science and environmental health; for exemplary service to the environmental statistics community; and for generous mentoring of early career environmental statisticians.
A sincere thanks to all my mentors, students and colleagues!