Jeffrey Rosenthal is a Professor of Statistics, specialising in Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithms. He received his bachelor degree from the University of Toronto, and his PhD in Mathematics from Harvard University. He was awarded the 2006 CRM-SSC Prize, the 2007 COPSS Presidents’ Award, the 2013 SSC Gold Medal, and teaching awards at both Harvard and Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and of the Royal Society of Canada. His book for the general public, Struck by Lightning, was published in sixteen editions and ten languages, and was a bestseller in Canada.