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Sandy Zabell is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Northwestern University. He received his PhD in mathematics from Harvard University in 1974. Prior to joining Northwestern, Zabell served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Chicago and held visiting positions at Rutgers and UC Berkeley. He joined the Northwestern Mathematics Department in 1980 and has held a joint appointment with the Department of Statistics since 1986. His research interests include mathematical probability, forensic science, and history. Zabell is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and the Institute of Mathematical Statistics. In 2017, he was elected a Fellow of the International Statistical Institute. He received a Northwestern Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992.