Bio for Dr. Murray Clayton Murray Clayton received his B. Math

Bio for Dr. Murray Clayton
Murray Clayton received his B. Math. (Hons.) degree in statistics and
pure mathematics from the University of Waterloo in 1979, and earned
his PhD in statistics from the University of Minnesota in 1983. He is
a Professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Statistics
and in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison. He is a past chair of the Department of Plant
Pathology and a past director of the College of Agricultural and Life
Sciences Biometry Program. At the campus level, he is a former chair
of the Tenure Committee for the Biological Sciences, and a former
chair of the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate. His research
interests include the application of statistics to the agricultural,
biological, and environmental sciences, focusing especially on spatial
statistics. He is the author of over 170 publications in the
statistical and scientific literature and he has mentored 25 MS and
PhD graduated students. A substantial portion of Dr. Clayton's weekly
activities include collaborating with researchers in the College of
Agricultural and Life Sciences. His teaching includes a course on
statistical consulting for graduate students in statistics, and
courses directed toward graduate students in the biological sciences.
He has twice received major awards for his teaching.

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