2009 E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Lecture Dr. Andrew C. Comrie is a climatologist specializing in the geographic aspects of atmospheric environmental issues, and he has published widely in specialized and interdisciplinary international journals. His expertise includes synoptic climatology, urban and regional air pollution, climate variability and change, climate and health, multivariate statistical climate analysis, and computerized map-pattern recognition and classification techniques. Dr. Comrie is currently investigating summer and winter climate variability in the Southwest United States, climatological and human factors influencing air pollution at local and regional scales, links between climate and disease, climate and wildfire, and new techniques for mapping climate and air quality information. His work has been funded by numerous federal, state and local agencies. He has served on numerous national-level professional committees and as editor or editorial board member for several scholarly journals. He is currently Editor for the Americas for the International Journal of Climatology. (Javascript is required to view Mediasite content)