Scott Isard is Professor of Aerobiology Penn State University. He is also Affiliate/Adjunct Professor at Illinois State Water Survey, Illinois Natural History Survey, Dept. Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, and Department of Geography, University of Montreal. Isard is an associate editor of Aerobiologia and co- editor-in-chief of Physical Aerobiology, a new electronic journal. Isard is also a member of executive committees of the International Aerobiology Association and the Pan-American Aerobiology Association.