Madhuri S. Mulekar is a Professor of Statistics in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics. Her research areas of interest are selection and ranking procedures, sequential testing procedures, and classical inference. She is recipient of several National Science Foundation, USARC, and Alabama EPSCoR awards. She directed undergraduate research program (REU) in statistics which was attended by students from colleges and universities all over United States. She has directed over 40 undergraduate research projects, most of which were externally funded. She has published 35 articles, a book and a book chapter. One of her book is currently being reviewed. She has extensively collaborated with USA faculty and faculty from other institutions on numerous projects. She also worked as a Statistician for the University of South Alabama - Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. She has served on various national committees, including Advisory Committee on Continuing Education and Advanced Placement Test Development Committee for Statistics, to promote statistics research and education. She was awarded Scholar of the Year Award by Phi Kappa Phi, and Chapter Recognition Award by Council of Chapters, American Statistical Association. She was also elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association.