Sergio Rey’s research focuses on spatial data science, geocomputation, the dynamics of spatial inequality, regional science, and open science. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Spatial Econometrics Association, and the Regional Science Association International. His work has been supported by funding from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute on Aging, the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute of Justice, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among other sources. Rey served as editor of Geographical Analysis (2015–2018) and the International Regional Science Review (1999–2018). He is the Founding Director of the Center for Open Geographical Science and the co-founder and lead developer of the open-source Python Spatial Analysis Library (PySAL). He has taught PySAL workshops around the world.