Mary P. Anderson

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Mary Frances Pikul Anderson
BornSeptember 30, 1948
Buffalo, New York
Alma materStanford University
Scientific career
Thesis Numerical studies of linked soil-moisture and groundwater systems  (1973)

Mary Pikul Anderson is a hydrologist, geologist, and professor emerita of hydrogeology. She is a fellow of the Geological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, [1] and the National Academy of Engineering. [2]

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Early life and education

Anderson was born September 30, 1948, in Buffalo, New York. [3] She received a B.A. degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1970. [1] She earned an M.S. in 1971 [1] [4] and a PhD [5] in 1973 from Stanford University. After a brief time at Southampton College of Long Island University, she joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1975 where she was promoted to professor in 1985. [1]

Anderson was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 for leadership in the development of groundwater-flow models. [2] Anderson also served as president of the Hydrology Section of the American Geophysical Union from 1996 until 1998, and was the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Groundwater from 2002 until 2005. [1]

Research

Anderson's research involves groundwater–lake interaction and application of computer models.

She is co-author of two textbooks including Introduction to Groundwater Modeling [6] and Applied Groundwater Modeling, now in a 2nd edition (2015). [7] She has been cited as turning groundwater modeling into a "fundamental tool of practicing hydrologists." [8]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

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  3. ↑ ""Legendary" Mentor Follows the Groundwater". Eos. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  4. ↑ Pikul, Mary F (1971). Environmental survey of San Gregorio Valley, San Mateo County, California (Thesis). OCLC   81602873.
  5. ↑ Pikul, Mary Frances (1973). Numerical studies of linked soil-moisture and groundwater systems (Thesis). OCLC   5665668.
  6. ↑ Wang, Herbert; Anderson, Mary P. (1995). Introduction to groundwater modeling : finite difference and finite element methods. San Diego: Academic Press. ISBN   978-0-08-057194-2. OCLC   782873727.
  7. ↑ Anderson, Mary P. (2015). Applied groundwater modeling : simulation of flow and advective transport. William W. Woessner, R. J. Hunt (Second ed.). London, UK. ISBN   978-0-08-091638-5. OCLC   914472583.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ↑ Zheng, Chunmiao (March 1999). "O.E. Meinzer Award Presented to Mary P. Anderson" (PDF). Geological Society of America. GSA Today. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  9. ↑ "M. King Hubbert Award recipients". Default. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  10. ↑ "Meinzer Award Citation for Mary Anderson". hydro.geo.ua.edu. 1998. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  11. ↑ "GSA Fellowship". www.geosociety.org. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  12. ↑ "Anderson". Honors Program. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  13. ↑ "The 2000 C.V. Theis award" (PDF). 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-08-21. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  14. ↑ "Walter Langbein Lecture". www.agu.org. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
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