Mary P. Anderson Explained

Mary Frances Pikul Anderson
Birth Date:	30 September 1948
Birth Place:	Buffalo, New York
Alma Mater:	Stanford University
Thesis Title:	Numerical studies of linked soil-moisture and groundwater systems
Thesis Url:	https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/
Thesis Year:	1973
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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, and the National Academy of Engineering.

Early life and education

Anderson was born September 30, 1948, in Buffalo, New York.^[1] She received a B.A. degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1970.^[2] She earned an M.S. in 1971^[3] and a PhD^[4] 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.

Anderson was elected as a member into the National Academy of Engineering in 2006 for leadership in the development of groundwater-flow models.^[5] 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.

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

• Anderson. Mary P.. Cherry. John A.. 1979-11-01. Using models to simulate the movement of contaminants through groundwater flow systems. C R C Critical Reviews in Environmental Control. 9. 2. 97–156. 10.1080/10643387909381669. 1979CREC....9...97A . 0007-8999.
• Anderson. Mary P.. Cherry. John A.. 1979-11-01. Using models to simulate the movement of contaminants through groundwater flow systems. C R C Critical Reviews in Environmental Control. 9. 2. 97–156. 10.1080/10643387909381669. 1979CREC....9...97A . 0007-8999.
• ANDERSON. MARY P.. 1989-04-01. Hydrogeologic facies models to delineate large-scale spatial trends in glacial and glaciofluvial sediments. GSA Bulletin. 101. 4. 501–511. 10.1130/0016-7606(1989)101<0501:HFMTDL>2.3.CO;2. 1989GSAB..101..501A. 0016-7606.

Awards and honors

• M. King Hubbert Award of the Association of Groundwater Scientists and Engineers and the National Ground Water Association (1992)^[9]
• O.E. Meinzer Award, Geological Society of America (1998)^[10]
• Fellow, Geological Society of America ^[11]
• Fellow, American Geophysical Union (1999)^[12]
• C.V. Theis Award, American Institute of Hydrology (2000)^[13]
• Elected member, National Academy of Engineering (2006)
• Walter Langbein lecture, American Geophysical Union (2007)^[14]

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Legendary" Mentor Follows the Groundwater. 2021-08-20. Eos. 8 April 2019. en-US.
2. Web site: Resume of Mary Pikul Anderson. 2021-08-20. www.geology.wisc.edu. 2021-08-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20210820020442/http://www.geology.wisc.edu/homepages/andy/public_html/prof_bio.htm. dead.
3. Environmental survey of San Gregorio Valley, San Mateo County, California. 1971. English. Mary F. Pikul. 81602873.
4. Numerical studies of linked soil-moisture and groundwater systems. 1973. English. Mary Frances. Pikul. 5665668 .
5. Web site: Dr. Mary P. Anderson. 2021-08-20. NAE Website.
6. Book: Wang. Herbert. Mary P.. Anderson. Introduction to groundwater modeling : finite difference and finite element methods. 1995. Academic Press. 978-0-08-057194-2. San Diego. 782873727.
7. Book: Anderson, Mary P.. Applied groundwater modeling : simulation of flow and advective transport. 2015. William W. Woessner, R. J. Hunt. 978-0-08-091638-5. Second. London, UK. 914472583.
8. News: Zheng. Chunmiao. March 1999. O.E. Meinzer Award Presented to Mary P. Anderson. Geological Society of America. GSA Today. 2014-10-11.
9. Web site: M. King Hubbert Award recipients. 2021-08-21. Default. en.
10. Web site: 1998. Meinzer Award Citation for Mary Anderson. 2021-08-21. hydro.geo.ua.edu.
11. Web site: GSA Fellowship. 2021-08-20. www.geosociety.org.
12. Web site: Anderson. 2021-08-20. Honors Program. en-US.
13. Web site: 2000. The 2000 C.V. Theis award. dead. 2021-08-21. 2021-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20210821224039/https://aih.memberclicks.net/assets/docs/2000_cv_theis_award.pdf.
14. Web site: Walter Langbein Lecture. 2021-08-23. www.agu.org.