Lynn G. Schreyer (formerly Lynn Laverne Schreyer Bennethum) is an American

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whose research concerns the

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ing of

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. She is associate professor of mathematics and statistics at

Washington State University Washington State University (Washington State, WSU, or informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university with its flagship, and oldest, campus in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant unive ...

, and full professor of the department of mathematics and statistics at Washington State University in March 2021 . Dr. Schreyer was the former chair of the

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Activity Group on Geosciences.

Education and career

Schreyer studied mechanical engineering at the

University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM; es, Universidad de Nuevo México) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889, it is the state's flagship academic institution and the largest by enrollment, with over 25,400 ...

, graduating ''

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'' in 1986. After earning a master's degree in mechanical engineering at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

in 1988, she switched to mathematics, earning a second master's degree in 1990 and a Ph.D. in 1994, both from

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and money ...

. Her dissertation, ''Multiscale Hybrid Mixture Theory for Swelling Systems with Interfaces'', was jointly supervised by Jim Douglas Jr. and John H. Cushman. After postdoctoral research in

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at Purdue, Schreyer became an assistant professor of mathematics at the

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, earning tenure there as an associate professor in 2002. She moved to her present position at Washington State University in 2016. Schreyer chaired the

(SIAM) Activity Group on Geosciences (SIAG-GS) from 2004 to 2006.

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