Mary Pikul Anderson is a

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, and

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. She is a fellow of the

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, the

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, and the

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Early life and education

Anderson was born September 30, 1948 in Buffalo, New York. She received a

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degree at the

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in 1970. She earned an M.S. in 1971 and a PhD in 1973 from

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. After a brief time at

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of Long Island University, she joined the faculty of the

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in 1975 where she was promoted to professor in 1985. Anderson was elected as a member into the

in 2006 for leadership in the development of groundwater-flow models. Anderson also served as president of the Hydrology Section of the

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'' and ''Applied Groundwater Modeling'', now in a 2nd edition (2015). She has been cited as turning groundwater modeling into a "fundamental tool of practicing hydrologists."

Selected publications

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Awards and honors

*M. King Hubbert Award of the Association of Groundwater Scientists and Engineers and the

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(1992) * O.E. Meinzer Award, Geological Society of America (1998) *Fellow, Geological Society of America *Fellow, American Geophysical Union (1999) *C.V. Theis Award, American Institute of Hydrology (2000) *Elected member, National Academy of Engineering (2006) *Walter Langbein lecture, American Geophysical Union (2007)

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