ABSTRACT
Rina Schumer is an associate research professor in the division of hydrologic sciences at the Desert Research Institute in Reno, NV, United States. A²er completing her undergraduate studies in earth and environmental sciences at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Rina worked in environmental consulting in New England, primarily focused on groundwater remediation. She has graduate degrees in both applied mathematics and hydrogeology. Her doctoral research focused on models for anomalous transport in porous media. Dr. Schumer s᾿ current research includes development and application of stochastic models in a broad range of earth and environmental sciences. She is principal investigator with the National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics and the associate director for the University of Nevada Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences.
