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 (WSU, or colloquially Wazzu) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington, United States. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest Land-grant uni ...

, 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; ) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States. Founded in 1889 by the New Mexico Territorial Legislature, it is the state's second oldest university, a flagship university in th ...

, graduating ''

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

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

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

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. 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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