Shemin Ge is a hydrogeologist who is a distinguished professor of geological sciences at the

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. She researches groundwater in

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Life

Ge earned a B.S. from

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in 1982. She received a M.S. from the

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in 1985. Ge earned a Ph.D. in hydrogeology from

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in 1990. Ge is a hydrogeologist who researches groundwater in

. In 1993, she joined the faculty at the

. She is a distinguished professor of geological sciences. She became a fellow the

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and

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in 2006 and 2023 respectively.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ge, Shemin Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Hydrogeologists Chinese women geologists Women hydrologists 21st-century Chinese women scientists Fellows of the Geological Society of America Fellows of the American Geophysical Union Chinese expatriate academics in the United States Wuhan University of Technology alumni University of British Columbia alumni Johns Hopkins University alumni University of Colorado Boulder faculty