Mary P. Anderson

Mary Pikul Anderson (born September 30, 1948, Buffalo, New York) is a hydrologist, geologist, and professor emerita of hydrogeology. She received a B.A. degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and a M.S. and PhD at Stanford University. She taught at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her research involves groundwater–lake interaction and application of computer models.

She is co-author of two textbooks including Applied Groundwater Modeling, now in a 2nd edition (2015). She has been cited as turning groundwater modeling into a "fundamental tool of practicing hydrologists."

Her many awards include:

• Hubbert Award of the Association of Groundwater Scientists and Engineers and the National Ground Water Association (1992)
• O.E. Meinzer Award (1998)

She is a Fellow of AGU and GSA and was

• President of the Hydrology Section of the American Geophysical Union (1996-1998)
• Editor-in-Chief of the professional journal Groundwater (2002-2011)
• also current member National Academy of Engineering (2006)