Biography:Ying Fan Reinfelder

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Short description: Chinese–American earth scientist and academic


Ying Fan Reinfelder
Alma materUtah State University
University of Utah
Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
Scientific career
InstitutionsRutgers University
Princeton University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisGroundwater flow in closed desert basins: Insights from numerical experiments (1992)

Ying Fan Reinfelder is a Chinese–American earth scientist who is a professor and researcher in the Rutgers University Institute of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. She is interested in climate dynamics and the global water cycle. She was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2022.

Early life and education

Reinfelder was an undergraduate student at the Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture.[citation needed] She moved to the United States for graduate studies, earning a master's degree in geography at the University of Utah. She was a doctoral researcher at Utah State University. Her doctoral research involved numerical investigations into groundwater flow in desert basins.[1] Her research considered density driven ground water flow in desert basins.[1] After earning her doctorate, Reinfelder joined Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral researcher. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University.[citation needed]

Research and career

Reinfelder is a professor in the Rutgers University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.[2] Her research considers hydrology, and how water impacts the function and structure of planet Earth.[3]

In 2017, Reinfelder demonstrated that soil hydrology influenced global patterns of plant root depths.[4]

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