FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 15, 2008

DRI hires Statistical Hydrologist
Rina Schumer’s water research relates to both Reno and Las Vegas

RENO - Rina Schumer has been hired as an Assistant Research Professor, specializing in Statistical Hydrology, at the Desert Research Institute.

“We are very familiar with Rina as she has worked on projects at DRI over the past decade and is a product of the University of Nevada, Reno,” said Stephen Wells, DRI President. “Much of her research has focused on stochastic theory for representing hydrologic processes with random components.”

Two good examples of her research are based in Nevada. Schumer has studied the relationship of Truckee River inflows and outflows through the Truckee Meadows to help predict flows at Derby Dam. She is also involved in an Army Corps of Engineers’ study to better predict the size of flash floods in Las Vegas, Phoenix and Albuquerque and improve flood control planning and construction.

Schumer earned a doctorate in Hydrogeology from UNR in 2002, where she also previously received master’s degrees in Applied Mathematics and Hydrogeology. She received her bachelor’s degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences from Wesleyan University in 1992.

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