She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Cognitive Science at the University of California, Irvine, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Psychology at Syracuse University. Her research is focused on the interaction between episodic and semantic memory, as well as decision making in naturalistic environments. Pernille Hemmer is currently a board member of The Society for Mathematical Psychology and a co-organizer for Women of Mathematical Psychology.Kathy Pezdek, Claremont Graduate University