[1] She moved to the United States for graduate studies, earning a master's degree in geography at the University of Utah.
[2] After earning her doctorate, Reinfelder joined Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral researcher.
[citation needed] Reinfelder is a professor in the Rutgers University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
[3] Her research considers hydrology, and how water impacts the function and structure of planet Earth.
[4] In 2017, Reinfelder demonstrated that soil hydrology influenced global patterns of plant root depths.