Daniel J. Soeder, Hydrologist/Public Information Officer

Education and Experience

M.S.

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, 1978, Marine Geology.

B.S.

Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, Geology, Minor in Physics.

Experience

• 10/02-present: Hydrologist in the USGS MD-DE-DC Water Science Center. Collateral duties include public information and outreach, environmental compliance, and facilities management.
• 10/98-10/02: Supervisory Hydrologist, office chief of USGS Delaware Subdistrict, Dover, DE.
• 9/91-9/98: Hydrologist, USGS Yucca Mountain Project Branch, Las Vegas, NV, coordinated USGS field activities on the U.S. Department of Energy Yucca Mountain Project.
• 8/90 - 9/91: USGS Contractor, developed laboratory measurement techniques to obtain petrophysical data on volcanic rocks at Yucca Mountain, NV.
• 9/81-8/90: Geologist, Gas Technology Institute, Chicago, investigated unconventional natural gas resources.
• 9/79-8/81: Geological Engineer, Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company on U.S. Department of Energy contract to collect and characterize drill core from Devonian shale gas wells.

Associations / Memberships

• American Geophysical Union (AGU), Washington, D.C.; member since 1991, Hydrology section.
• Geological Society of America (GSA), Boulder, Colorado; member since 1986.

Research or professional focus / current projects

Research interests encompass coastal hydrology, ground water, wetlands, and urban hydrology. Projects recently completed were an analysis of the effects of ground-water withdrawal on the water resources of Southern Maryland, investigating saltwater intrusion into a historically-fresh Chesapeake Bay marsh, and assessing heavy metal contamination on a National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware. Current interests include ground-water measurement in an urbanized watershed, water resource assessments near Maryland military bases in response to an influx of personnel, and serving as the chair of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee to the Delaware Estuary Program.

Selected Publications

Soeder, D.J., Raffensperger, J.P. and Nardi, M.R., 2007, Effects of withdrawals on ground-water levels in Southern Maryland and adjacent Eastern Shore, 1980-2005: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5249, October, 2007.

Kreeger, D., Tudor, R., Sharp, J., Kilham, S., Soeder, D., Maxwell-Doyle, M., Kraeuter, J., Frizzera, D., Hameedi, J., and Collier, C., 2006, Status and needs of science in the Delaware Estuary: Partnership for the Delaware Estuary Report #06-01, 72 p.

Soeder, D. J. and Miller, C.V., 2003, Ground-water contamination from lead shot at Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Sussex County, Delaware: USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4282, 26 p.

Soeder, D. J., 1990, Applications of fluorescence microscopy to the study of pores in tight rocks: AAPG Bulletin, Vol. 74, No. 1, p. 30-40.

Soeder, D. J., 1988, Porosity and permeability of eastern Devonian gas shale: SPE Formation Evaluation, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 116-124.

Other Information

Active in the Sierra Club outings program, both locally and nationally. Activities outside of work include hiking, camping, bicycling and kayaking. I also write fiction for a hobby when it's too unpleasant to be outside.