Daniel J. Soeder
Director of the Energy Resources Initiative
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
USA
Biography
Daniel J. Soeder is director of the Energy Resources Initiative at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology in Rapid City, SD, USA. He joined SD Mines in May 2017 with eight years of experience as a research scientist at the Morgantown, WV campus of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory, where he investigated the environmental risks of unconventional oil and gas development, and 18 years as a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) studying groundwater contamination on the U.S. east coast, and nuclear waste isolation in Nevada. Prior to joining the USGS, he spent a decade with the Gas Technology Institute in Chicago, researching hydrocarbon production from unconventional resources. He also worked as a DOE contractor collecting and characterizing Eastern Gas Shale Project cores. He holds a BS from Cleveland State University, and an MS from Bowling Green State University (Ohio), both in geology.
Research Interest
Stranded Gas Optimization of Fossil Fuel and Geothermal Resources by Indigenous Development (OFFGRID) Bakken Environmental Access Research Site (BEARS)