Benjamin D. DeJong
23 Hill St. Ext.
Waterbury, VT 05676
(435) 760-5440
bdejong@uvm.edu
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EDUCATION
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Fall 2010 – present
Ph.D. Geology
Major Advisor: Dr. Paul Bierman
Cumulative GPA: 4.0
Coursework: GIS Practicum; Vermont Field Geology; Graduate Writing; Remote Sensing; Geostatistics; Stable Isotope Geochemistry;
X-Ray Diffractometry
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Fall 2004 – 2007
M.S. Geology
Major Advisor: Dr. Joel L. Pederson
“Effects of Quaternary climate change on tributary sedimentation and geomorphology in eastern Grand Canyon”
Cumulative GPA: 3.931
Coursework: advanced sedimentology; advanced (hillslope and landscape) geomorphology; fluvial geomorphology; remote
sensing/GIS; soils genesis, morphology, and classification; mechanics of earth systems; paleoclimatology; OSL seminar;
Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Fall 1999 –Winter 2003
B.S.Geology
Major GPA: 3.84/4.0, Cumulative GPA: 3.653/4.0
Coursework: introductory geology; historical geology; paleontology; sedimentology; stratigraphy; geomorphology; igneous and
metamorphic petrology; mineralogy; geochemistry; structural geology; environmental geology; cartography and GIS; inorganic chemistry;
physics; calculus
EXPERIENCE
Teaching
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TA—Geomorphology; University of Vermont, 2011
Assistant faculty—Environmental Science and Technology: The Governor’s Institute of Vermont, 2011
TA—The dynamic earth: University of Vermont, 2011
TA—Geologic hazards: University of Vermont, 2010
TA—Introductory geology lab: University of Vermont, 2010
TA—Geomorphology lab: Utah State University, 2006
TA—Introductory geology lab: Utah State University, 2006
TA—Geomorphology lab: Utah State University, 2004
TA—Introductory field methods, assistant instructor: Calvin College, 2004
TA—Introductory geology lab: Calvin College, 2003
TA—Historical geology lab: Calvin College, 2002
Field and Laboratory
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Field mapping: hillslope, fluvial, estuarine, marine deposits; Geologic mapping in arcGIS and Adobe Illustrator
Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) geochronology: Collection and processing of samples; analyzation and interpretation of
data
Core extraction and analyzation: Acted as driller’s assistant in many coring and auguring drilling projects; core logging from
description to digitizing and presentation.
Geophysics: Field assisted for ground penetrating radar (GPR), audio-magnetotelluric (AMT), and magnetotelluric (MT) surveys
Proficient in soil classification and in measuring stream characteristics (ie. discharge, geometries, and clast size)
AWARDS
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Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, USU; 2006
GSA Student Research Grant Award; 2005
Deans List, Calvin College; 1999-2003
Clarence Menninga Field Camp Fund, Calvin College; 2003
Michigan Competitive Scholarship, Calvin College; 1999-2003
Calvin College Honors Scholarship; 1999-2003
John and Lillian Van Oosten Science Scholarship, Calvin College; 2002
SPECIAL SKILLS
Laboratory Skills: wet and dry sieving for particle size separation; heavy mineral separation; HCL acid bath administration;
comfortable working in a dark room environment; certified for working with sealed source radioactive materials
Software Proficiency: ESRI ArcGIS 8.3, 9.0, 9.1 GIS packages; Erdas Imagine; Definiens Ecognition Developer; Adobe Creator
Suite (CS2+), Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Unix operating systems; Microsoft Office package; SigmaPlot 2000; Matlab; JMP
PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS
Newell, W.L., and DeJong, B.D., 2011. Cold-climate slope deposits and landscape modifications of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain,
Eastern USA. in Martini, I. P., French, H.M.&Pe´rez Alberti, A. (eds) Ice-Marginal and Periglacial Processes and Sediments.
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 354, 259–276
Fleming, B.J., and DeJong, B.D., 2011 Geology, hydrology, and water quality of the Little Blackwater River watershed, Dorchester
County, Maryland, 2006–09: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5054, 82 p., available
at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5054/.
DeJong, B.D., and Newell, W.L., 2009. Sedimentological details of two closely spaced 100+ foot cores from the Little Blackwater River
Watershed: Implications for Ground Water Modeling, Sixth Annual Science Meeting of the Chesapeake Marshlands NWR
Complex, March 18, 2009, at Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD, Abstracts with program.
Newell, W.L., DeJong, B.D., and Edwards, L., 2009. Understanding the shallow substrate of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, and
potential mechanisms for variable subsidence rates, Sixth Annual Science Meeting of the Chesapeake Marshlands NWR
Complex, March 18, 2009, at Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD, Abstracts with program.
Smoot, J.P., Newell, W.L., and DeJong, B.D., 2009. Investigation into the origin and character of surficial sedimentary deposits at the
Midshore Regional Solid Waste Facility near Easton, Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1052, 64 p.
DeJong, B.D., Newell, W.L., Clark, I., Pierce H.A., Smoot, J.P., Landacre, B., Demitroff, M., French, H.M., 2009. The Parsonsburg
Alloformation of Central Delmarva: An artifact of a cold, dry Pleistocene landscape, Association of American Geographers 2009
Annual Meeting (54), Las Vegas, NV, Session 4254, “Past, Present, and Future Frozen Ground Environments II”, Abstract with
Program.
Demitroff, M., French, H.M., Gozdzik, J., Pope, G., DeJong, B.D, 2009. Wisconsinian eolian activity and paleohydrology, New Jersey
Pine Barrens (39ºN), Eastern USA, Association of American Geographers 2009 Annual Meeting (54), Las Vegas, NV, Session
4254, “Past, Present, and Future Frozen Ground Environments II”, Abstract with Program.
French, H.M., Demitroff, M., Newell, W.L., DeJong, B.D., 2009. Past permafrost on the mid-Atlantic coastal plain, Eastern USA:
Implications for relict permafrost in Central Alaska and North-Western Arctic Canada, Association of American Geographers
2009 Annual Meeting (54), Las Vegas, NV, Session 4254, “Past, Present, and Future Frozen Ground Environments II”, Abstract
with Program.
Pierce H.A., Newell, W.L., DeJong, B.D., Benthem, A., 2008. The application of two geophysical techniques to map the subsurface at
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, MD, Fifth Annual Science Meeting of the Chesapeake Marshlands NWR Complex, April 9,
2008, at Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD, Abstracts with program.
Newell, W.L., DeJong, B.D., 2008 New Perspectives on Sub-Surface Geology at Blackwater NWR, Dorchester County, MD, Fifth
Annual Science Meeting of the Chesapeake Marshlands NWR Complex, April 9, 2008, at Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD,
Abstracts with program.
DeJong, B.D., Newell, W.L., Pierce, H.A., Clark, I., 2008. Surficial Geologic Map of the Blackwater NWR Area Interpreted from LiDAR
Elevation Data; Taylors Island, Golden Hill, and Blackwater Quads, Dorchester County, Maryland. Fifth Annual Science
Meeting of the Chesapeake Marshlands NWR Complex, April 9, 2008, at Chesapeake College, Wye Mills, MD, Abstracts with
program.
Newell, W.L., DeJong, B.D., Benthem, A., and Morawe, R., 2008. Tidewater geomorphology at George Washington’s Birthplace
National Monument, Westmoreland County, VA. Geological Society of Washington Annual Fall Field Trip.
DeJong, B.D., 2007. Effects of Quaternary Climate Change on Tributary Sedimentation and Geomorphology in Eastern Grand Canyon
[MS Thesis] Logan, UT, Utah State University, 109 p.
DeJong, B.D., Pederson, J.L., Rittenour, T.M., and Goble R.J., 2006. Using OSL geochronology to correlate stream and hillslope
deposits to climate change in eastern Grand Canyon tributaries, Open-File Report - U. S. Geological Survey, Report: OF 20061351, pp.20, 2006.
DeJong, B.D., Pederson, Joel L., and Rittenour, Tammy M., 2005, Testing the signature of climate change on sedimentation and
geomorphology in eastern Grand Canyon tributaries, GSA Annual Meeting, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 296.
In Progress:
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Powars, D.S., Newell, W.L., DeJong, B.D., Surficial Geologic Map of the Trappe 7.5’ Quadrangle with adjacent ChoptankRiver-bounding parts of the Preston, East New Market, and Cambridge 7.5’ Quadrangles, Talbot County, MD, U.S. Geological
Survey Special Investigations Report in open file format. Report includes 4 plates: map, cross sections, drill logs, and
geophysical profiles.
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DeJong, B.D., Newell, W.L., Surficial Geology and geomorphology of the Blackwater, Golden Hill, and Taylors Island 7.5’
Quadrangles on a LiDAR-DEM base. U.S. Geological Survey SIR in OF format., Report includes 4 plates: map, cross
sections, drill logs, and geophysical profiles.
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Newell, W.L., DeJong, B.D., Powars, D.S., Pierce, H, Vogt, P., Halka, J., Clark,I, Geologic Framework of the Central
Chesapeake Bay Region, U.S. Geological Survey, SIR based on serial presentation of late Pleistocene allostratigraphic
sequences mapped on a DEM of seamless bathymetry and topography, Data files include three dimensional information from
coring and geophysics and marine geophysics, and from various age dating techniques and paleontology.
(Data of above report will support the eventual compilation of the central and eastern thirds of the Washington East 30’ X 60’
geologic map.)
COLLABORATORS
Wayne Newell, USGS
Art Schultz, USGS
Herb Pierce, USGS
Tom Cronin, USGS
Christopher Bernhardt, USGS
Brandon Fleming, USGS WRD
Joel Pederson, Utah State University
Tammy Rittenour, Utah State University
Mark Demitroff, University of Delaware Permafrost Group
Hugh French, University of Ottawa (Emeritus); University of Delaware Permafrost Group
ACTIVITIES/INTERESTS
Outdoor recreation: running, hiking, backpacking, rock climbing, cycling, canoeing, skiing, fly-fishing, hunting…
Painting: five years experience as professional interior/exterior residential and commercial painter; will happily paint a room when
financially challenged