George Demas

George Demas (April 28, 1958 – December 23, 1999) was an American pedologist known for his pioneering studies of subaqueous soil and contributions to the understanding of soil formation. Born in the U.S., Demas earned a B.S. in Soil Science from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1980, followed by an M.S. in soil genesis in 1982. He later earned a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1998. During his career as a soil surveyor for the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Maryland and New Jersey from 1982 to 1994, Demas observed that submerged sediments function similarly to soils.More