Earth and Environmental Studies
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Michael Anthony Kruge Curriculum Vitae

Professor Emeritus

krugem@montclair.edu

Education

1985
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley (Geochemistry)
Thesis advisors: H.R. Wenk, A.L. Burlingame, Melvin Calvin, R.L. Hay
1982
M.A. University of California, Berkeley (Geology)
1980
B.A. San Francisco State Univ. (Geology)

Professional Experience

2019-present
Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Studies, Montclair State University (MSU).
2019-present
Colaborador, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Ordenacio´n del Territorio (INDUROT), University of Oviedo, Spain
2002-2019
Professor, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Studies, Montclair State University (MSU).
2008 (May-June)
Visiting Professor, Dept. of Environmental Geosciences, University of Vienna, Austria (also May-June, 2010)
2002-2008
Associate Dean, College of Science & Mathematics, MSU.
1999-2002
Chair, Dept. of Geology, Southern Illinois Univ. Carbondale (SIUC)
1998-2002
Professor, Dept. of Geology, SIUC
1994 (Jan.-Jun.)
Chargé de Recherche, CNRS-CREGU, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France
1992-1998
Associate Professor, Dept. of Geology, SIUC
1987-1992
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geology, SIUC
1985-1987
Geochemist, Standard Oil (Ohio), Cleveland, Ohio and Dallas, Texas
1981-1982
Research Assistant, Stanford University
1980-1985
Geologist, Sohio Petroleum Company, San Francisco, Calif.

University and Professional Service

  • Chair, Graduate Council, MSU (2010-2012)
  • Elected representative of the College to Graduate Council, MSU (2008-2014)
  • Member, President’s Commission on Affirmative Action and Diversity, MSU (2007-2009)
  • Co-Director, Doctor of Environmental Management Program, MSU (2003-2008)
  • Co-Director, Environmental Resources & Policy Program, SIUC (2000-2002)
  • Member, College of Science Executive Committee, SIU (1999-2002)
  • Elected representative of the College of Science to Graduate Council, SIUC (1997-2000)
  • Elected by Geology faculty to Departmental Representative Council, SIUC (1998-1999)
  • Coordinator, Graduate Studies in Geology, SIUC (1997-1999)
  • Associate Editor of Organic Geochemistry (1998-1999)
  • Member, Editorial board of International Journal of Coal Geology (1989-2002)
  • Member, Science Advisory Committee, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center (2000-2004)
  • Member, European Association of Organic Geochemists, Geochemical Society, American Chemical Society, American Geophysical Union, Geological Society of America.

Research Interests

Geochemistry of organic contaminants in sediments. Environmental forensics. Marine, estuarine and lacustrine biogeochemistry. Geochemistry of peat. Fossil organic matter as indicator of environmental change. Applications of analytical pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Biological marker compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in petroleum, petroleum source rocks, oil shales, coal and sediments. Nature of organic sulfur in fossil fuels, a precursor of acid rain.

Teaching Experience

Organic Geochemistry, Low Temperature Inorganic Geochemistry, Advanced Organic Geochemistry, Environmental Forensics, Petroleum Geology, Energy and the Environment, Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Environmental Geoscience, Physical and Biological Environmental Systems. Chaired or served on numerous M.S. and Ph.D. committees in Geology, Chemistry & Engineering. Technical short courses.

Grants and Contracts

  • Crelling, J.C., Hippo, E.J. and Kruge, M.A., Characterization of Organic Sulfur in Coal and Pure Macerals. Granted by the Center for Research on Sulfur in Coal. (1 Sep. 1988 – 31 Aug. 1990, $300,000.)
  • Kruge, M.A., Hippo, E.J. and Crelling, J.C., Characterization of Organic Nitrogen in Coals. Granted by the Center for Research on Sulfur in Coal. (1 Sep. 1990 – 31 Aug. 1991, $71,192)
  • Hippo, E.J., Crelling, J.C. and Kruge, M.A., Molecular Structure of Coal and Coal Macerals. Funded by the Electric Power Research Institute. (1 Apr. 1991- 31 Mar. 1992, $121,292)
  • Kruge, M.A. and Palmer, S.R., Analysis of Organic Sulfur and Nitrogen in Coal via Tandem Degradation Methods. Granted by the Center for Research on Sulfur in Coal. (1 Sep. 1991 – 31 Aug. 1992, $119,125)
  • Kruge, M.A. and Palmer, S.R., Analysis of Organic Sulfur and Nitrogen in Coal via Tandem Degradation Methods. Granted by the Illinois Clean Coal Institute. (1 Sep. 1992 – 31 Aug. 1993, $107,051)
  • Kruge, M. A. and Landais, P., Chemical Characterization of Kerogen Macerals. Granted by the French Centre National de Recherches Scientifiques and the French Centre de Recherches sur la Geologie des Matieres Premieres Minerales et Energetiques. (6 months full support for research during sabbatical leave Jan-Jun 1994.)
  • Crelling, J.C. and Kruge, M.A., Separation and Characterization of Separated Coal Macerals and Kerogen. Granted by the PG Research Foundation. (1 June 2000-31 May 2002, $170,635)
  • Goodey, N. (PI), Krumins, J.A. (Co-PI), Kruge, M.A., Forgoston, E., Krumins, V., Li, X., Gallagher, F., RUI: SusChEM: Increasing Soil Enzymatic Function with Targeted Microbial Inocula. National Science Foundation (CBET – Environmental Engineering) June 2016-May 2019, $320,180.
  • Kruge, M.A. “Professional Learning Community Faculty” member for Vanderklein D.W. (PI), Dalley J., Galster J., Goodey N. (co-PIs). STEM Pioneers: A 3-year pilot study to increase science literacy and STEM enrollment among first-year first-generation students. National Science Foundation (DUE-IUSE – Exploration & Design: Engaged Student Learning) Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2019, $300,000.
  • Organic geochemical service contracts from government, university and private concerns, totaling $45,000 since 1991.

Publications

Thesis

  • Kruge, M.A., 1985, Organic geochemistry and comparative diagenesis: Miocene Monterey Formation, Lost Hills Oil Field and Vicinity, West San Joaquin Basin, California. Ph.D. dissertation, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley. 266 p.

Published Papers

Books

  • Holliger P., Louvat D., Landais P., Kruge, M.A. and Ruau O. (1997) Organic matter and uraninite from the Oklo natural fission reactors: Natural analogue of radioactive waste containing bitumen and UO2 irradiated fuel. European Commission Nuclear Science and Technology Series EUR 17614. Luxembourg, Office for the Official Publications of the European Communities, 63 pp.
  • Extended Abstracts and Preprints
  • Kruge, M.A., Solecki, A. and Stankiewicz, B.A., 1991, Molecular organic geochemistry of black shales and related strata, Carpathian Mountains, southeastern Poland. In, Manning, D.A.C., ed., Organic Geochemistry: Advances and Applications in the Natural Environment, Manchester University Press, Manchester, p. 59-63.
  • Kruge, M.A. and Landais, P., 1992, Artificial maturation of coal and maceral concentrates: Saturate and polyaromatic molecular markers. Preprints of Papers Presented at the 204th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., American Chemical Society Division of Fuel Chemistry, p. 1595-1600.
  • Kruge, M.A., Stankiewicz, B.A. and Crelling, J.C., 1993, Aspects of the organic geochemistry and petrology of kerogen and coal macerals. In, Øygard, K., ed., Organic Geochemistry: Poster sessions from the 16th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Stavanger 1993, Falch Hurtigtrykk, Oslo, p. 140-144.
  • Baudet, N., Kruge, M.A., and Palmer, S.R., 1993, Analysis of organic sulfur and nitrogen in coal via tandem degradation methods. In, Øygard, K., ed., Organic Geochemistry: Poster sessions from the 16th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Stavanger 1993, Falch Hurtigtrykk, Oslo, p. 359-361.
  • Kruge, M.A., Landais P. and Bensley D. F., 1995, Artificial Maturation of Alginite and Organic Groundmass Separated from an Oil Shale Kerogen. In, Grimalt J. O. and Dorronsoro C., eds., Organic Geochemistry: Developments and Applications to Energy, Climate, Environment and Human History. AIGOA, Donastia-San Sebastian, Spain. pp. 1012-1015.
  • Abdel Bagi S. T., Kruge, M.A. and Salmon G. L., 1996, Flash pyrolysis of anthropogenic and natural organic matter in polluted sediments. Preprints of Papers Presented at the 212th ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, vol. 36, no. 2, p.247-249, American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry.
  • Kruge, M.A., Mukhopadhyay P.K. and Lewis C.F.M. (1997) Characterization of recent sediments from Lake Ontario by organic geochemistry and petrology. 18th Int. Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Maastricht, The Netherlands, Abstracts, p. 705-706.
  • Kuder T.K. and Kruge, M.A. (1997) Preservation of lignin in sub-fossil plant tissues from raised peat bogs — a potential paleoenvironmental proxy indicator. 18th Int. Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Maastricht, The Netherlands, Abstracts, p. 703-704.
  • Kruge, M.A., Utgaard J. E. and Ferry W. (1999) A biogeochemical comparison of fossil (Carboniferous) and modern crustose red algae. 19th Int. Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Istanbul, Abstracts, p. 695-696.
  • Kuder T. K. and Kruge, M.A. (1999) Diagenetic processes in a peat bog environment — organic geochemical record — implications for environmental change. 19th Int. Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Istanbul, Abstracts, p. 365-366.
  • Vaughn D.L. and Kruge, M.A. (2001) Use of Py-GC/MS Analysis Techniques in Animal Waste Management: A Preliminary Survey of Dairy Manures. 20th Int. Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Nancy, France, Abstracts.
  • Kruge, M.A. (2003) Biogeochemistry of contaminated marine and estuarine sediments. 16th International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry, Towadako-machi, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, Abstracts.
  • Kruge, M.A., Permanyer A., Serra J. and Vila J. (2003) An organic geochemical investigation of sediments from Barcelona harbor: Application of Py-GC/MS for rapid assessment of contamination. 21st International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Krakow, Poland, Abstracts.
  • Kruge, M.A., Permanyer A. and Serra J. (2005) Geochemical investigation of an offshore sewage sludge deposit, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 22nd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Seville, Spain, Abstracts.
  • Kruge, M.A., Olsen K., and Stern E.A. (2007) Organic Geochemical Investigation of a Highly Contaminated Urban Waterway: The Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, New York, USA. 23rd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Torquay, UK, Abstracts.
  • Micic V, Köster J., Kruge, M.A., Engelen B. and Hofmann T. (2015) Bacterial wax esters in the Danube River sediments as possible indicators of environmental stress. River Basins 2015, Karlsruhe, Germany.

Published Abstracts

  • Kruge, M.A., 1983, Diagenesis of Miocene biogenic sediments, Lost Hills oil field, western San Joaquin Basin, California. Program and Abstracts, 58th Annual Meeting, Pacific Sections of A.A.P.G., S.E.G and S.E.P.M., Sacramento, Calif. p. 101-102.
  • Kruge, M.A., 1984, Comparison of diagenetic indicators in the Miocene Monterey Formation in Lost Hills oil field, San Joaquin Basin, California. Abstracts, Annual Midyear Meeting, Soc. Econ. Paleon. Mineral., San Jose, Calif., p. 46.
  • Kruge, M.A., 1984, Application of GC/MS to the study of organic diagenesis at Lost Hills oil field, San Joaquin Basin, California. Program and Abstracts, International Symposium on Mass Spectrometry in the Health and Life Sciences, San Francisco, Calif., p. 72.
  • Kruge, M.A., 1985, Biomarker geochemistry of the Miocene Monterey Formation, West San Joaquin Basin, California: Implications for petroleum generation. 12th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Jülich, Germany, European Association of Organic Geochemists, Sept., 1985.
  • Bockhoff, F.M., Barwise, A.J., Drozd, R.J., Kruge, M.A., 1986, Structural analysis of polycyclic terpanes and aromatic steroids by MS/MS and high resolution MS. Amer Soc. for Mass Spectrometry Conference, June,1986.
  • Kruge, M.A., 1986, Occurrence and significance of 28-norhopanes in the Monterey Formation. Symposium on Geochemistry in Petroleum Exploration, Amer. Chem. Soc. 192nd National Meeting, Anaheim, California.
  • Kruge, M.A., Crockett, J.E. and Oltz, D.F., 1988, Petroleum source rock characterization of the Upper Ordovician Maquoketa Group, west central Illinois. Programs and Abstracts, V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Baltimore MD, sponsored by the Geochemical Society, p. 54.
  • Kruge, M.A., Rimmer, S.M. and Crelling, J.C., 1988, Organic geochemical and petrographic analysis of pure macerals from the Ohio Shale. Abstracts, 1988 Eastern Oil Shales Symposium, Lexington KY, p. 25.
  • Crelling, J.C., Kruge, M.A., Hippo, E.J. and Palmer, S.R., 1988, Aspects of sporinite chemistry. Fifth Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, Houston TX.
  • Kruge, M.A., Hubert, J.F., Akes, R.J. and Meriney, P. E., 1989, Extended tricyclic terpanes: Molecular markers in Lower Jurassic synrift lacustrine black mudstones of the Hartford basin, Connecticut. AAPG Bull., vol. 73, p. 375.
  • Kruge, M.A., Bensley, D.F. and Crelling, J.C., 1989, An organic geochemical and petrologic study of a suite of sporinite-rich coals from the Lower Kittanning seam, Upper Carboniferous, USA. Scientific Programme and Abstracts of Papers, International Conference on Coal Formation, Occurrence and Related Properties, Orléans, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, p. 29.
  • Kruge, M.A., Hubert, J.F., Bensley, D.F., Crelling, J.C., Akes, R.J. and Meriney P.E., 1989, Organic Geochemistry of an early Jurassic synrift lacustrine sequence, Hartford Basin, Connecticut, USA. Abstracts, 14th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Paris, France, European Association of Organic Geochemists, p. 89.
  • Adams, J.P., Kruge, M.A. and Bensley, D.F., 1989, Biological marker geochemistry and organic petrology of the Chattanooga Shale. AAPG Bull., vol. 73, p. 1026.
  • Kruge, M.A., Crelling, J.C., Bensley, D.F., Akes, R.J., Hubert, J.F. and Meriney, P.E., 1989, Organic geochemistry of Lower Jurassic lacustrine rocks, Hartford basin, Connecticut. GSA Abstracts with Programs, vol. 21, no. 6, Oct. 1989.
  • Crelling, J.C., Kruge, M.A., Palmer, S.R. and Hippo, E.J., 1989, Characterization of organic sulfur compounds in coals and single macerals. GSA Abstracts with Programs, vol. 21, no. 6, Oct. 1989.
  • Kruge, M.A., Bensley, D.F. and Adams, J.P., 1990, Comparison of the behavior of molecular maturity parameters in coal and marine shale extracts. Symposium on Coal and Terrestrial Organic Matter as a Source Rock for Petroleum, American Chemical Society national meeting, Boston, April 1990.
  • Kruge, M.A., Crelling, J.C., Palmer, S.E., Pascone, J.M. and Hippo, E.J., 1990, Confined pyrolysis of Illinois basin coals and maceral concentrates. Symposium on the Chemical and Physical Structural Models of Geomacromolecules, American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington D.C., August 1990.
  • Hippo, E.J., Palmer, S.E., Kruge, M.A. and Crelling, J.C., 1990, Characterization and selective removal of organic sulfur from Illinois basin coals. Conference on Fine Coal Cleaning, Potosi Missouri, 10-15 June, Engineering Foundation.
  • Crockett, J.E., Kruge, M.A. and Oltz, D.F., 1990, Petroleum potential of the Upper Ordovician Maquoketa Group in Illinois: a coordinated geological and geochemical study. AAPG Bull., vol. 74, p. 636.
  • Hippo, E.J., Palmer, S.E., Crelling, J.C. and Kruge, M.A., 1990, Organic sulfur species distributions in bituminous and low rank coals. First International Symposium on the Biological Processing of Coal, Orlando, 1-3 May.
  • Kruge, M.A., Palmer, S.R. and Crelling, J.C., 1990, Characterization of organic sulfur in coal — Methods and applications. American Chemical Society Great Lakes Sectional Meeting, Div. of Fuel Chemistry.
  • Palmer, S.R., Hippo, E.J., Kruge, M.A., and Crelling, J.C., 1991, Selective oxidation for the characterization of organic sulfur and nitrogen compounds in coal. 1991 International Conference on Coal Science, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, 16-20 Sept.
  • Yawanarajah, S.R., Kruge, M.A. and Sliwinski, W., 1991, Organic geochemistry of Permian black shales, Sudetes region, southwestern Poland. The Society for Organic Petrology 8th Annual Meeting, Lexington, KY., 30 Sept.-1 Oct.
  • Stanley, R.J., Kruge, M.A., and Salmon, G.L., 1992, Effects of porosity, permeability, and facies changes on the St. Louis and McCloskey Formations in the Illinois Basin. AAPG Bull., vol. 76, p. 1285-1286.
  • Kruge, M.A. and Landais, P., 1992, Artificial maturation of coal and maceral concentrates: Saturate and polyaromatic molecular markers. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington D.C., August 1992.
  • Kruge, M.A., Stankiewicz, B.A. and Montanari, A., 1992, Organic chemostratigraphy of the Miocene Monte dei Corvi sequence in the northeastern Appenines, Italy. In, Odin G.S., ed., Phanerozoic Time Scale, Bull. Liais. Inform. International Union of Geological Sciences Subcommission on Geochronology, v. 11, p. 63-64.
  • Kruge, M.A. and Bensley, D.F., 1993, Flash pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of Lower Kittanning vitrinites: Changes in the distributions of polyaromatic hydrocarbons as a function of coal rank. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, August 1993.
  • Han, Z., Kruge, M.A., Crelling, J. C., and Stankiewicz, B. A., 1993, Petrographic and flash pyrolysis GC/MS characterization of the density fractions of a Permian boghead coal. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, August 1993.
  • Salmon, G. L. and Kruge, M.A., 1993, Analysis of persistent toxic organic compounds in contaminated river sediments by pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, August 1993.
  • Stankiewicz, B. A., Kruge, M.A., and Esterle, J. S, 1993, Comparative geochemistry of cold temperate (New Zealand) and tropical (Sarawak) peats using flash pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago, August 1993.
  • Stankiewicz, B.A., Kruge, M.A., and Crelling, J.C., 1993, Caractérisation géochimique des macéraux séparés du charbon et du kérogène. Colloque des Pétrographes Organiciens Francophones, Pau, France, June, 1993.
  • Palmer, S.R., Kruge, M.A., Hippo, E.J., and Crelling, J.C., 1993, Speciation of heteroatoms in coal using sulfur and nitrogen selective techniques. International Conference on Coal Utilization and the Environment, 18-20 May, 1993, Orlando, Florida.
  • Crelling, J.C., de Leeuw, J.W., van Bergen, P. and Kruge, M.A., 1994, Petrology and organic geochemistry of semifusinite and fusinite from fusain lithotypes. American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, March, 1994.
  • Han, Z., Crelling, J.C., and Kruge, M.A., 1994, petrographic and flash pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) characterization of six geographically unrelated Botryococcus-type alginites. American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, March, 1994.
  • Stankiewicz, B.A. and Kruge, M.A., 1994, Flash pyrolysis-GC/MS investigation of maceral concentrates separated from Miocene Monterey Fm. kerogen and Eocene Indonesian coal. American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, March, 1994.
  • Stankiewicz, B.A., Kruge, M.A., and Crelling, J.C., 1994, Maceral separation from Type I, II, and III sedimentary organic matter by density gradient centrifugation. American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, March, 1994.
  • Kruge, M.A., Stankiewicz, B.A., Elie, M. and Landais, P., 1994, Caractérisation géochimique des macéraux concentrés du kérogène. 15e Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Nancy, France, April, 1994.
  • Mukhopadhyay, P.K., Goodarzi, F., Kruge, M.A. and Alimi, M. H., 1994, Comparison of maturity and source rock geochemistry of selected rocks from the Schei Point group and Ringnes Formation, Arctic Canada. Abstracts of the 11th Annual Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology. Vol. 11, p. 62-63.
  • Stankiewicz, B. A. and Kruge, M.A., 1995, Application of pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry to the study of coal and kerogen macerals. International Conference and Exhibition “Modern Exploration and Improved Oil and Gas Recovery Methods”; Pyrolysis in Organic Geochemistry Session. 12-15 September, Kraków, Poland.
  • Stankiewicz, B. A., Mastalerz, M., Kruge, M.A., Sadowska, A. and Salmon, G. L., 1995, Geochemistry and preservation potential of Tertiary/Quaternary fossil plant remains from sediments of the Gozdnica Series, SW Poland. International Conference and Exhibition “Modern Exploration and Improved Oil and Gas Recovery Methods”; Pyrolysis in Organic Geochemistry Session. 12-15 September, Kraków, Poland.
  • Kruge, M.A., Crelling J. C., Montanari A., Stankiewicz B. A., and Bensley D. F., 1995, Chemistry of fossil charcoal in Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary strata, Arroyo el Mimbral, Mexico. Fourth International Workshop “The Effects of Impacts on the Evolution of the Atmosphere and Biosphere with Regard to Short- and Long-Term Changes”. 12-17 May, Ancona, Italy.
  • Montanari A., Kruge, M.A. (1995) The Dinosaur Blues (musical score). Presented at the 4th International Workshop of the European Science Foundation Scientific Network on “Impact Cratering and Evolution of Planet Earth.” Ancona, Italy, May 12-17, 1995.  Montanari, A., Coccioni, R., Eds., The Role of Impacts in the Evolution of the Atmosphere and Biosphere with Regard to Short- and Long Terms Changes.  Abstracts and Field Trips Volume, p. 123.
  • Kruge, M.A., Landais P. and Bensley D. F., 1995, Artificial Maturation of Alginite and Organic Groundmass Separated from an Oil Shale Kerogen. 17th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, 4-8 September, Donostia-San Sebastian, The Basque Country, Spain.
  • Landais P., Ashkan S., Camaro S., Elie M., Kruge, M.A. and Ruau O., 1995, A methodology for the characterization of nuclear waste bitumen matrix derived from the analysis of natural analogues. International Congress on Waste Solidification-Stabilization Processes, November 28 – December 1, Nancy, France
  • Kruge, M.A., Crelling J. C., Montanari A.,Stankiewicz B. A. and Bensley D. F., 1996, Geochemistry and Petrology of Fossil Charcoal in Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary Strata, Arroyo el Mimbral, Mexico. The Society for Organic Petrology 13th Annual Meeting.
  • Kruge, M.A., Landais P., Bensley D. F., Stankiewicz B. A. and Elie M., 1996. Separation and artificial maturation of macerals from Type II kerogen. Amer Chem Soc. National Meeting, Orlando.
  • Abdel Bagi S. T., Kruge, M.A. and Salmon G. L., 1996. Flash pyrolysis of anthropogenic and natural organic matter in polluted sediments. Amer Chem Soc. National Meeting, Orlando.
  • Abdel Bagi S. T., Kruge, M.A. and Salmon G. L., 1996. Petrographic characterization of anthropogenic and natural organic matter in polluted fluvial sediments. The Society for Organic Petrology 13th Annual Meeting.
  • Kuder T., Kruge, M.A. and Shearer J. C, 1996. Organic geochemistry of the Kopouatai and Moanatuatua mires (New Zealand). The Society for Organic Petrology 13th Annual Meeting.
  • Mukhopadhyay P. K., Goodarzi F., Kruge, M.A. and Alimi M. H, 1996. Comparison of maturity and source rock geochemistry of selected rocks from the Schei Point Group and Ringnes Formation, Arctic Canada. The Society for Organic Petrology 13th Annual Meeting.
  • Mukhopadhyay P. K., Kruge, M.A. and Lewis C. F. M, 1996. Application of organic petrology and organic geochemistry in characterizing Recent sediments from Lake Ontario. The Society for Organic Petrology Annual Meeting, Sept. 1996, Carbondale.
  • Mukhopadhyay P. K., Wade J. A. and Kruge, M.A. Oil-oil and oil-source rock correlation and timing of oil and gas generation in the Scotian Basin, eastern Canada. The Society for Organic Petrology 13th Annual Meeting.
  • Ruau O., Landais P., Kruge, M.A., Michels R., Mansuy L., and Gardette J. L, 1996. Caractérisation de la Matière Organique sédimentaire par Pyrolyse GCMS et microspectroscopie IRTF. Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, Orléans, France.
  • Faure P., Landais P., Elie M., Kruge, M.A., Langlois E. and Ruau O., 1996. Caractérisation de la matière organique de sédiments de trois rivières de Moselle (Lorraine, France) par Pyrolyse GCMS, LC-GCMS et µIRTF. Comité d’Orientation de Recherches et de Formation du Pôle de l’Eau de Nancy. Nancy, France.
  • Faure P., Landais P., Elie M., Kruge, M.A., Langlois E. And Ruau O., 1996. Application of organic geochemistry to environmental problems. Effects of Mineral-Organic-Microorganism Interactions on Soil and Fresh Water Environments. Nancy, France.
  • Kruge, M.A., Stankiewicz B. A., Han Z., Landais P, 1997. Geochemistry of fossil algae isolated from Type I and II organic matter. Invited paper presented at the Amer. Chem. Soc. National Meeting, San Francisco.
  • Landais P., Ruau O., Kruge, M.A., Largeau C., Rochdi A, 1997. Analysis of torbanite chemistry by micro-filter techniques. Invited paper presented at the Amer. Chem. Soc. National Meeting, San Francisco.
  • Kruge, M.A., 1998. Effects of organic matter type on thermal maturity parameters employing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Abstracts and Program, 15th Ann. Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology.
  • Lewis M., Mukhopadhyay P.K., Kruge, M.A., Coakley J.P., 1998. Environmental geology of western Lake Ontario: Acoustic lineaments and organic components of surface sediments. Abstracts and Program, 15th Ann. Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology.
  • Mukhopadhyay P.K., Harvey P., Kruge, M.A., MacDonald D.J., Wade J.A., 1998. Source rocks and petroleum from onshore and offshore Nova Scotia. Abstracts and Program, 15th Ann. Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology.
  • Heller N.A., Kruge, M.A., Varekamp J.C., 2000. Molecular biogeochemistry and pollutant geochemistry of estuarine sediments, Housatonic and Connecticut Rivers, Connecticut, USA. Abstracts and Programs, American Geophysical Union Spring National Meeting.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2000, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Environment: Origin and Occurrence, Abstracts and Program, 17th Ann. Meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology, Bloomington IN.
  • Kruge, M.A., Benoit G., 2000, Biogeochemistry and contaminant geochemistry of marine and estuarine sediments, New Haven, Connecticut (USA). Oral presentation at Goldschmidt 2000, an International Conference for Geochemistry, Oxford (UK). Also presented as a poster at the 2000 Long Island Sound Research Conference, Stamford, CT.
  • Burkhart C.N., Kruge, M.A., Black C., and Adappa V., 2000, Assessment of ceruminolytic activity with sodium deoxycholate, and sodium cholate by in vitro and in vivo methods. Joint annual meeting of the American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Heller N.A., Kruge, M.A., Varekamp J.C., Zierzow T., 2001, An Environmental Geochemical Study Of Connecticut Marsh Sediments. Geological Society of America Northeastern Section – 36th Annual Meeting, Burlington, VT.
  • Vaughn D.L. and Kruge, M.A., 2001, Preliminary Studies of Animal Waste Chemical Regimes. The 17th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA.
  • Vaughn D.L. and Kruge, M.A., 2001, Use of Py-GC/MS analysis techniques in animal waste management: A preliminary survey of dairy manures. 20th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, Nancy, France.
  • Kruge, M.A., Coakley J.P., Mukhopadhyay P.K., and Lewis C.F.M., 2001, A comparative organic and inorganic geochemical study of bottom sediments, Lake Ontario, Canada. American Geophysical Union spring meeting, Boston.
  • Lini A, Kruge, M.A., Lord A., 2001, Lake ecosystem response to climate change: A multi-proxy geochemical approach. American Geophysical Union fall meeting, San Francisco.
  • Lini A., Kruge, M.A., Dahlen D, 2002, Post-glacial lacustrine organic matter records: Climatic or biotic proxies? Geological Society of America Northeastern Section – 37th Annual Meeting (March 25-27, 2002), Springfield, MA.
  • Mukhopadhyay P.K., Wade J.A., Kruge, M.A., Samoun A., Harvey P.J, 2002, Deepwater Petroleum System of Jurassic-Tertiary Sediments of the Scotian Basin, Offshore Nova Scotia, Eastern Canada. AAPG Annual Convention, Houston.
  • Kruge, M.A., Lini A., 2002, Organic geochemical analysis of late-glacial and early-Holocene ecosystem changes: A case study from northern New England lakes. American Society of Limnology & Oceanography (ASLO) Summer Meeting, Victoria, BC.
  • Lini A., Dahlen D., Kruge, M.A., 2002, Multi-disciplinary analysis of late-glacial and early-Holocene ecosystem changes: A case study from northern New England lakes. American Society of Limnology & Oceanography annual meeting, Victoria, BC.
  • Han Z., Kruge, M.A., 2002, Geochemical study of structured and amorphous organic constituents in torbanite and cannel coal. Amer. Chem. Soc. Spring Meeting, Orlando.
  • Mukhopadhyay P. K., Wade J.A., Kruge, M.A. and Samoun A., 2002, Deepwater source rocks and timing of hydrocarbon generation/expulsion of selected Jurassic-Tertiary sediments of the Scotian Basin, Offshore Nova Scotia, Eastern Canada using petroleum system concepts. The Society for Organic Petrology 2001 Annual Meeting, Houston, March, 2002.
  • Mukhopadhyay P.K., Goodarzi F. and Kruge, M.A., 2002, Elemental composition and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in drinking waters and selected coal seams from the Cumberland and Stellarton Basins, Nova Scotia, eastern Canada. The Society for Organic Petrology 2002 Annual Meeting, Banff, Alberta.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2004, Geochemical Screening of Contaminated Marine and Estuarine Sediments. Oral presentation at the American Geophysical Union / Canadian Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Montreal.
  • Rao U., Muramatsu Y., Kruge, M.A., and Elmore D., 2005, Incorporation of 129I from Nuclear Sources into Lacustrine Sedimentary Organic Matter: A Case Study in the Great Lakes. 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, Idaho.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2005, Molecular characterization of organic matter in Passaic River sediments. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 26th Annual Meeting, Baltimore.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2006, A novel method for rapid characterization of organic compounds in sediments using pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society spring meeting, Philadelphia.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2006, Significance of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and petroleum biomarker compounds in contaminated Passaic River sediments. Royal Society of Chemistry conference “Environmental Forensics: Chemical, Physical and Biological Methods”, University of Durham, UK.
  • Achten C., Schwarzbauer J. Püttmann W., Kruge, M.A., Sachsenhofer R., Micic V., and Hofmann T., 2008, Native polyzyklische aromatische Kohlenwasserstoffe in Steinkohlen. Jahrestagung der Wasserchemischen Gesellschaft (Fachgruppe der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, GDCh) April 2008 Trier, Germany.
  • Achten C., Schwarzbauer J. Püttmann W., Kruge, M.A., Sachsenhofer R., and Hofmann T., 2008, Dibenzopyrene in Steinkohlen, SETAC-GLB, Frankfurt, Germany.
  • Stern E.A., Jones K.W , Kruge, M.A., Feng H.E., and Baron L.A., 2008, Sustainable urban and environmental management restoration applications using sediment treatment systems with beneficial use. 5th International SedNet conference May 2008, Oslo, Norway.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2008, Organic chemostratigraphic markers characteristic of the (informally designated) Anthropocene Epoch. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 2008, San Francisco, California.
  • Kruge, M.A., Micic V., Körner P., Bujalski N.M., and Hofmann T, 2009, Organic geochemistry of Danube River sediments from Pancevo (Serbia) to the Iron Gate Dam (Serbia-Romania). 24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Bremen, Germany, Abstracts.
  • Kruge, M.A., Mastalerz M., Yu D., and Olsen K., 2009, Application of unconventional methods for the characterization of contaminated sediment, Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, New York, USA. Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 30th Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
  • Kruge, M.A. and Bujalski N.M., 2009, Characterization of contaminant- and biomass- derived organic matter in sediments from the Lower Passaic River, New Jersey, USA. Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America 30th Annual Meeting, New Orleans.
  • Bujalski N.M. and Kruge, M.A., 2010, Fate and transport of organic contamination in lower Passaic River sediment, New Jersey, USA. Atlantic Estuarine Research Society Spring Meeting, Atlantic City, NJ.
  • Pope G.A., Egan M., Kruge, M.A., Passchier S., 2010, Environmental change evident by sediment core, Lake Wapalane, northwest New Jersey. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
  • Micic V., Kruge, M.A., Bujalski N., and Hofmann T., 2010, Understanding organic matter in river sediments as a possible source of organic matter in groundwater. Jahrestagung der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften – Fachgruppe Hydrogeologie (FH-DGG) in Kooperation mit Österreich und der Schweiz „Grundwasser für die Zukunft 2010“ Tübingen, Germany.
  • Micic V., Kruge, M.A., Bujalski, N., and Hofmann, T., 2010. Natural organic matter in sediments from the selected Danube River stretch. Jahrestagung der Wasserchemischen Gesellschaft – Fachgruppe in der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemicher (GDCh) „Wasser 2010“ Bayreuth, Germany.
  • Kruge, M.A. and Bujalski N.M., 2010, Characterization of contaminant and biomass-derived organic matter in sediments from the lower Passaic River, New Jersey, USA. Fourth Passaic River Symposium, Montclair, NJ.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2010, Oil pollution in coastal waters. Invited keynote lecture. Simpòsium: Qualitat Ambiental de les Aigües Litorals, University of Barcelona, Spain.
  • Kruge, M.A., Permanyer A., Serra J., 2010, Geochemical investigation of sediments from Barcelona harbor and open sea front for rapid assessment of contamination. Simpòsium: Qualitat Ambiental de les Aigües Litorals, University of Barcelona, Spain.
  • Kruge, M.A., Olsen K.K., Slusarczyk J., Gomez E., 2010, The Vinylguaiacol/Indole or VGI (“Veggie”) Ratio: A Novel Molecular Parameter to Evaluate the Relative Contributions of Terrestrial and Aquatic Organic Matter to Sediments. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 2010, San Francisco, CA.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2011, Oil pollution in Coastal Waters. 28th Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology, Halifax (NS) Canada.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2011, Effects of weathering on aromatic compounds in beach tars from the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Gulf of Mexico coast, USA. 23rd International Symposium on Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, University of Münster, Germany.
  • Kruge, M.A., Olsen,K.K., Slusarczyk J.W., Gomez E., 2011, The Vinylguaiacol/Indole or VGI (“Veggie”) Ratio: Assessing relative contributions of terrestrial and aquatic organic matter to sediments. 25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Interlaken, Switzerland.
  • Köster J., Micic V., Kruge, M.A., 2011. Bacterial wax esters in fluvial sediments from the Danube River (Republic of Serbia). 25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Interlaken, Switzerland.
  • Gallego J.L.R., Kruge, M.A., Lores I., Lara-Gonzalo,A., Sierra C., 2011. Environmental forensic study of a complexly contaminated soil at a former chemical plant. 25th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Interlaken, Switzerland.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2011, Oil pollution in closed water bodies. Invited lecture. Seminar: Contaminació en Aigües Estancades (Stagnant Water Bodies Pollution), University of Barcelona, Spain.
  • Kruge, M.A., Stern E.A., Mastalerz,M., Permanyer,A., Olsen,K.K., 2012, Highly contaminated sediments from the Gowanus Canal Superfund site: Beneficial use as a fuel resource. 243rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego, CA.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2012, The Hudson River (USA). Invited lecture. Seminar: Recuperació de Lleres de Riu (Riverbed Reclamation), University of Barcelona, Spain.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2012, Chemical Contaminants as Stratigraphic Markers for the Anthropocene. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 2012, San Francisco, CA.
  • Kruge, M.A., Olsen K.K., Ster, E.A., Mastalerz M., Permanyer A., 2013, Highly contaminated sediments from the Gowanus Canal Superfund site: Beneficial use as a fuel resource. 7th International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, Dallas, TX. Conference organized and presented by Battelle.
  • Micic V., Kruge, M.A., Engelen B., Hofmann T., Köster J., 2013, Bacterial wax esters in recent surface and core fluvial sediments. 26th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Tenerife, Spain.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2013, Water and Contamination. Invited lecture. 10 Anys de l’Observatori a l’Institut de l’Aigua, Jornada de Commemoració, University of Barcelona, Spain.
  • Varekamp J., Owrang,S., Martini A., Woodruff J., Thomas E., Kruge, M.A., 2014, The urban geochemistry of Wethersfield Cove, Hartford, CT. 24th V. M. Goldschmidt Conference, Sacramento, CA.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2014, Dam Removal in the USA: Effects on River Water Quality. Invited lecture. Seminar: Stagnant Water Bodies Pollution II, University of Barcelona, Spain.
  • Serra J., Kruge, M.A., Permanyer A., 2014, Multidisciplinary investigation of an offshore sewage spill, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Second International Ocean Research Conference, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Micic Batka V., Hofmann T., Köster J., Engelen B., Kruge, M.A., 2015, Bacterial wax esters in recent fluvial sediments: Indicators of environmental stress? Contaminated Sediments: Environmental Chemistry, Ecotoxicology and Engineering. ContaSed 2015, Ascona, Switzerland.
  • Lara-Gonzalo A., Gallego J.L.R., Kruge, M.A., Lores I., Ferrer M., Sánchez J., Peláez A.I., 2015, A comprehensive study on the bioremediation of a PAH-polluted soil: Environmental & microbial forensics. 27th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2015, Using environmental forensics to distinguish legacy and ongoing contamination in urban waterways. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Kruge, M.A., 2016, A complex legacy of contamination in urban estuarine systems. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
  • Lara-Gonzalo A., Kruge, M.A., Esquinas N. and Gallego J.L.R. (2017) GC-MS and Py-GC-MS: Complimentary fingerprinting methods for complexly contaminated sites. 28th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Florence, Italy.
  • Hagmann D., Goodey N., Kruge, M.A., Cheung M., Li X., Singh J., Krumins J., Mastalerz M., Gallego J.L.R. (2019) Contaminated Soils from the Liberty State Park (NJ, USA) Brownfield Site. Tenth International Conference on the Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments (Battelle), New Orleans.
  • Lara-Gonzalo A., Kruge, M.A., Lara-Gómez L.M., Gutiérrez-Iglesias B., Gallego J.R. (2019). Co-occurrence of organic and inorganic contaminants in former Hg-As mining sites. 29th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry (IMOG), Gothenburg, Sweden.

Theses and Dissertations Supervised

  • Akes R.J., 1991, Organic geochemical variations through a middle Pennsylvanian black shale sequence in the Illinois Basin. MS Thesis, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 142 p.
  • Adams J., 1992, Organic geochemistry of the Chattanooga shale in Tennessee. MS Thesis, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale,96 p.
  • Yawanarajah S.R., 1992, Organic geochemistry and petroleum source rock potential of Late Paleozoic lacustrine sediments: examples from the Sudetic Basins, Poland and the Stellarton Basin, Nova Scotia. Ph.D. Dissertation. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 206 p.
  • Stanley R.J., 1993, Effects of porosity, permeability, and facies changes on the chemical composition of petroleum in the St. Louis and McClosky Reservoirs, Illinois Basin. MS Thesis, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 101 p.
  • Hala W.W., 1993, Organic geochemistry of contaminated soil from an abandoned oil field. MS Thesis. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 111 p.
  • Han Z., 1995, Organic geochemistry and petrology of torbanite, cannel coal and their constituent macerals. Ph.D. Dissertation. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 235 p.
  • Stankiewicz B.A., 1995, Geochemistry and petrology of coal and kerogen macerals. Ph.D. Dissertation. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 272 p.
  • Abdel Bagi S.T., 1996, Geochemical and petrographical characterization of natural and anthropogenic sedimentary organic matter in polluted sediments from the west branch of the Grand Calumet River and Roxana Marsh, NW Indiana and NE Illinois. Ph.D. Dissertation. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale 214 p.
  • Kuder T., 1999, Organic geochemistry of sub-fossil plant tissues – implications to carbon dynamics within a peat bog. Ph.D. Dissertation. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 156 p.
  • Heller N.A., 2000, Molecular biogeochemistry and pollutant geochemistry of estuarine sediments, Housatonic and Connecticut Rivers. MS Thesis. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 151 p.
  • Bujalski N.M., 2010, Characterization of contaminant and biomass-derived organic matter in sediments from the Lower Passaic River, New Jersey, USA. MS Thesis. Montclair State University, Montclair (NJ), 110 p.
  • Slusarczyk J.W., 2011, Geochemical analysis of Long Island Sound sediments. MS Thesis. Montclair State University, Montclair (NJ), 92 p.
  • Olsen K.K., 2014, Organic geochemical investigations of urban sediments by pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectroscopy. PhD Dissertation, Montclair State University, Montclair (NJ), 531 p.

International Doctoral Dissertation Committees.

  • Faure P., 1999, Application des techniques de géochimie organique pétrolière a l’étude de problèmes environnementaux polluants organiques, inertage et stockage des déchets. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Nancy, France. (Served as Rapporteur and on the defense jury.)
  • Jeanneau L., 2007, Approche moléculaire quantitative appliqué à l’étude du transfert de micropolluants organiques à la confluence entre la Fensch et la Moselle (France). Ph.D. dissertation. University of Nancy, France. (Served as Rapporteur and on the defense jury.)
  • Micic V., 2011, Anthropogenic, fossil, and natural organic matter in the Danube River: A multi-molecular marker approach. Ph.D. dissertation. University of Vienna, Austria. (Served as Gutachter.)