2002-present. Associate Dean, College of Science & Mathematics, MSU

2002-present. Professor of Environmental Geochemistry, Earth and Environmental Studies Dept., MSU

2000-2002 Co-Director, Environmental Resources & Policy Program, Southern Illinois Univ., Carbondale

1999-2002 Chair, Dept. of Geology, SIUC

1998-2002 Professor, Dept. of Geology, SIUC

1994 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)/British Petroleum, Cleveland & Dallas

1980-1985 Geologist, Sohio Petroleum Company, San Francisco

Member, European Association of Organic Geochemists, Geochemical Society, American Chemical Society (Division of Geochemistry), American Geophysical Union, American Society for Limnology and Oceanography.

Member, Science Advisory Committee, Connecticut Audubon Coastal Center

Member, Editorial board of International Journal of Coal Geology (1988-2002).

Associate Editor of Organic Geochemistry. (1999-2000).

Listed, Who's Who in America, 2002.

•Geochemistry of organic contaminants in sediments.

•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.

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

Peer-reviewed Articles

Hollocher T.C., Chin K., Hollocher K.T., Kruge M.A. Evidence for bacterial residues in herbivorous dinosaur coprolite and a role for bacteria in its mineralization. Palaeos. Accepted for publication 2001.05.26

Burkhart C.N., Kruge M.A., Burkhart C.G., and Black C. Cerumen composition by flash pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Otology & Neurotology:  An International Forum. Accepted for publication 2001.02.14

Kuder T. and Kruge M.A. (2001) Carbon dynamics in peat bogs - insights from substrate macromolecular chemistry. Global BiogeochemicalCycles 15:721-728.

Kruge M.A. (2000) Determination of thermal maturity and organic matter type by principal components analysis of the distributions of polycyclic aromatic compounds. Int. J. Coal Geol. 43:27:51.

Lewis C.F.M., Mayer L.A., Mukhopadhyay P.K., Kruge M.A., Coakley J.P. and Smith M. (2000) Multibeam reflectivity lineaments and anthropogenic organic components in lacustrine silty clay, evidence of shipping in western Lake Ontario. Int. J. Coal Geol. 43:307:324.

Han Z., Kruge M. A., Crelling J. C., and Bensley D. F. (1999) Classification of torbanite and cannel coal. I. Insights from petrographic analysis of density fractions. Int. J. Coal Geol. 38:161-202.

Han Z. and Kruge M. A.. Classification of torbanite and cannel coal. (1999) II. Insights from organic geochemical and multivariate statistical analysis. Int. J. Coal Geol. 38:203-218.

Kruge M. A. (1999) Molecular organic geochemistry of New York Bight sediments. Sources of biogenic organic matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences.21:121-128.

Burkhart C. N., Stankeiwicz B. A., Pchalek I., Kruge M. A. and Burkhart C. G. (1999) Molecular composition of the louse sheath. Jour. Parasitology 85:559-561.

Han Z. and Kruge M. A. (1999) Chemistry of maceral and groundmass density fractions of torbanite and cannel coal. Organic Geochemistry 30:1381-1401.

Kuder T.K., Kruge M.A., Shearer J.C. and Miller S.L. (1998) Environmental and botanical controls on peatification - a comparative study of two New Zealand restiad bogs using Py-GC/MS, petrography and fungal analysis. Int. J. Coal. Geol. 37:3-27.

Crelling J. C. and Kruge M. A., (1998) Petrographic and chemical properties of resinite from the Herrin No. 6 coal seam. Int. J. Coal Geol. 37:55-71.

Kruge M. A., Mukhophadyay P. K. and Lewis C. F. M. (1998) A molecular evaluation of contaminants and natural organic matter in surface sediments from western Lake Ontario. Organic Geochemistry 29:1797-1812.

Kuder T.K. and Kruge M.A. (1998) Preservation of lignin in sub-fossil plant tissues from raised peat bogs ? a potential paleoenvironmental proxy indicator. Organic Geochemistry 29:1355-1368.

Stankiewicz, B. A., Mastalerz, M., Kruge, M. A., van Bergen P. F. and Sadowska, A. (1997) A comparative study of modern and fossil cone scales and seed of conifers: a geochemical approach. New Phytologist. 135:375-393.

Kruge M. A., Landais P., Bensley D. F., Stankiewicz B. A., Elie M., Ruau O. (1997) Separation and artificial maturation of macerals from Type II kerogen. Energy & Fuels 11, 503-514.

Montanari A., Beaudoin B., Chan L. S., Coccioni R., Deino A., DePaolo D. J., Emmanuel L., Fornaciari E., Kruge M. A., Lundblad S., Mozzato C. Portier E., Renard M., Rio D., Sandroni P. and Stankiewicz A. (1997) Integrated stratigraphy of the Middle to Upper Miocene pelagic sequence of the Cònero Riviera (Marche region, Italy). In, Montanari A., Odin G. S. and Coccioni R. (eds.), Miocene Stratigraphy: An Integrated Approach, Developments in Palaeontology and Stratigraphy 15, Elsevier, Amsterdam, p. 409-450.

Mukhopadhyay P.K., Kruge M.A. and Lewis C.F.M (1997). Application of Environmental Organic Petrology and Geochemistry to Fingerprint Organic Pollutants in the Recent Sediments of Lake Ontario. Environmental Geosciences 4:137-148.

Mukhopadhyay, P.K., Goodarzi, F., Kruge, M. A. and Alimi, M. H. (1997). Comparison of source rock geochemistry of selected rocks from the Schei Point group and Ringnes formation, Sverdrup basin, arctic Canada. Int. J. Coal Geol. 34:225-260.

Kruge, M.A., Stankiewicz, B. A., Crelling, J. C., Montanari, A. and Bensley, D. F., 1996, Reply to the comment by T. P. Jones on "Fossil charcoal in Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary strata: Evidence for catastrophic firestorm and megawave". Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.60:721-722.

Kruge M. A., Landais P. and Bensley D. F. (1996) Artificial Maturation of Alginite and Organic Groundmass Separated from Torbanites. Organic Geochemistry 24:737-750.

Kruge M. A., Mastalerz M., Solecki A. and Stankiewicz B. A. (1996) Organic geochemistry and petrology of oil source rocks, Carpathian Overthrust region, southeastern Poland. Implications for petroleum generation. Organic Geochemistry 24:897-912.

Stankiewicz, B. A., Kruge, M. A. and Mastalerz, M. (1996) A geochemical study of macerals from a Miocene lignite and an Eocene bituminous coal, Indonesia. Organic Geochemistry 24:531-545.

Stankiewicz, B. A., Kruge, M. A., Mastalerz, M. and Salmon G. L. (1996) Geochemistry of the alginite and amorphous organic matter from Type II-S kerogens. Organic Geochemistry 24:495-509.

Han, Z., Kruge, M.A., Crelling, J.C. and Stankiewicz, B.A., 1995, Organic geochemical characterization of the density fractions of a Permian torbanite. Organic Geochemistry 22:39-50.

Mukhopadhyay, P.K., Wade, J. A. and Kruge, M.A., 1995, Organic facies and maturation of Jurassic/Cretaceous rocks, and possible oil-source rock correlation based on pyrolysis of asphaltenes, Scotian Basin, Canada. Organic Geochemistry 22:85-104.

Yawanarajah, S.R. and Kruge, M.A., 1994, Lacustrine shales and oil shales from Stellarton Basin, Nova Scotia, Canada: Organofacies variations and use of polyaromatic hydrocarbons as maturity indicators. Organic Geochemistry 21:153-170.

Kruge, M.A., Stankiewicz, B. A., Crelling, J. C., Montanari, A. and Bensley, D. F., 1994, Fossil charcoal in Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary strata: Evidence for catastrophic firestorm and megawave. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 58:1393-1397.

Palmer, S.R., Kruge, M.A., Hippo, E.J., and Crelling, J.C., 1994, Speciation of heteroatoms in coal by sulfur-selective and nitrogen-selective techniques. Fuel 73:1167-1172.

Stankiewicz, B. A., Kruge M. A., and Crelling, J. C., 1994, Geochemical characterization of maceral concentrates from Herrin No. 6 coal (Illinois Basin) and Lower Toarcian shale kerogen (Paris Basin). In, Curnelle, R. and Sévérac, J.-P., eds., Pétrologie Organique, Recueil des Communications, Colloque International des Pétrographes Organiciens Francophones, Publ. Spéc., Bull. Centres Rech. Explor.-Prod. Elf Aquitaine, Vol. 18, p. 237-251.

Kruge, M.A. and Bensley, D.F., 1994, Flash pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry of Lower Kittanning vitrinites: Changes in the distributions of polyaromatic hydrocarbons as a function of coal rank. In, Mukhophadyay, P. K. and Dow, W.G., eds., Vitrinite Reflectance as a Maturity Parameter: Applications and Limitations. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 570, p. 136-148.

Stankiewicz, B. A., Kruge M. A., Crelling, J. C., and Salmon, G.L., 1994, Density gradient centrifugation: Application to the separation of macerals of Type I, II and III sedimentary organic matter. Energy & Fuels.8:1513-1521.

Kruge, M. A., Stankiewicz, B. A. and Montanari, A., 1994, Serravallian shales in the Monte dei Corvi pelagic sequence (Ancona, Italy): An organic geochemical perspective. Giornale di Geologia. 56:173-182.

Yawanarajah, S.R., Kruge, M.A., Mastalerz, M. and Sliwinski, W., 1993, Organic geochemistry of Permian organic-rich sediments from the Sudetes area, SW Poland. Organic Geochemistry 20:267-281.

Palmer, S.R., Hippo, E.J., Kruge, M.A., and Crelling, J.C., 1992, Characterization and selective removal of organic sulfur from Illinois Basin coals. Coal Prep., 10:93-106.

Kruge, M.A., Crelling, J.C., Hippo, E.J. and Palmer S.R., 1991, Aspects of sporinite chemistry. Organic Geochemistry, vol. 17, p. 193-204.

Kruge, M.A. and Suarez-Ruiz, I., 1991, Organic geochemistry and petrography of Spanish oil shales. Fuel, vol. 70, p. 1298-1302.

Kruge, M.A., Hubert, J.F., Akes, R.J. and Meriney, P. E., 1990, Biological markers in Lower Jurassic synrift lacustrine black shales, Hartford basin, Connecticut, USA. Organic Geochemistry, vol. 15, p. 281-289.

Palmer, S.E., Hippo, E.J., Kruge, M.A. and Crelling, J.C., 1990, Characterization of organic sulfur compounds in coals and single macerals. In, Orr, W.L. and White, C.M., eds., Geochemistry of Sulfur in Fossil Fuels, American Chemical Society Symposium Series 429, p. 296-315.

Kruge, M.A., Hubert, J.F., Bensley, D.F., Crelling, J.C., Akes, R.J. and Meriney P.E., 1990, Organic Geochemistry of a Lower Jurassic synrift lacustrine sequence, Hartford Basin, Connecticut, USA. In, B. Durand and F. Behar, eds., Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1989, Pergamon Press, Oxford, p. 689-701.

Hippo, E.J., Crelling, J.C., Palmer, S.E. and Kruge, M.A., 1990, Organic sulfur compounds in coals. Proceedings; 14th Annual Conference on Fuel, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, p. 6/1-6/28.

Hippo, E.J., Palmer, S.E., Kruge, M.A.and Crelling, J.C., 1990, Organic sulfur characterization of low rank coals. Proceedings of the First International Symposium on the Bioprocessing of Coals, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, p. 1-15.

Kruge, M.A., Rimmer, S.M. and Crelling, J.C., 1989, Organic geochemical and petrographic analysis of pure macerals from the Ohio Shale. In, Lazar, D.J., ed., Proceedings,1988 Eastern Oil Shale Symposium, Institute for Mining and Minerals Research, Lexington, Kentucky, p. 411-417.

Hippo, E.J., Crelling, J.C., Palmer, S.R. and Kruge, M.A., 1989, Macromolecular structure of coal. Proceedings; Symposium on Biological Processing of Coal and Coal-derived Substances. EPRI ER-6572, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, California, p. 1-15 to 1-35.

Kruge, M.A., 1986, Biomarker geochemistry of the Miocene Monterey Formation, West San Joaquin Basin, California: Implications for petroleum generation. In Leythaeuser, D. and Rullkötter, J., eds., Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1985, Pergamon Press, Oxford, p. 517-530.

Kruge, M.A., 1983, Diagenesis of Miocene biogenic sediments in Lost Hills oil field, San Joaquin Basin, California. In, Isaacs, C.M. and Garrison, R.E., eds., Petroleum Generation and Occurrence in the Miocene Monterey Formation, California, Soc. Econ. Paleon. Mineral. Pacific Sect., Los Angeles, p. 39-51.

Kruge, M.A. and Williams, L.A., 1982, Silica diagenesis in the Monterey Formation (Miocene) in the Lost Hills oil field, San Joaquin Valley, California. In, Williams, L.A. and Graham, S.A., eds., Monterey Formation and Associated Coarse Clastic Rocks, Central San Joaquin Basin, California, Soc. Econ. Paleon. Mineral. Pacific Section, Los Angeles, p. 37-42.

Book

Holliger P., Louvat D., Landais P., Kruge M. 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 Commision Nuclear Science and Technology Series EUR 17614. Luxembourg, Office for the Official Publications of the European Communities, 63 pp.

Articles in Review

Kuder T. and Kruge M.A. Diagenetic responses of main botanical components in a boreal peat bog: Effects of tissue chemistry, hydrology and litter deposition process (Carling Lake Bog, Hudson Bay Lowland, Ontario, Canada). Submitted to Organic Geochemistry.

Kuder T. and Kruge M.A. Chemical and macrofossil stratigraphy of a peat bog ? Reconstruction of the depositional environment (Carling Lake Bog, Hudson Bay Lowland, Ontario, Canada). Submitted to Quaternary Research.

Extended Abstracts and Preprints

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., Utgaard J. E. and Ferry W. (1999) A biogeochemical comparison of fossil (Carboniferous) and modern crustose red algae. 19th Int. Meeting on Organic Geochemistry, 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, Istanbul, Abstracts, p. 365-366.

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, 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, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Abstracts, p. 703-704.

Abdel Bagi S. T., Kruge M. A. and Salmon G. L. Flash pyrolysis of anthropogenic and natural organic matter in polluted sediments. Preprints of Papers Presented at the 212h ACS National Meeting, Orlando, FL, vol. 36, no. 2, p.247-249, American Chemical Society Division of Environmental Chemistry.

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.

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. 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., 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.

Published Abstracts

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 annual 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., 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., 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.

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 (March 12-14, 2001), Burlington, VT.

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 meeting, Boston, 29 May - 2 June.

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, Stanford, 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, October 13, 2000.

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.

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., 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.

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.

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. 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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., 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.

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., 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.

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., 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.

Heller N.A., 2000, Molecular biogeochemistry and pollutant geochemistry of estuarine sediments, Housatonic And Connecticut Rivers. MS Thesis. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 151 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.

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 Calument River and Roxana Marsh, NW Indiana and NE Illinois. Ph.D. Dissertation. Southern Illinos University, Carbondale 214 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.

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, Carobndale, 101 p.

Hala W.W., 1993, Organic geochemistry of contaminated soil from an abandoned oil field. MS Thesis. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 111 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.

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.

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)

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.)

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 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)

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., 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)

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.)

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