Michael Kruge
Professor
Earth and Environmental Studies
Montclair State University
United States of America
Biography
Michael A. Kruge is Professor of Earth and Environmental Studies at Montclair State University in New Jersey. He was formerly Associate Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at MSU, Professor and Chair in the Department of Geology at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and a Geochemist for Standard Oil (Ohio)/British Petroleum. He holds a Ph.D. in Geology from the University of California, Berkeley (1985). He is the author of about sixty peer-reviewed scientific publications.
Research Interest
Environmental geochemistry, Fossils, Biological marker, Pollution
Publications
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Kruge MA. Determination of thermal maturity and organic matter type by principal components analysis of the distributions of polycyclic aromatic compounds. International Journal of Coal Geology. 2000 May 31;43(1):27-51.
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Kuder T, Kruge MA. Preservation of biomolecules in sub-fossil plants from raised peat bogs—a potential paleoenvironmental proxy. Organic Geochemistry. 1998 Nov 30;29(5):1355-68.
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Mukhopadhyay PK, Wade JA, Kruge MA. Organic facies and maturation of Jurassic/Cretaceous rocks, and possible oil-source rock correlation based on pyrolysis of asphaltenes, Scotian Basin, Canada. Organic Geochemistry. 1995 Jan 1;22(1):85-104.
