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Dr. Brent Krueger is a Professor of Chemistry and Schaap Research Fellow at Hope College, where he has taught since 2001. He serves as Co-director of the Global Water Research Institute (GWRI), Director of the Computational Science and Modeling Laboratory, and is a key leader in the Midwest Undergraduate Computational Chemistry Consortium (MU3C). His interdisciplinary research integrates computational modeling, spectroscopy, and field studies to address water quality challenges locally (Lake Macatawa) and globally (at-risk communities).
Education:
- NIH Postdoc, molecular dynamics and pharmaceutical chemistry, University of California, San Francisco (1999–2001)
- Postdoc, energy transfer in photosynthesis, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (1999)
- Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Chicago (1999)
- B.S., Physics and Chemistry, Truman State University (1993)
Research Focus:
Dr. Krueger's work spans three key areas: (1) Water Quality Dynamics – using high-frequency microbial/chemical monitoring and machine learning to improve watershed management; (2) Global Water Interventions – designing and assessing point-of-use filtration systems to reduce diarrheal diseases in communities like Kibera (Kenya) and the Dominican Republic; and (3) Computational Biophysics – developing molecular dynamics parameters for fluorescent probes and ion transport systems.
Publication Trends:
His recent articles (2019–2025) emphasize environmental microbiology, computational modeling of water systems, and public health interventions. Earlier work focused on FRET spectroscopy and molecular dynamics method development. Over 50 publications include significant undergraduate co-authorship.
Awards & Honors:
- Schaap Research Fellowship
Grants & Leadership:
Secured $9M+ in funding including:
- $7.5M from Michigan DHHS for SARS-CoV-2 wastewater monitoring (2021–2023)
- $685K from Michigan EGLE for COVID-19 testing infrastructure (2020)
- $400K NSF grant for high-performance computing cluster (2019–2022)
