Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder (1996)
B.S. University of Dayton (1989) chemistry, minor physics
Scientific Presentations:
“Ethanolic Extraction of American Oak”; Nicklas Johansen, Carrie Baumgardner, James Hall, and Kenneth Kroeger; presented at the 73rd Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2021), Birmingham, AL.
“Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Commercial Whiskeys”; Carrie Baumgardner and Kenneth Kroeger; presented at the 73rd Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2021), Birmingham, AL.
“Ethanolic Extraction of American Oak”; Nicklas Johansen, Carrie Baumgardner, and Kenneth Kroeger; presented at the Wellspring Symposium (April, 2021), Wingate University.
“Gas Chromatographic Analysis of Commercial Whiskeys”; Carrie Baumgardner and Kenneth Kroeger; presented at the Wellspring Symposium (April, 2021), Wingate University.
“Chromatographic Analysis of Extracts from Different Woods”; Hanna Knaley and Kenneth Kroeger; presented at the Wellspring Symposium (April, 2020), Wingate University.
“Ascorbic Acid Degradation in Orange Juice Analyzed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography”; Alexis E. Morse, Caroline E. Rumley, and Kenneth S. Kroeger; presented at the Wellspring Symposium (April, 2019), Wingate University.
“Dependence of Brewing Time and Brewing Water Temperature on the Caffeine Content in Coffee”, Joshua H. Williams and Kenneth S. Kroeger, presented at the Wellspring Symposium (April, 2019), Wingate University.
“Percolations: The Stimulating Chemistry of Coffee!”, Kenneth Kroeger (Invited Speaker), presented at the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Carolina-Piedmont Section of the American Chemical Society (November 10, 2018), Discovery Place, Charlotte, NC.
“Inspiration in Perspiration: An Investigation of the Sodium and Potassium Content of Human Sweat”, Wyatt A. Rowell and Kenneth S. Kroeger, presented at the 70th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2018), Augusta, GA.
“Dependence of Brewing Time and Brewing Water Temperature on the Caffeine Content in Coffee”, Joshua H. Williams and Kenneth S. Kroeger, presented at the 70th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2018), Augusta, GA.
“Ascorbic Acid Degradation in Orange Juice Analyzed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography”; Alexis E. Morse, Caroline E. Rumley, and Kenneth S. Kroeger; presented at the 70th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2018), Augusta, GA.
“Inspiration in Perspiration: An Investigation of the Sodium and Potassium Content of Human Sweat”, Wyatt Rowell and Kenneth Kroeger, presented at the Wellspring Symposium (2018), Wingate University.
“The Effect of Roast, Grind, Temperature, and Brewing Method on Caffeine Content in Coffee”, Joshua H. Williams and Kenneth S. Kroeger, presented at the 69th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2017), Charlotte, NC.
“The Effect of Roast, Grind, Temperature, and Brewing Method on Caffeine Content in Coffee”, Joshua H. Williams and Kenneth S. Kroeger, presented at the Creative and Investigative Partnership Symposium (2017), Wingate University.
“Quantitative Determination of Oxalic Acid and Caffeine in Tea using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry”, Joseph A. Kroeger, Joshua H. Williams, and Kenneth S. Kroeger, presented at the 68th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2016), Columbia, SC.
“Fire size as a function of solvent volume”, J.W. Hall, M.T. Griffin, A.N. Manzewitsch, K.S. Kroeger, S.K. Hutchison, J. Coleman, T. Stegall; presented at the 68th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2016), Columbia, SC.
“Quantitative Determination of Oxalic Acid and Caffeine in Tea using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry”, Joseph A. Kroeger and Kenneth S. Kroeger, presented at the Creative and Investigative Partnership Symposium (2016), Wingate University.
“A Transition from Calculus- to Algebra-based Physics”, Kenneth Kroeger, James Hall, and Grant Thompson; presented at the Summer Meeting of the of the American Association of Physics Teachers (2015), College Park, MD.
“Doppler Mapping of the Smith Cloud”, Henry A. Delaney and Kenneth S. Kroeger; presented at the Fall Meeting of the North Carolina section of the American Association of Physics Teachers (2015), Davidson College.
“Doppler Mapping of the Smith Cloud”, Henry A. Delaney and Kenneth S. Kroeger; presented at the Creative and Investigative Partnership Symposium (2015), Wingate University.
“Synthesis of cyclic peptide analogs of GATE3-8, a δ-selective opioid peptide”, Brian Love, Michael A. Tapia, Mathew Potter, Ken Kroeger, and Krista R. Wilson; presented at the 66th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2014), Nashville, TN.
“Computational Simulation of the Binding of Deltorphin I to the δ-Opioid Receptor”, Michael A. Tapia and Kenneth S. Kroeger; presented at the Creative and Investigative Partnership Symposium (2013), Wingate University.
“Computational Simulation of the Binding of Deltorphin I to the δ-Opioid Receptor”, Michael A. Tapia and Kenneth S. Kroeger; presented at the 65th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2013), Atlanta, GA.
“Investigation of the T→R Transition in Human Hemoglobin using Steered Molecular Dynamics”, Dylan McSwain and Kenneth Kroeger; presented at the Creative and Investigative Partnership Symposium (2013), Wingate University.
“Investigation of the T→R Transition in Human Hemoglobin using Steered Molecular Dynamics”, Dylan McSwain and Kenneth Kroeger; presented at the 64th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2012), Raleigh, NC.
“Investigation of the T→R Transition in Human Hemoglobin using Steered Molecular Dynamics”, Dylan McSwain and Kenneth Kroeger; presented at a Summer research Lyceum (2012), Wingate University.
“Temperature dependence of viscosity for dilute gelatin solutions”; James Hall, Caitlyn Phipps, Stacy Hutchison, and Kenneth Kroeger; presented at the 64th Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2012), Raleigh, NC.
“Determination of Crosslinking in Gelatin”, James W. Hall, Caitlyn E Phipps, Stacy K Hutchison, and Kenneth S. Kroeger; presented at the 63rd Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (2011), Richmond, VA.
“The 2.0 Å Deoxy Crystal Structure of the Blood Substitute rHb1.1”, Kenneth S. Kroeger, presented at the 9th Symposium of the Protein Society (1995), Boston, MA.
“X-Ray Crystallographic Study of a Blood Substitute”, Kenneth S. Kroeger, presented at the 1st Annual Biotechnology Summer Seminar Series (1994), University of Colorado at Boulder.
“The 2.0 Å Deoxy Crystal Structure of the Blood Substitute rHb1.1”, Kenneth S. Kroeger, presented at the 7th Annual Colorado Biotechnology Symposium (1994), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
“Hemoglobin Cooperativity Studied by X-Ray Crystallography”, Kenneth S. Kroeger, presented at the 5th Annual Colorado Biotechnology Symposium (1992), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
Union County Senior Nutrition – Volunteer Meal Delivery to Home-Bound Seniors, January 2021 – May 2022.
American Red Cross – Carolinas Regional Board of Directors, 2003-2009.
Union County Chapter of the American Red Cross. Board of Directors, 2002-2008. Blood Services Committee Chairman, 2003-2008. Human Resources Committee Chairman, 2005-2006. Chairman of corporate donations for the Go for Blood fundraising event, 2002-2003. Participant and volunteer, Go for Blood! cycling fundraiser, 2001-2008.
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Quarterly blood drive sponsor, 2005-2013. Softball team manager/player, 2004-2013.
Union Academy. Invited speaker at the science faculty professional development workshop, 2014. Chemistry tutor, 2014. Math tutor, 2006-2007. Helped build new science lab, 2005.
United Way “Day of Caring” volunteer, 2002-2007, 2011-2021.
Union Technical Education Center. Math and science volunteer tutor, 1997.
Kroeger, Kenneth S., and Thompson, Grant D., Experiments in Astronomy, 1st ed., Hall Publishing Co., 2019.
Thompson, Grant D. and Kroeger, Kenneth S., Astronomy Laboratory Manual, 1st ed., Hall Publishing Co., 2017.
Hall, James W., Kroeger, Kenneth S., and Thompson, Grant D., Experiments in Physics, 5th ed., Hall Publishing Co., 2017.
Hall, James W., Kroeger, Kenneth S., and Thompson, Grant D., Experiments in Physics, 4th ed., Hall Publishing Co., 2015.
Kroeger, Ken, “Part 1. Adhesives in the Bindery: An Overview”, Printing Industries of America: The Magazine, July 2010.
Kroeger, Ken, “Part 2. Adhesives in the Bindery: Environmental Impact”, Printing Industries of America: The Magazine, July 2010.
Kroeger, Ken, “Adhesives in the Bindery: An Overview”, The Binding Edge, Winter 2010.
Kroeger, Ken, “Adhesives in the Bindery: Environmental Impact”, The Binding Edge, Spring 2010.
Kroeger, Kenneth S. & Kundrot, Craig E., “Structures of a Hemoglobin-Based Blood Substitute: Insights into the Function of Allosteric Proteins”, Structure (1997) 5, 227.
Kroeger, Kenneth S., “X-ray Crystallographic Study of the Blood Substitute rHb1.1”, Ph.D. dissertation, 1996.
Kroeger, Kenneth S. & Kundrot, Craig E., “A Gas Cell for Collecting X-ray Diffraction Data from Proteins”, Journal of Applied Crystallography (1994) 27, 609.
Lovejoy, E.R., Kroeger, K.S., & Ravishankara, A.R., “The Kinetics of the CS2OD + O2 Reaction”, Chemical Physics Letters (1990) 167, 183.
| Departments | Positions | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | Adjunct Faculty | Assistant Professor |