Dr Krege M Christison Ph.D.

Krege M. Christison is a Lead Research Chemist for Fuels Products & Technology in the Chevron Technical Center and has been with Chevron for the past 13 years. His research focuses primarily on the application of chromatography and mass spectrometry to the analysis of high value products; studying gasoline, jet, and diesel fuel by applying comprehensive GCxGC-FID/MS, Pyrolysis-GC/MS, DART/MS, LC/MS, and statistical analysis of data (chemometrics). 

Prior to joining Chevron, Krege earned his B.S. in Chemistry (cum laude) at Sonoma State University. After joining Chevron in 2008 as a Research Technician, he earned an M.S. in Chemistry from California State University, East Bay in 2012. In 2015 he began work on a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry from University of the Pacific which was completed in 2019. While at Pacific, Krege worked under Prof. O. David Sparkman and Dr. Liang Xue. His Ph.D. dissertation was a study of the molecular origin of jet fuel thermal oxidation stability issues through the application of advance analytical techniques.

In addition to being a member of the American Chemical Society, Krege is a member of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry and the International Association for Stability, Handling and Use of Liquid Fuels (IASH). He was awarded The Chevron Research Award of Excellence in Honor of John Bacha for his paper entitled "Exploring Jet Fuel Thermal Oxidative Deposition Through Statistical Analysis of Mass Spectral Data and Characterization of Quartz Crystal Microbalance Deposits" at the 2019 IASH Symposium.