Kristin L Krueger

Kristin L. Krueger is a first-generation college student who received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Arkansas in 2011. She specializes in biological anthropology in general, but focuses her research on dental anthropology within paleoanthropology and bioarchaeology contexts. She is interested in understanding the dietary and behavioral strategies of our hominin ancestors, including Neandertals, archaic modern humans, and recent modern humans.  

Dr. Krueger has conducted research and/or fieldwork in Canada, Egypt, England, Italy, Nepal, Spain, and throughout the United States.

Research Interests

Dr. Krueger’s current research focuses on understanding how teeth wear. She was awarded a National Science Foundation – Major Research Instrumentation (BCS 2215936) to establish the Chicago Experimental Wear (ChEW Lab). This grant brought Artificial Resynthesis Technology (ART-VII), a novel and custom chewing simulator to Loyola University Chicago! Dr. Krueger was awarded a collaborative research grant through NSF (BCS 2418554) to use this chewing simulator to understand how teeth wear throughout the human lifespan. This work is with Dr. Myra Laird at Penn Dental Medicine. Read more about these grants here and here.