In 1991, Paul Krieger landed his dream job: biology professor at Grand Rapids Community College.
He spent decades teaching courses in anatomy, physiology, general biology and personal health and watching, with pride, as his students went on to careers in nursing, dental hygiene, physical therapy, respiratory therapy, physician assisting, occupational therapy and medicine, among others.
Krieger knows the satisfaction that comes from finding what you were meant to do: He found a way to combine his passions for art and science while a student at Grand Rapids Junior College.
After earning his associate degree in 1984, he received a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Michigan and a secondary teaching certificate. He went on to earn a master’s in biological sciences from Wayne State University in 1991.
He began his teaching career in high schools in Jackson and China before returning to GRCC, where he worked for 28 years. He retired from the college in 2019.
Krieger is author and illustrator of the four-book Visual Analogy Guides series, which cover anatomy, physiology and chemistry.
