Jared Krüger is a scientist and educator who grew up in Canada, but has lived in Utah for the past decade. He has a varied background. In University, he studied Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Astronomy, Ancient Near Eastern History, and World Dance. He got to participate in various research projects, including archaeology in Historic Nauvoo, studying glaciers in the Italian and Swiss Alps, manning telescopes at the West Mountain Observatory over his summers, and discovering viruses, two of which he named after the moons of Mars. He is currently working as an Adjunct Professor at Utah Valley University and an Educator at the Clark Planetarium. His specialties tend to lie in the crossover between different fields.