David Giblin, Ph.D. is Collections Manager and Research Botanist at the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum, where he researches the diversity and distribution of Pacific Northwest vascular plants. He conducts field work throughout Washington, and is currently focusing on alpine plant diversity of Washington's Cascade Range. He is lead editor and co-author of Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd edition, Taxon Editor for multiple families for the Flora of North America Project, and manages the Plants and Fungi of Washington Image Gallery and Washington Flora Checklist.