Rick Williams, Ph.D., is an emeritus professor and curator of botany at the Ray J. Davis Herbarium, Idaho Museum of Natural History at Idaho State University. He is currently curator of the Natural History Collections at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (RMBL). He has studied plant ecology and evolution at RMBL since 1991, particularly reproductive biology and pollination of Larkspurs and Geraniums, and historical changes in plant communities in the Crested Butte area. He uses herbarium specimens and community science data from iNaturalist to track plant distributions and phenology over time. Since retiring in 2018, he continues to conduct research, mentor students, and work with volunteers in the herbarium at RMBL. When not in the herbarium, Rick and his wife Rosemary Smith, also a biologist at RMBL, can be found climbing the peaks and fishing the streams near Crested Butte.