R Troy McMullin is the head of botany at the Canadian Museum of Nature and one of the foremost lichenologists in North America He is currently the president of the Field Botanists of Ontario, an adjunct professor at Carleton University, a member of the Lichen Specialist Group for the IUCN and a research associate at Memorial University of Newfoundland Troy has published extensively in both the academic and popular media spheres, and he is an experienced speaker who has given lectures, talks and interviews across North America and beyond