Deborah Giles
Killer whale researcher, Friday Harbor Laboratories
Whales
Expertise: Marine mammals of the Salish Sea, killer whale health, physiology and diet; Southern Resident orcas; orca population dynamics and reproduction, conservation biology, Salish Sea ecosystem health
Giles, who goes by her last name, is also science and research director at Washington state nonprofit Wild Orca and a resident scientist at the UW Friday Harbor Laboratories.