Dr Fee is a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Canterbury, with expertise particularly in biotechnology, biochemical and biomolecular engineering. His PhD topic was on blood flow disturbances in the carotid artery and their links to atherosclerosis. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Waterloo, Canada, in 1989/90, working on membrane ultrafiltration. He then returned to NZ as a lecturer at the University of Waikato, and a biochemical engineer at the Meat Industry Research Institute of New Zealand (MIRINZ). A full-time lecturer at the University of Waikato from 1996, he was head of the Department of Materials and Process Engineering from 2003 until 2006, when he took up a chair in chemical engineering at the University of Canterbury. Dr Fee has a wide range of experience in protein purification, protein PEGylation, membrane separations and process chromatography, and has worked in controlled drug delivery, microencapsulation and high-value dairy protein purifications. He is Director of the Biomolecular Interactions Centre at the University of Canterbury and has expertise in surface plasmon resonance. Dr Fee has published over 160 journal articles, book chapters, conference papers, patents and industrial research reports across a wide range of chemical engineering topics. Dr Fee began working with Edanz Editing as an editor in fields associated with chemical engineering and biotechnology in 2008.

Dr Lundin's PhD was entitled "Electroluminescent and Photoluminescent Properties of Metal-Based Compounds". Her research has focused on the development of new materials for application in light-emitting diodes. Dr Lundin undertook a post-doctoral research project at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, that involved applying metal-coordinated graphene complexes in optoelectronic devices. Dr Lundin has experience in organic synthesis, inorganic synthesis, photophysical characterization, X-ray crystallography and the fabrication and testing of prototype light-emitting diodes. Dr Lundin is an experienced scientific writer with a number of published peer-reviewed journal articles, including a cover article in Angewandte Chemie. Dr Lundin joined the Edanz Group as a specialist science editor, writer and reviewer in 2009.

Dr David has conducted research in many areas, including inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, and analytic chemistry. Her most recent research investigated the forensic use of isotope ratio mass spectrometry for the analysis of illicit drugs. Dr David is an experienced science communicator and editor, and received an award in the MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year competition (2007, New Zealand). She has also completed an internship with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Bangkok, Thailand). Dr David has presented at conferences and has peer-reviewed publications in the areas of physical, analytical, and forensic chemistry. Dr David began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Wright has been editing scientific manuscripts for non-native authors since 1997 and has been an editor for Edanz Editing since 2004. His scientific background is diverse, with the main scientific fields being in chemistry (organic, organometallic, inorganic and surface), semiconductors, biosensors (transducers, DNA and protein arrays) and nanotechnology. In 1996/7, Dr Wright was a Post-doctoral Fellow at The University of Tokyo, Japan, investigating novel catalytic pathways capable of generating ammonia under milder conditions than presently used in industry. As well as working for Edanz Editing, Dr Wright, now based in the UK, continues as a research scientist in the field of bionanosensors.

McPherson's background is in chemistry. For her PhD, “Sulfur-substituted alkyl complexes of platinum and palladium,” she investigated the synthesis and properties of sulfur-substituted organoplatinum and organopalladium complexes. She has over 25 years' experience in scientific publishing, working mainly in the physical sciences and engineering. She has been an independent publishing and editorial consultant since 2002 and began working for the Edanz Group in 2009.

Dr Laura Kuhar is a research scientist in the Precious and Base Metals Hydrometallurgy group of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Perth, Australia. Dr Kuhar has always displayed an interest in writing and is currently a reviewer for the Minerals Engineering journal and a former assistant editor of the De Beers Science and Engineering Review. She has published six internationally refereed papers, over 40 peer-reviewed industry reports or technical notes, and has presented at two international conferences. Her work experience has been in chemical, mechanical, mineral and metallurgical processing and fundamental chemical research. Dr Kuhar edits in a variety of fields and began work with the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Polson's chemistry career has focused on the study of ruthenium complexes. His first post-doctoral fellowship was in Canada, where he moved to larger arrays, attempting to make antennae to collect solar energy. His second post-doctoral fellowship in Italy involved time-resolved absorption studies on new iridium complexes. In his third fellowship, in New Zealand, he focused on the ruthenium complexes as catalysts for the oxidation of water and their characterization by X-ray crystallography. His current position, since June 2009, is Research Laboratory Technician at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Dr Polson's skills include the synthesis and characterization of novel complexes through NMR, mass spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography, and he has extensive experience in chromatography. He also has experience with many photophysical techniques such as electronic absorption and emission spectroscopies, electrochemistry, transient absorption spectroscopy, Raman and IR spectroscopy and the spectroelectrochemistry of the above techniques. Dr Polson has written more than 30 peer-reviewed research articles for a wide variety of journals. Dr Polson began working with Edanz Editing in 2008.

Professor Emeritus in Chemistry and former Professor of Physical Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Professor Scurrell is actively involved in research into heterogeneous catalysis, surface chemistry and materials chemistry, with emphasis on applications in energy conversion processes, environmental catalysis and options for the conversion of coal, natural gas and solar (via biomass) into liquid hydrocarbon fuels. He has a strong interest in nanometal-polymer composites, their synthesis and properties. Professor Scurrell has held various positions over the past 40 years in industry, academia and research institutes in the UK, the USA, Denmark, Italy and South Africa, and presently has consulting interests in South Africa, China and the Middle East. Professor Scurrell has over 150 publications and joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Mosi’s PhD studies involved the mechanism of reaction of two alpha glycosyltransferases, glycogen phosphorylase and cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase, through the use of modified substrates and inhibitors. Dr Mosi is a senior research scientist with eight years’ experience in pharmaceutical drug research. She has developed and implemented novel assays for the purpose of the identification of inhibitors of metallo-enzymes as antibacterials and inhibitors of cysteine proteases for the treatment of cancer. Dr Mosi has applied expertise in enzymology, receptor based cell biology, drug metabolism and protein purification and production. As well, she has designed and standardized systems and procedures for interpreting scientific results. She also has a sound knowledge of FDA guidelines and is trained in GLP and GMP procedures. Dr Mosi is a past member of the Drug Information Association, International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics, Society for Biomolecular Screening, American Society of Microbiology, and the Canadian Society of Chemistry. As first author of 10 published, peer reviewed manuscripts, and as editor of numerous other papers in fields of biology, biochemistry, chemistry and pharmacology, Dr Mosi brings an extensive writing background to her editing work for Edanz Editing.

Dr Price has a background in the field of environmental science and her research interests cover soil trace gas exchange (methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide), soil biology and biochemistry and the cycling of major elements such as carbon and nitrogen. Her PhD studies, which involved intensive field, laboratory and modeling, focused on understanding methane oxidation in a pristine indigenous forest soil. Dr Price was awarded a New Zealand Science and Technology Post-doctoral Fellowship, being involved in regular field measurements as well as modelling of soil methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide exchange from a regenerating sequence of native scrub. Dr Price has experience in writing for many different formats including journal articles, has edited for the Global Biogeochemical Cycles journal, and has presented data at numerous conferences. Dr Price began editing for the Edanz Group in 2009.

Dr Roberts has experience in a wide range of research fields. His PhD research focused on measuring effective charges in nonaqueous colloidal systems using optical tweezers in combination with an electrophoretic cell. After completing his PhD, he worked for two years as a postdoctoral research fellow at the AIBN, in the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. His research used tunable nanopores to detect the biomodification of nanoparticles, aiming to develop a simple, easily applied bioassay technique. Dr Roberts is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Materials Science Research Centre at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He works in the area of nanotechnology attempting to create stronger carbon nanotube networks. Dr Roberts joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Alexander is currently a postdoctoral research associate at Montana State University's Molecular Beam Facility where he studies gas/surface and gas/gas reaction dynamics. His research interests include experimental and computational chemical physics, and he has experience in surface spectroscopy, ultra-high vacuum, and atomic/molecular beam techniques. He has authored more than 10 scientific papers, with first-authored papers accepted to the Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and Faraday Discussions. He regularly presents at national and regional conferences. Dr Alexander is also interested in the incorporation of modern pedagogical techniques in chemical education. Dr Alexander began working an editor for the Edanz Group in 2011.

Dr Cooper's PhD thesis was entitled "A Computer Simulation Study of the Interaction of Surfactants with Mineral Surfaces". He spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow at Industrial Research Ltd. in New Zealand, computationally studying self-adsorbed monolayers of long-chain thiols on gold surfaces. He then worked at the University of Cambridge where he was funded by the pharmaceutical industry to investigate the thermodynamic properties of organic molecular solids. Dr Cooper has published 14 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has presented his work at numerous international scientific conferences. His expertise is in the area of computational materials science and he has considerable experience in the computational methods that are used to study solid-state materials. He joined the Edanz group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Watts is an atmospheric biogeochemist who has taught Atmospheric Chemistry, Meteorology, Climatology and Policy in both the UK and New Zealand. He has spent over 20 years working in the area of air quality and its affect on health, historic artifacts and climate. He is a referee for several major journals including Atmospheric Environment, and has been a member of both UK and EU government and inter-government working groups and technical committees on air quality and its measurement. Dr Watts, a frequent invited speaker at congresses, has published over 30 peer reviewed papers, has patents (including Japanese patents), and has authored textbooks. He works closely with a network of colleagues in Japan, China and Thailand, and began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Murphy researches at the interface of chemistry and biology, focusing on natural products involving small, but complex, molecules produced by organisms to gain an evolutionary advantage over their competitors. Her PhD investigated the total synthesis of natural products and the use of organic synthesis as a tool in natural product structure elucidation. She then joined the Simpson group at the University of Bristol, UK, working on a multidisciplinary project aiming to understand more about the biosynthesis of natural product antibiotics, and the complex enzymes that produce them from simple primary metabolite building blocks. She has significant experience in the areas of organic synthesis, analytical and biological chemistry. Dr Murphy began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Devenish's current research examines the role of quaternary structure in enzyme function. His PhD was obtained in organic chemistry, in the field of natural products isolation and hemisynthesis, and also involved significant amounts of peptide synthesis as well as polymer chemistry. Dr Devenish’s recent research has been in the field of enzymology, where he has worked on biochemical and biophysical characterization of enzymes, molecular cloning techniques and site-directed mutagenesis. Dr Devenish continues in active research, and has a successful publication record. Dr Devenish started working with the Edanz Group in 2009.

Dr Lewalle is a multidisciplinary physicist with a background in semiconductor and condensed-matter physics. His PhD research examined quantum phenomena related to electron correlations in ultra-clean low-dimensional silicon MOSFETs and GaAs heterostructures. Dr Lewalle’s experiments made extensive use of cryogenic equipment and high-sensitivity electronic measurements at low temperatures. His post-doctoral study and recent research has focused on the physics of biological systems at the cellular and single-molecule levels. At King's College London, Dr Lewalle built and used an optical-tweezer system to measure the mechanical stiffness of single myosin molecules, the proteins that give rise to tension in muscle. Currently, at University College London, he studies the force-producing mechanisms in chemotactic cells. Dr Lewalle joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011

Dr Larsen has conducted research in many areas of environmental chemistry including the transport and distribution of nutrients, PAHs, biomarkers and PCBs. His most recent research involves the compound specific isotope analysis of Arctic sediment cores associated with methane hydrates. Dr Larsen is an Associate Professor at St. Mary's College of Maryland where he teaches general, analytical, and environmental chemistry courses. He has been a visiting scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA) and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. Dr Larsen has presented at conferences and has also peer-reviewed publications in areas such as environmental chemistry. Dr Larsen joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Brotchie is actively researching the modification and functionalization of metal surfaces. His PhD was in the field of acoustics and sonochemistry. Dr Brotchie is the author of 10 high-impact peer review journal publications and two book chapters, and has given numerous presentations at international conferences. He joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Carlotta Shearson did two years of undergraduate research on the synthesis of small molecules for neurotoxicity studies. Her graduate work was in the laboratories of Professor Clayton Heathcock at the University of California at Berkeley, where she worked on the synthesis of a potential HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor. She then spent four years working as a synthetic organic chemist in the agricultural chemicals industry, synthesizing novel pesticide candidates. She has been a freelance editor of books and scientific journal articles since 1991, working on a wide range of topics spanning chemistry, biochemistry, and molecular biology. For the past 15 years, she has specialized in editing scientific journal articles by authors for whom English is a second language. Ms Shearson joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Fayle’s PhD focused on Food Chemistry. Her postdoctoral research was done in the Department of Food and Nutrition at the University of Reading, UK. She then worked as a scientist for Crop and Food Research in New Zealand. Dr Fayle’s laboratory skills include both traditional gel electrophoresis and capillary electrophoresis techniques, HPLC, organic synthesis, protein purification and identification, and NMR. Dr Fayle has expert knowledge of the Maillard Reaction, and is the author of a Royal Society of Chemistry monograph on this reaction. She also has authored twenty related publications, and has been an invited speaker at international conferences in her field of study. She began working with the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

Dr Alan Robinson is a senior process chemist working in the agricultural industry. His work requires a deep understanding across a wide range of chemical fields. He has extensive experience in organic and physical organic chemistry, especially with respect to synthesis, mechanism and kinetics. Dr Robinson completed his PhD, based on the development and understanding of new catalysts for diene and enyne metathesis, with internationally acclaimed Prof Lloyd-Jones in 2005. He has spoken and presented prize winning posters at numerous symposia, and recently co-authored an important paper in Chemistry – A European Journal. Dr Robinson began working with the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

Dr Walmsley recently completed her PhD in Molecular Marine Microbiology and Natural Product Chemistry. Her research, entitled “Investigating the link between microbial diversity and secondary metabolite production in endemic South African marine sponges of the genus Tsitsikamma” instigated the establishment of an environmental genomics project at Rhodes University. Dr Walmsley has extensive experience in molecular microbiology and natural product chemistry, including techniques such as cloning, Sanger sequencing, 454 pyrosequencing, phylogenetics, genetic identification, isolation of pure cultures, fermentation, natural product isolation and identification, nuclear magnetic resonance, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis, sequence analysis and interpretation, polymerase chain reaction, DNA isolation, scanning electron microscopy, high pressure liquid chromatography, large scale column chromatography, media preparation and sterile techniques. Dr Walmsley joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Burns was a staff scientist at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, for 31 years. His career began with gas phase laser spectroscopy with applications to quantum-resolved detection of molecules desorbed from transition metal surfaces. After many years of research in the field of desorption induced by electronic transitions, he began to focus on interfacial tribology and investigated the molecular-level aspects of friction with novel scanning probe techniques and conjugated polymer interfaces. During his final years of active research, he collaborated with the Dept. of Pathology at the University of New Mexico on the structural characterization of signaling domains in cellular membranes using combined atomic force microscopy and fluorescence imaging. Dr Burns joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Nairn has over 15 years of research experience in Materials Science, Chemistry and Materials Engineering, mostly at Monash University and CSIRO, Australia. Her current research covers two main areas: Understanding and exploiting molecular mobility in materials, and Biological Materials Science. Her specific expertise is in the characterization of complicated materials. She collaborates with Synthetic Chemists, Molecular Biologists, Food Scientists, Mathematicians, Physicists and Chemical and Materials Engineers, and has published over 30 refereed papers. She has previously studied concrete, corrosion and corrosion monitoring, solid electrolytes and light metal alloys. She joined Edanz Group Japan as an editor in 2010.

Dr Young’s research interests are in surface chemistry and interface science, particularly spectroscopy at surfaces/interfaces and the chemistry/reactivity of adsorbed species. His PhD thesis, entitled ‘Chemistry at Cadmium Sulfide Surfaces’, investigated the surface chemistry of synthetic inorganic particles, and explored factors important for their use in biological imaging applications. His current post doctoral research includes quantum dot based solar energy generation, and novel photo-catalytic nanotechnologies for marine antifouling applications. Dr Young's publication record includes papers from the fields of inorganic coordination polymers, nanoparticle synthesis and optical properties, adsorption kinetics and equilibria, structural properties of proteins at surfaces, and a comprehensive review entitled 'Square planar silver(I) complexes: A rare but increasingly observed stereochemistry for silver(I)', published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews. Dr Young began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Stevenson is a chemist who has served as principal investigator on a variety of projects in areas of organic and polymer chemistry. His PhD research on hypervalent organosilicon compounds involved both synthetic and mechanistic work as well as extensive use of spectroscopy. After graduation he was employed at Owens-Corning Fiberglas from 1984–1986, synthesizing organosilicon compounds for use as coupling agents in fiberglass reinforced composites. He then worked on projects dealing with the synthesis, formulation, and testing of energetic compounds in propellants and explosives. A former chairman of the North Alabama Section of the American Chemical Society, he has published a number of articles in prestigious journals such as the Journal of the American Chemical Society and the Journal of Organic Chemistry. Dr Stevenson began work as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2010.

Dr Vocadlo is a chemist with six years’ experience in medicinal chemistry and drug product development in biotech companies. As a researcher she was involved in multi-step synthesis and spectroscopic analysis of compounds, including experiment planning, execution, compound isolation, purification and identification. Dr Vocadlo has also gathered and evaluated information, and then prepared regulatory submissions for NDA (New Drug Applications of the US FDA). As well as being a published first author, Dr Vocadlo has extensive experience in technical writing and editing (theses, manuscripts, protocols and reports). Dr Vocadlo began working with Edanz Editing in 2007.

Dr Hitchin is a synthetic organic chemist with over eight years of experience in the pharmaceutical and fine chemical industries. He is skilled in the areas of synthetic chemistry, medicinal chemistry and process research and development. Dr Hitchin's PhD investigated the synthesis and application of poly-functionalized quinuclidine systems. He is currently a Senior Scientific Officer for Cancer Research UK at the Paterson Institute of Cancer Research in the UK, where he leads a team of medicinal chemists investigating novel drug discovery targets in oncology. Dr Hitchin has also worked as a Chemistry Group Leader for Pfizer Global Research and Development at the Sandwich laboratories in Kent, UK, where he was responsible for the successful design and implementation of synthetic strategies across therapeutic areas including pain, obesity and virology. Further to this, Dr Hitchin has worked providing c-GMP manufacture in an FDA approved facility. Dr Hitchin has published in several peer-reviewed journals. He joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Ms Garcia obtained an MSc in Bio-Systems Sustainability, specializing in Bioorganic Chemistry, from Hokkaido University, Japan, and is currently a PhD candidate in Food Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. Her research is focused on flavor and fragrance chemistry, and she has worked on the characterization of the aroma profiles of flowers and fruits. Her work involves the isolation of volatile and non-volatile compounds, the use of instrumentation (GC-MS, NMR, etc.), and the use of enzymes. She has presented her research at conferences in Japan, New Zealand and China. Ms Garcia also has a broad background in the life sciences, including the isolation and characterization of bioactive compounds and enzymes. She is fluent in English, and speaks and reads Japanese and Spanish. She joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Mr Ancelet is currently a PhD candidate at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, where his studies focus on the sources and factors contributing to air particulate matter pollution in urban areas. Mr Ancelet's MSc research was on the development of novel ruthenium organometallic complexes for use as olefin metathesis catalysts. He has extensive experience in organic and inorganic synthetic and analytical techniques. Along with his practical experience, he has published a number of papers in international peer-reviewed journals and is a co-author of two patents. Mr Ancelet’s diverse background enables him to edit a wide range of scientific manuscripts. He joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Ms Roberts is a university tutor in chemistry and soil science. She previously worked as an environmental scientist specializing in contaminated site remediation. She has also been an analytical chemist, specializing in GC/MS. She is currently involved in research associated with teaching science at a tertiary level. Ms Roberts began as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

With an undergraduate degree in Ceramic Engineering (a subdiscipline of Materials Engineering) and an MA in Professional Writing, Ms. Kieva has a broad background and sound foundation in science and scientific editing. She is experienced in editing for authors for whom English is not their first language, understanding the challenges facing these authors as they seek publication in professional journals. She joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Mr White’s MSc research centered on the organometallic chemistry of various platinum group metals. His research focused on the synthesis and characterization of various cyclometalated gold and palladium compounds, using {Pt2S2} as a bridging and stabilizing ligand. Major characterization techniques used were ESMS, 13C nmr and x-ray diffraction studies. Mr White has worked in a number of jobs in industry in the UK ranging from metal recovery and catalysis studies through to environmental consultancy. He is currently a technical specialist for the Europe, Middle East and Asia region for a leading water microbiology testing company. Mr White began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2009.