Dr Kraabel’s PhD was in experimental condensed matter. Since 1995 he has worked in research and development in both academia and industry. His specialties are condensed matter physics, optics (linear and nonlinear), and materials science. His interests include conjugated polymers, nanocrystals, ultrafast pulsed lasers, nonlinear optics, light-matter interactions, and object-oriented programming. He has both authored and edited numerous reports for publication in peer reviewed scientific journals, as well as grant applications, patent applications and white papers. Dr Kraabel began as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Bradshaw is a university computer science lecturer in the theory of computing, focusing on all programming languages, including C++ and object-oriented programming as well as distributed and parallel programming. Dr Bradshaw has several published reports and is an experienced editor of manuscripts in all fields with aspects of computer science and mathematics. She began as an editor with Edanz Editing in 2007.

Assoc Prof Michael Dewe retired in December 2006 as University of Canterbury IT Director and is currently an Adjunct Assoc Prof and a consultant to the Information and Communication Technology industry. Prior to his position as University IT Director, he was an Assoc Prof (Reader) in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Research interests focused on advanced instrumentation and data acquisition systems with specific applications to real-time power quality monitoring (harmonic analysis) and seismic earthquake measurement and recording. He lectured in engineering design, computer hardware, instrumentation, and engineering management. His early career was as an electronic systems engineer, designing flight and ground systems for satellites and launch vehicles for European Space Projects. A systems engineer, Assoc Prof Dewe has wide experience in applications of engineering to various scientific disciplines. He began working with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Marrow’s doctoral thesis “The evolution and dynamics of interacting populations” investigated biological evolution in an ecological context and used mathematical and computational modeling. These skills were further applied during a research fellowship at the University of Leiden and a postdoc at the University of Cambridge. With this background Dr Marrow was recruited by BT (British Telecom, UK) to apply insights from biology to computing and other technology relevant to the business. Over more than 10 years with the company, Dr Marrow researched and developed new technology, drawing inspiration from other complex systems such as economic and social systems as well as those in nature. During this time he led collaborations with universities and other companies and published many papers. Dr Marrow has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications and is an internationally recognized computer science expert. He has also reviewed grant applications, journal papers and been an invited speaker at conferences and universities. He maintains a multidisciplinary view of technology. His current focus is on novel computing, especially for networked systems, where it intersects with new media products and services, telecoms, biology and complex systems. Dr Marrow joined he Edanz Group as an editor in 2012.

Dr Humphries is a mathematician whose research areas include phylogenetics, graph theory, matroid theory, and number theory. His research also involves theoretical, discrete and general mathematics, along with combinatorics. Dr Humphries brings excellent writing and editing skills from his work experience as an English teacher, and more recently as an instructor and lecturer for university-level mathematics students. Dr Humphries began working with the Edanz Group in early 2009.

Dr Feizollahi is a lecturer in Linguistics at Rhodes University, South Africa. She teaches phonetics & phonology, the linguistics of sign language, computational linguistics, semantics and pragmatics. Although linguistics is generally a field of the humanities, her research focuses on acoustic phonetics and she therefore has knowledge of the physical sciences, quantitative experiments and statistical presentation of results. Dr Feizollahi carries out acoustic studies as well as supervising student research projects. Her research is well published and she has presented her studies at academic conferences. Dr Feizollahi’s background in computational linguistics and natural language processing (NLP) has supported her work for Sony, Microsoft Speech Labs and LiveOps in the speech and NLP industries. She also has an interest and studies in the fields of economics and international law. Dr Feizollahi, a native speaker of English, is multilingual, being fluent in Spanish with an understanding of Turkish, Norwegian, German and Farsi. She began working as an editor for the Edanz Group in 2011.

Dr MacEwen has 26 years experience in the IT field as a faculty member in the Department of Computing and Information Science at Queen's University in Canada. During this time he has published numerous journal and conference papers, published a textbook on computer systems, and acted as a reviewer for several research journals. He has supervised numerous PhD dissertations and served on many engineering and natural science examination committees. Dr MacEwen also co-founded a software company, Andyne Computing Limited, and became a director when it became a successful public company. Since leaving Queen’s University 10 years ago, Dr MacEwen has been a technical editor and writer. The fields he focuses on include computer security, computer systems, software engineering, computer science, formal methods, requirements specification, electrical engineering, engineering, mathematics, information technology, telecommunications, computer networks, and operating systems. Dr MacEwen joined the Edanz Group as an editor and writer in 2010.

Dr Hanton undertook post-doctoral research in intertidal ecology including the spatial and temporal dynamics of intertidal and coastal species. She has a strong academic background and skills in database management, having maintained, compiled and developed bibliographic databases with a focus on aquatic biology, water science and technology, African natural and cultural history, and ornithology. She currently teaches in the fields of mathematics, biology, and computer studies. Dr Hanton has published extensively and began editing for Edanz Editing in 2007, editing in a variety of areas.

Mr Brehaut has more than thirty years experience in Information Technology and Systems Engineering. His various roles in industry have included Systems Engineer, Program Manager, IT Manager, Consultant, Methodologist and Trainer, culminating in his appointment as Chief Architect and subsequently Director of Consulting for CSC Australia. One of Mr Brehaut’s roles at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) was Co-Lead of the world wide Architecture and Design Expert Group. The resultant report The Architecture Revolution, for which Geoff was the primary contributor and an editor, is available at: http://www.csc.com/lef/ds/56385-previous_lef_reports. During the period 1999–2001, Mr Brehaut presented papers at International and Australian conferences on aerospace joint venture program management and satellite data communications, respectively. He joined Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Geoff Cardwell has over 35 years experience in the electrical power industry, mainly in quality systems and technology development; including being Project QA Coordinator for a South African nuclear power station team. He later became Group QA and Technology Manager for the ABB companies in South Africa. After moving to New Zealand in 1993 he worked as a consulting electrical engineer and also studied business systems and IT as well as lecturing post-graduate engineering management students on quality systems and business processes. Mr Cardwell has also researched delivery systems for health care. He was inaugural Chairman of the New Zealand National Committee of CIGRE, the Paris based International Council on Large Electric Systems. Mr Cardwell has presented papers at conferences in South Africa, the United States and New Zealand. His publications, including one in Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, have focused on TQM, but have also discussed failure prevention and transformer oil testing. Mr Cardwell began as an Edanz Group editor in 2010 and edits in fields related to engineering, business systems, information technology and health research topics.

Mr Campbell initially worked at the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratories at the University of Cambridge in the UK, working with highly innovative microelectronic devices. He worked in the mobile telecommunications industry specializing in the design and implementation of test and monitoring systems for mobile telephony networks. Currently he is undertaking a Graduate Diploma in Economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.

Mr Frew is presently a Master of Applied Science candidate in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department of the University of British Columbia, Canada. His research interests include medical image processing and ultrasonic transducer hardware, with applications to medical diagnosis and prostate brachytherapy. Previously, Mr Frew worked at Victoria University of Wellington as a research assistant and spent two and a half years at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, developing medical devices for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. He has experience in a diverse range of topics, including biomedical engineering, microtechnology, electronics and risk management. Mr Frew began working with the Edanz Group in early 2009.