Dr Campbell trained in the US, including as a post-doc at the NASA Ames Research Center, in the fields of paleontology, paleoecology, paleoenvironmental analysis, sedimentology, stratigraphy, geochemistry, and astrobiology. For the past decade, she has taught and conducted research at The University of Auckland in New Zealand. Her specialty is the geologic record of life in extreme environments, with active research programs in the western US, New Zealand and South America, studying ancient hot/cold springs as analogs for early life on Earth and possible life on other planets. Dr Campbell has extensive science writing and editing experience, having published 45 peer-reviewed book chapters or papers in international journals, and successfully competed for research funding from national and international organizations. She has reviewed numerous theses, research papers and grant proposals as a supervisor, colleague, peer reviewer and journal board/associate editor. Dr Campbell began working for the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr McKenzie is a research associate at Rhodes University, South Africa, and is the Production Editor of the African Journal of Range and Forage Science, Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology and Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science. Dr McKenzie has extensive writing experience and his research skills cover areas of plant taxonomy and nomenclature, DNA sequencing and PCR techniques, microscopy, phylogenetic and phenetic data analysis methods, pollination ecology, histology, cytology, PAGE electrophoresis, and the isolation and monosaccharide analysis of plant cell walls. Dr McKenzie began as an editor with Edanz Editing in 2007 and his current research is focused on plant systematics and evolution, specializing in groups in the Asteraceae family, phylogenetics, biogeography, morphology and reproductive biology, hybridization, and plant breeding systems.

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.

Dr Juarros is a physicist with research experience in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics and has published papers in various international peer-reviewed journals, as well as presented at international conferences. Her research has involved examining light-matter interactions in highly quantum mechanical systems, specifically the formation of ultracold polar molecules. Samples of these molecules could be used to probe physics beyond the standard model and it has been proposed that ultracold polar molecules could be used to aid in the realization of a quantum computer. Dr Juarros also has several years of undergraduate teaching experience at the University of Connecticut in the USA and has held a Teaching Fellowship at the University of Aberdeen in the UK. She has been involved in the implementation of new teaching techniques, including group problem solving laboratories and interactive learning methods for lectures. Dr Juarros began working as a writer and editor for Edanz group in 2010.

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 Smith has worked as a research scientist investigating novel marine extracts with involvement in crop and food research. Dr Smith studied as a post-doctoral researcher at the CNRS Roscoff, France. As well, she has published several research papers in peer-reviewed journals, written numerous IP-protected/confidential reports, and presented at more than 20 international conferences. She is also a reviewer for several academic journals (Functional Plant Biology, Enzyme and Microbial Technology). Dr Smith’s areas of professional expertise for editing are biochemistry and biology, especially of plants, phycology (marine plants), fisheries science, and marine biology, and food and food technology. Dr Smith began working with Edanz Editing in 2007 and now works full time as a science copyeditor.

Dr Clements has published 9 reports as first author in international peer-reviewed journals, such as Behavioral Neuroscience, General and Comparative Endocrinology, and Hormones and Behavior. He has written numerous professional reports and made over 25 presentations at congresses. Dr Clements has also undertaken crustacean research and established telemetry arrays and associated software. Some of his research techniques and skills involve steroid radio-immunoassay, plasma lactate and glucose and ion determination, histology, and mRNA/DNA extraction and purification. Dr Clements began editing for Edanz Editing in 2007 in areas associated with the biological sciences, especially the fisheries fields.

Dr Hodgson, an internationally renowned scientist and educator, is a Professor of Zoology lecturing in invertebrate biology, cell structure and function, animal reproduction, environmental physiology, marine biology and introductory microscopy. His interests are in reproductive biology, particularly in developmental processes in gametogenesis of invertebrates, structure and function of spermatozoa, comparative sperm structure and its application in taxonomy and evolutionary biology, reproductive biology/ecology of mollusks, and the physiology of spermatozoa. As well, estuarine biology, and the management of estuarine and intertidal resources, are fields in which Dr Hodgson carries out research. Dr Hodgson has published extensively, with 109 publications in peer evaluated scientific journals, a book and chapters in five other books. He is a peer reviewer for 21 international journals associated with marine biology. He is a member of numerous professional societies, including the Malacological Society of London, International Society of Invertebrate Reproduction, Unitas Malacologica, Microscopy Society of Southern Africa, Zoological Society of Southern Africa, Royal Society of South Africa, Californian Malacological Society, American Microscopical Society, and Marine Biological Association of Plymouth.

Dr Horsburgh has a broad background in medicine and the biological sciences. After completing her medical degree in Auckland, New Zealand, she worked as a general practitioner and student health doctor with particular interest in Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine and Women's Health. In 1993 Dr Horsburgh moved to Beijing, China, where she continued to practice medicine part-time and also worked as a medical writer and editor. In 1998 she moved to Singapore where she continued to work in the field of medical communications. Her work included producing conference and symposium reports and writing review articles for a range of medical publications. After travelling to Antarctica, Dr Horsburgh returned to Australia to study Antarctic Science in 2004. Her research focused on the impacts of changing sea-ice and oceanographic conditions on marine predators. Dr Horsburgh has used satellite trackers and remote sensing technology to monitor the foraging success of southern elephant seals and developed an index to identify prey encounters from dive data. The results of her research have been published in international peer-reviewed journals. Dr Horsburgh joined the Edanz group as an editor in 2011.

Ms Hammond is currently in her final year of the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program in Ecology at the University of Otago. Her doctoral thesis involves modeling ecological processes, including biological response to changes in hydrological and chemical conditions, and predicting future spread and proliferations of invasive species. Prior to her doctoral candidacy, Ms Hammond held academic positions at the University Of Otago School Of Medicine. She has extensive experience in research relating to the epidemiology of skin cancer and vitamin D deficiency. Ms Hammond is skilled in ultraviolet radiation dosimetry and analysis. She has extensive statistical knowledge and training in both epidemiology and ecology. Ms Hammond has published papers in peer-reviewed journals, including Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. She has written numerous scientific and technical reports, and presented at many conferences and industry workshops. She joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

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 Smith lectured in Mathematics at the University of Auckland from 1970 until 2008. He served for five years as Editor for the Mathematical Chronicle (now the New Zealand Journal of Mathematics) and for eight years as Editor of the quarterly NZMS Newsletter. His research interest has been in the area of commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, and more recently in the specialized topic of multiplication modules. He has authored or co-authored some 15 research articles in refereed international journals together with one undergraduate textbook on linear algebra.

Dr Slaughter has broad academic and research interests within the field of water resources. He has investigated the biogeographical distribution of phytoplankton in the Southern Ocean, and has extensive experience running acute and chronic ecotoxicity tests on fresh water macroinvertebrates. Dr Slaughter’s PhD work involved the development of new statistical and mechanistic water quality models to link flow to water quality in South African rivers. He is currently a post-doctoral fellow developing climate change adaptation tools for water boards in South Africa. Dr Slaughter has utilized downscaled Global Circulation Model rainfall and evaporation data for use in hydrology and water quality models. His publications are within the fields of chronic toxicity testing, water quality guidelines, acute – chronic extrapolation techniques, and modeling climate change scenarios for water resources. Dr Slaughter began as an editor for Edanz Group in 2011, and works in fields related to water resource science.

Dr Piatek’s scientific background is in forest ecology and soils. Her research interests are on the effects of disturbance on nutrient cycling in forests and nutrient exports from forested watersheds. She has conducted research in conifer and broadleaf natural and plantation forests using a combination of field and lab approaches including isotopic techniques, modeling, and survey instruments. Dr Piatek is the author of several scientific manuscripts on nutrient cycling processes in forest floors, and element dynamics in export waters. Dr Piatek also has a research interest in understanding the effects of nutrition on human health and well-being. She has lectured courses in Soils, Forest Soils, Forest Management, and Global Forest Resources. Her research findings are frequently presented at the annual meetings of the Soil Science Society of America—an organization in which she was elected and served as Chair for the Division of Forest Range and Wildland Soils. She is also a frequent reviewer for several soils, water, and forest ecology journals. Dr Piatek joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011

After graduation from Cornell University, Mr Milazzo worked for 10 years at a preclinical contract research organization where he was in charge of multi-disciplinary programs for biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Later Mr Milazzo became the director of preclinical research for a biotechnology company developing controlled-release drug implants for ophthalmic, orthopedic, and cardiovascular use, contributing to several IND and NDA applications to the US FDA. Mr Milazzo moved to New Zealand for his PhD studies, and has been working with biotechnology companies developing peptide therapies for muscle wasting disease and molecular diagnostic products for cancer detection and monitoring. His PhD thesis submitted in 2010, was entitled "Sheep Fat Bingo - A Comparison of Subcutaneous Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Infrapatellar Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells with Regard to their Chondrogenic Ability in a Sheep Model of Osteochondral Defect Repair". Mr Milazzo’s laboratory expertise includes techniques and surgical skills (particularly orthopedic) associated with a variety of large and small research animal models. These include stem cell and chondrocyte isolation and culture, immunohistochemistry, biochemical assay, histopathology specimen preparation and evaluation, microscopy, RNA extraction and cDNA preparation, and gene microarray. Mr Milazzo joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Mr Pennycook was a member of a Japanese – New Zealand astrophysics project called "MOA" (Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics), which essentially looked for dark matter candidates using various techniques. Mr Pennycook’s part of the project was published in the journal Astronomy. His postgraduate papers were in modern physics—astrophysics, nuclear physics, quantum mechanics and relativity. Mr Pennycook has taught astronomy and mathematics at university. As well, he has a background of studies in psychology and education at postgraduate levels. He has published in science education magazines and climbing magazines. Indeed, he is an accomplished mountaineer, being co-founder and editor of New Zealand's most visited mountaineering information website, www.mountainz.co.nz. Mr Pennycook has been a full-time editor for Edanz Editing since the beginning of 2007, and edits in fields related to physics, mathematics and the physical sciences.

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. Hunter has 27 years of professional experience since receiving the Master of Science degree. This experience embraces meteorology, hydrology, remote sensing, weather forecasting and modeling, renewable energy, geography, GIS, geophysics, oceanography, and professional education. Mr. Hunter is a world expert in the field of weather modification. He has fulfilled several leadership roles, including Air Force officer, research administrator, training leader, president of a hydrometeorology consulting firm, and operations director of an atmospheric research program in Turkey. Mr. Hunter has conducted research at the National Severe Storms Laboratory and National Center for Atmospheric Research in the USA, and at Risoe National Laboratory in Denmark. His publication record dates to 1980, with 29 publications to his name. Mr Hunter was an Associate Editor at Nature Reviews Nephrology from 2010 to April 2011. He speaks and writes English and Spanish. Mr. Hunter’s background allows him to diligently edit within the atmospheric and hydrologic sciences, most of the other earth sciences, and remote sensing.

Dr Pipe’s PhD research focused on biological modeling; investigating colony growth dynamics of two species of bacteria on high-nutrient agar with a view to developing a mathematical model based on fundamental physical processes to mimic observed growth behavior. She then tested the model by numerical simulation. During her PhD research, Dr Pipe developed numerical techniques to simulate nutrient flows, and worked on reaction-diffusion equations and their applications. She has also studied biological science topics at the postgraduate level, including bioinformatics and structural biology. Dr Pipe has a broad range of academic interests related to biophysics, and subjects ranging from food science to microbial ecology. Specialized areas include modeling of tumor growth, environmental aspects of bacterial growth in foods, and biofilm development. Dr Pipe joined the Edanz Group as an editor and writer in 2010.

Dr O'Sullivan has been an active researcher in the field of aquaculture, as well as being involved practically in the development of several aquaculture industries in both Ireland and Australia. Widely published in his field, Dr O’Sullivan is now a full-time copyeditor. From 1994 to 2000 undertaking English correction of journals and book editing for Elsevier Science BV (Amsterdam), Dr O’Sullivan worked in the fields of science and medicine. Dr O’Sullivan has also copyedited for Taylor & Francis, Oxford. Dr O’Sullivan began working with Edanz Editing in 2006.

Dr Weller is an ecologist with special interest in wildlife monitoring methodologies, agricultural ecosystems and sustainability, and biodiversity. His research has involved work on distance sampling analysis, the monitoring and modeling of bird population dynamics, wildlife survey planning, stream ecology, and human influences on aquatic ecosystems. He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals (three as first author) on the modeling of predator-prey interactions, the role and management of farmland biodiversity, and the theory and practice of distance sampling surveys. Dr Weller joined the Edanz group as an editor in 2011.

Emily Morris has studied at UC Davis, the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science and Humboldt State University. Her research has focused on the molecular diversity and physiology of coral reefs and their symbiotic dinoflagellates. She has a broad background in oceanography and the life sciences and successfully published her master's research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. Ms. Morris joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Mr Kamen’s original research was into the presence of freshwater archaea in New York State Lakes using PCR and DNA sequencing. He conducted fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) as part of his Master’s thesis. He also analyzed water samples for Chl A, Nitrogen, Phosphorous and TOC according to the APHA Standard Methods. Mr Kamen has also worked on environmental assessments of soil and groundwater contamination and the monitoring of chemicals in waterways. Mr Kamen gained over five years of experience as a senior microbiology analyst in New York using traditional microbiology techniques as well as GC, real time-PCR, and fluorescence microscopy various microbiological and biochemical techniques as well as the MIDI system. He was also in charge of all Legionella analysis, which was conducted in accordance with CDC guidelines. He has worked as a science editor for non-native authored manuscripts since 2006. Mr Kamen began as an editor with Edanz Editing and Liwen Bianji (Edanz Editing China) in 2008.

Ms Tourle’s MSc studies addressed the effects of ant predation on the efficacy of biological control agents for Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) in South Africa. Before these studies she had worked at the Iziko Museum (SA) identifying ant morphospecies. After graduation Ms Tourle worked with Prof. Wehner at Irchel University (Switzerland) preparing his extensive ant collection for hand-over to the Senckenberg Museum. From her studies Ms Tourle has had two peer reviewed papers published. She joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Dr Alfaro is a marine biologist with special interests in invertebrate ecology and aquaculture. Her research is inter-disciplinary (i.e., chemistry, physiology, microbiology, genetics, geology, statistics), and aims to elucidate the complex interactions among organisms and their environments. Current projects include the ecology and cultivation of mussels, and estuarine community ecology (i.e., food web dynamics). She is skilled in the design and implementation of field and laboratory experiments that incorporate tools and approaches from a variety of fields. Dr Alfaro is a Senior Lecturer at the Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Dr Alfaro began working as an editor for Edanz Editing in 2008.

Ms Stewart is a skilled editor who worked for many years for an international publisher. After graduating with a degree in geology, Ms Stewart began work in the editing field. A native English speaker, she also speaks French, Spanish, and Chinese, and has over twenty years of scientific editing experience helping nonnative authors get published. She joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Mr Grove has worked as a research scientist with the University of Otago (New Zealand) and the University of Western Australia, focusing on marine benthic ecology, marine environmental impact assessment, marine invertebrate taxonomy and underwater habitat mapping. He has had several reports published in peer-reviewed journals, particularly those relating to the multivariate statistical analysis of marine communities. He also has experience with the application of video technology for underwater research and a background in physiology and human health science. Mr Grove began working with the Edanz Group in 2008.

Dr Webster’s research has elucidated the biochemical and physiological mechanisms controlling the uptake and assimilation of free amino acids and the influence of Na+ and K+ ion gradients on these mechanisms. Since 1993, Dr Webster has been a Biomedical Indexer for Crossaig/Thomson and Derwent/Thomson Scientific. This work has included the therapeutic use of drugs, details of dosages and frequency of administration, drug comparisons and combinations, drug pharmacology and pharmacokinetic parameters, adverse effects/toxicity and treatment outcome. Dr Webster began working with Edanz Editing in 2006, editing in the fields of biological and environmental sciences.

Ms Korndoerfer's academic training is diverse. As well as studies in the health and environmental sciences, she also has experience in the fields of nutrition, urban planning, physical and human geography, and ecology. For her Master’s thesis she investigated the natural resource dependence of a rural Nigerian village, using a combination of social sciences, ecological, and remote sensing techniques. Ms Korndoerfer began working with the Edanz Group in early 2009.