Oceanography

Dr Shaun Clements

2001 - PhD Fisheries Science, Oregon State University, Oregon, US
1995 - MSc (1st Hons) Biological Sciences, Waikato University, NZ
1993 - BSc Biological Sciences (Earth Science minor), Waikato University, NZ
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.

Assoc Prof Michael Dewe

1966 - MEng Control Systems, University of Canterbury, NZ
1964 - BScEng Electrical Engineering & Physics, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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 Robert McKenzie

2001 - PhD Botany, Department of Plant & Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, NZ
1989 - MSc (1st Hons) Botany, Department of Botany, University of Auckland, NZ
1988 - BSc Botany, University of Auckland, NZ
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 Alan Hodgson

2004 - DSc, Manchester University, UK
1980 - PhD Marine Biology, Manchester University, UK
1976 - BSc (Hons) Marine Biology, Liverpool University, UK
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 Andrew Gorman

2001 - PhD Geophysics, University of British Columbia, Canada
1987 - BSc Geophysics, University of Calgary, Canada
Dr Gorman is an active research geophysicist with both academic and industrial experience. A major focus of his research is the use of seismic imaging techniques to investigate geological processes and structures. Since 2003, Dr Gorman has been a lecturer at the Geology Department of the University of Otago. His current research involves the investigation of seafloor geology using a range of geophysical techniques. Through his active, collaborative research and publishing record, Dr Gorman has extensive experience in technical writing and editing. Dr Gorman began working with the Edanz Group in early 2009.

Dr Elizabeth Juarros

2007 - PhD Physics, University of Connecticut, USA
2003 - MS Physics, University of Connecticut, USA
1999 - BS Physics, Fort Lewis College, USA
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.

Mr Glenn Pennycook

1997 - MSc Physics, University of Auckland, NZ
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 Sarah Hanton

1996 - PhD Marine Biology, University of Aberdeen, UK
1992 - BSc (Hons) Ecology, University of York, UK
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.

Dr Brendan O’Sullivan

1977 - PhD Marine Biology, National University of Ireland
1972 - BA (Mod), Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
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.

Mr Christopher Wood

1998 - BSc Environmental Protection and Conservation management, Surrey University, UK
From 2002 to 2009, Mr Wood was a researcher and lecturer for the College of Life Sciences of Zhejiang University in China. He taught post-graduate level principles of how to write and publish scientific papers. In 2009, he began providing editorial support at a Japanese university for the Global Center of Excellence for Asian Conservation Ecology program. Mr Wood has researched and published in various fields including Hemosiderosis (Iron Storage Disease) linking human and animal medicine; his published reports have focused on ecology, agriculture and conservation biology. Mr Wood has also worked as a team leader for the ecological consultancy of China’s First National Wetland Park, Xixi Wetlands. Prior to moving to China, Mr Wood was a primatologist focusing initially on the lemurs of Madagascar but later on old world monkeys. He has been a regular visiting lecturer for Oxford Brookes University in the UK. Mr Wood began editing for the Edanz Group in 2010.

Ms Ruth Chambers

2008 - MSc Earth Sciences, Oxford University, UK
Ms Chambers specializes in Geochemistry and Earth System Science, investigating the changing relationship between the Asian monsoon and the El Nino phenomenon and completing a research project on the effects of Antarctic sea ice on climate entitled "The Palaeoceanography of the Weddell Sea." Ms Chambers works in Beijing as a writer and editor, and began working for the Edanz Group in 2009.

Mr Simon Grove

1994 - MSc Marine Science, University of Otago, NZ
1992 - BSc Physiology, University of Otago, NZ
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.

Mr Thomas G H Rogers

1961 - MA Physics, University of Cambridge, UK
1957 - BA (Hons) Physics with Geology, Maths and Mineralogy & Petrology, University of Cambridge, UK
A skilled musician, Mr Rogers first specialized in the field of acoustics, at EMI Ltd (London) and then at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand (until 1977). He also worked as Senior Medical Physicist at the Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Christchurch, New Zealand, from 1962 until 1993. Mr Rogers has authored 15 reviewed papers in journals in medical physics and medicine. These were in fields including oncology, nuclear medicine, ophthalmology and endocrinology. He has also worked with applications of dedicated computers to areas of medicine. He has been a Member of the Australasian College of Medical Physical Scientists and Bioengineers in Medicine since 1969. Mr Rogers began working for the Edanz Group in 2009.
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