Skills: abstracting, correcting page proofs (InDesign), editing non-native English, mark-up languages (XML), on-screen copy-editing, on-screen proofreading, project management
Media: company literature and reports, journals, multi-author books, theses and dissertations
Equipment and software: Mac and PC computers; colour laser 600dpi printer; scanner, graphics tablet; word processing, text processing, spreadsheet processing, XML/XSLTproc tools, InDesign CS4 (Mac), Acrobat Pro 8
Qualifications and awards: DPhil Biology, PGCE Biology and Maths, BSc Microbiology
Recent training: Copy-editing by Distance Learning (PTC) 2009, Proofreading by Distance Learning (PTC) 2006
Experience: published researcher; freelance since 2005
Recent clients: Society for General Microbiology, Reproductive BioMedicine Online, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, LexisNexis
Subjects: medicine/life sciences (academic/research), bacteriology), biology (molecular/cell, popular, reproduction treatments), biochemistry, biotechnology, chemistry, ecology, genetics (microbial, molecular), microbiology, business (computers, marketing, office practice/skills, public relations), crafts (needlecraft, knitting), mathematics (popular/recreational), religious studies (ethics and moral issues)
Professional on-screen editor specialising in facts. As well as traditional editing, services include XML editing, InDesign projects and Excel spreadsheets. Regularly working with non-native English and bespoke publication projects.