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Atmospheric biogeochemist with expertise in Atmospheric Chemistry, Meteorology, Climatology and Policy

Dr Watts是大气圈生物地球化学学者，目前在新西兰惠灵顿维多利亚大学执教，教授大气化学、气象学、气候学和相关政策。在空气质量及其对健康、历史文物和气候的影响方面，拥有20余年研究经验。是数家期刊杂志的审稿人（其中包括Atmospheric Environment），一直担任英国和欧盟政府与政府间工作组和空气质量及测量技术委员会成员。经常受邀在议会上发言，已发表30余篇同行评审论文，拥有专利，编写过教科书。曾与日本、中国和泰国的同事密切合作，于2010年开始为理文做编辑工作。

Dr Watts is an atmospheric biogeochemist who teaches Atmospheric Chemistry, Meteorology, Climatology and Policy at Victoria University, Wellington, 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, 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.

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Atomic, molecular and optical physics specialist

物理学家。曾从事原子、分子、光物理领域的研究，在各种国际同行审查期刊杂志多次发表文章，并在国际会议上提交。研究领域包括研究高量子力学系统中光与物质的相互作用，特别是超冷极地分子的形成。利用这些分子样本，可探寻标准模式以外的物理现象，现已有人建议利用超冷极地分子实现量子计算机的制造。曾在美国康涅狄格大学从事数年教学，曾获英国阿伯丁大学教学奖金。一直参与新教学法实践，包括团体问题解决实验室和交互式学习法。2010年加入理文编辑，从事写作和编辑工作。

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.

Michael Dewe，副教授，2006年12月退休，退休前任Canterbury大学IT系主任，现为信息与通信技术副教授和顾问。任Canterbury大学IT系主任之前，曾任电子电气工程系助教。主要研究领域为：先进仪表和数据采集系统、以及在电能质量实时监测（谐波分析）和地震监测与记录中的具体应用。曾授课程：工程设计、计算机硬件、仪表和工程管理。早期曾作为电子系统工程师，参与欧洲空间项目下的卫星与发射载体飞行与和地面系统的设计。作为系统工程师，拥有从工程到各学科应用的丰富经验。2008年开始为理文编辑工作。

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.

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Awarded a New Zealand Science and Technology Postdoctoral Fellowship

环境科学专业背景，研究领域包括：土壤排放气（甲烷、二氧化碳和氮氧化物），土壤生物学和生物化学，碳、氮等主要元素的循环。博士研究中涉及了大量实验和建模，重点了解原始森林土壤中的甲烷氧化。曾获新西兰科学与技术博士后研究基金，目前从事定期实地测量工作，通过生成乡土灌木序列，对土壤甲烷、二氧化碳和氮氧交换进行建模。撰写了大量不同形式的文章（包括期刊文章），担任Global Biogeochemical Cycles杂志的编辑工作，并在许多会议上展示研究数据。自2009年起为理文编辑工作。

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. Alfaro 是一名海洋生物学家，对无脊椎动物生态学和水产学领域有着浓厚的研究兴趣。她致力于交叉学科的研究，例如化学、生理学、微生物学、遗传学、地质学和统计学，旨在阐发有机体和它们生存环境之间错综复杂的关系。目前从事的研究项目包括双壳类生态和养殖系统，以及河口生物种群的生态系统，即食物网动态。她擅长设计并实施利用多领域的工具和方法进行的野外试验和实验室试验。Dr. Alfaro 是新西兰奥克兰理工大学的高级讲师，从2008年开始为理文编辑工作。

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.

硕士研究方向是视错觉神经适应机制。在认知神经科学研究范式、脑成像技术（包括脑电图法、EEG和功能性核磁共振成像、fMRI）、数据分析以及神经科学、认知、知觉和行为科学方面拥有丰富经验。曾在奥克兰大学辅导本科毕业生普通心理学、神经解剖学、认知与知觉心理学以及生物心理学课程。曾以共同体学者的身份在St Andrews大学学习，从事进化和比较心理学、动物学、人类学、发展心理学、动物习性和人类生态学的研究。2008年受聘于Otago大学，负责利用11年来收集到的生物学、动物学、气候学、船舶系统和生态学数据，编辑和编写研究论文。研究成果曾在多次的国际会议上提交，曾在同行审查期刊杂志上发表心理学、动物学和生态学相关论文。2009年初加入理文编辑，从事编辑工作。

Mr Knight’s Master’s research focused on the neuronal adaptation underlying a visual illusion. He has extensive experience with cognitive neuroscience research paradigms, brain-imaging techniques (including electroencephalography, EEG, and functional magnetic resonance imaging, fMRI), data analysis, and experimental design in neuroscience, cognitive, perceptual and behavioural science. At the University of Auckland, he tutored undergraduate general psychology, neuroanatomy, cognitive and perceptual psychology, and biopsychology courses. Mr Knight studied as a Commonwealth Scholar at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, undertaking research involving evolutionary and comparative psychology, zoology, anthropology, developmental psychology, animal behaviour and human ecology. In 2008, Mr Knight was employed by the University of Otago as an editor and writer of research papers from 11 years of collected data in biology, zoology, climatology, marine systems and ecology. Mr Knight’s research has been presented at several international conferences, and he has published peer-reviewed papers in psychology, zoology and ecology. Mr Knight began working as an editor with the Edanz Group in early 2009.

Stewart女士是一名经验丰富的编辑，曾在某国际出版社工作多年。完成地质学学业后，便开始了编辑生涯。母语为英语，会讲法语、西班牙语和汉语，拥有二十多年的编辑经验，为非母语作者出版作品提供帮助。于2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

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.

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Geochemistry and Earth System Science specialist

Chambers女士专门从事地球化学和地球系统科学，对亚洲季风和厄尔尼诺现象之间的变化关系进行研究，完成了一项题为“威德尔海古海洋学”的研究项目，研究南极海冰对气候的影响。目前在北京工作从事作家和编辑工作，2009年开始供职于加入理文编辑。

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.

Jones 女士在斯克里普斯地球物理与行星物理研究所（IGPP）从事了6年的研究工作，工作内容是记录和分析太平洋洋底地震数据、开发水下地震观测仪器。Jones 女士还参与了海洋构造研究，基于斯克里普斯科考船绘制西南太平洋劳盆地和深海疏浚图；参加了“苏门答腊地球动力学项目”的野外作业，对印尼的地壳运动进行研究。Jones女士现居新西兰，任全职科技编辑。Jones 女士凭借在数学、物理、地质方面的专业背景以及广博的科技知识，编辑了大量科技文稿，内容涉及广泛的地球与环境科学领域。Jones女士2011年加盟理文，担任编辑。

Ms Jones spent six years carrying out research at the Scripps Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP), recording and analyzing seismic data from the Pacific Ocean floor and developing underwater seismic observation instruments. She was also involved in oceanographic tectonic research, mapping the Lau Basin (SW Pacific) and deep-ocean dredging on Scripps’ research vessels. She took part in field work with the Geodynamic Project in Sumatra, examining crustal motion in Indonesia. Ms Jones is now a full-time science editor based in New Zealand. She uses her background in math, physics, and geology, as well as her technical knowledge, to edit manuscripts in a wide range of fields in the earth and environmental sciences. Ms Jones joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Hunter先生拥有27年专业经验，理科硕士学历。专业领域包括：气象学、水文地理学、遥感、气候预测和建模、可再生能源、地理、地理信息系统（GIS）、地球物理学、海洋学和专业教育。Hunter先生是人工影响天气领域的国际专家。曾担任多个要职，包括：空军军官、研究主管、培训主管、某水文气象学咨询公司总裁及土耳其大气研究项目运营总监。曾在美国国家强风暴实验室和国家大气研究中心、及丹麦Risoe国家实验室从事研究工作。从1980年起共计发表了29篇论文。2010年至2011年4月间，任Nature Reviews Nephrology副编辑。流利使用英语和西班牙语，并能用这两种语言写作。凭借深厚的专业功底，Hunter长于大气水文科学、大多数地球科学和遥感领域的专业编辑工作。

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 Horsburgh拥有医学和生物学领域的广泛背景。在新西兰奥克兰大学完成医学学业后，成为一名全科医师和学生保健医生，专注于儿科、青少年药物和女性健康研究。1993年赴中国北京，继续利用业余时间行医，同时撰写医学作品和从事编辑工作。1998年，移居新加坡，继续从事医学信息沟通工作。包括准备会议和座谈会报告、撰写各种医学作品评审文章。赴南极洲考察归来后，2004年返回澳大利亚，从事南极科学研究，主要研究海冰和海洋水文条件的变化对海洋食肉动物的影响。曾运用卫星跟踪系统和遥感技术，监控澳大利亚南部地区海象成功觅食的过程；开发了用以通过潜水数据确定猎物遭遇率的猎物指数。曾在国际同行评审期刊上发表这一研究成果。2011年加盟理文，担任编辑。

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.