Dr Slaughter对水资源领域的学术研究有广泛兴趣。曾研究过南大洋浮游植物的生物地理分布，并在淡水无脊椎动物急慢性生态毒性测试方面拥有丰富经验。Dr Slaughter的博士研究课题是开发水质统计与机理新模型，与南非河流水质衔接。目前作为博士后研究员，为南非的水务部门开发气候变化适应工具。曾利用缩版“全球环流模型”降雨和蒸发数据，用在水文与水质模型中。发表的文章涵盖以下领域：慢性毒性试验、水质量指导原则、外推技术、水资源应对气候变化方案建模等。2011年起加盟理文编辑，从事水资源科学相关领域的编辑工作。

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.

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Korndoerfer先生的学术专业涉及多个领域，学习卫生科学与环境科学，在营养学、城市规划、自然地理学与人文地理学，以及生态学领域也具有丰富经验。在撰写硕士论文时，结合社会科学、生态学与遥感技术，研究了一个尼日利亚村庄对自然资源的依赖。于2009年初开始为理文编辑工作。

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.

Doherty女士的专业背景是水生生态学，研究重点是海洋入侵物种。Doherty女士目前获得新西兰维多利亚大学博士奖学金，集中研究爱尔兰和新西兰入侵贻贝的生态。Doherty 女士熟练掌握DNA提取、PCR、电泳、基因测序、组织学、图像分析以及其他各种实验室技术，多篇文章发表在3家同行评审科学期刊上，具有深厚海洋和淡水生态知识，特别是在生态入侵、物种形成、杂交和进化等领域。Doherty 女士2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Ms Doherty's background is in aquatic ecology focusing on marine invasive species. Ms Doherty is presently the recipient of a Victoria University, New Zealand, doctoral scholarship for research focused on the ecology of invasive mussels in both Ireland and New Zealand. Ms Doherty is skilled in DNA extraction, PCR, electrophoresis, gene sequencing, histology, image analysis and various other laboratory techniques. She has published in 3 peer-reviewed scientific journals and has an in-depth knowledge of marine and freshwater ecology, particularly in the areas of bioinvasion, speciation, hybridization and evolution. Ms Doherty joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

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.

Meghan的学术背景是海洋生态和跨学科研究（包括经济学，理论生态学和海洋政策）。是麦吉尔大学首批双学士学位（文科和理工科）毕业生之一，主要研究领域是海洋生态和渔业经济。学术写作的文笔能力极强，完全胜任学术文章、跨学科稿件的编辑工作，无论是理论文章还是实践成果。
Meghan目前正在撰写硕士论文，探索水产养殖业发展与环境影响之间的关系（如：底栖生物栖息地和新西兰水质等）。探讨的结果可用来影响政策结构的制定，从而加强生态可持续性。在她的专业化编辑经历中，还包括从新西兰惠灵顿“可持续发展未来研究所”专家组承包的工作。
Meghan 来自美国，目前居住在新西兰。从2011年起加入理文编辑。

Meghan's academic background is in marine ecology and cross-seminates from several discplines, including economics, theoretical ecology, and marine policy. She was one of the first at McGill University to graduate with a dual-degree Bachelor's of Arts and Science, focusing on marine ecology and fisheries economics. Her competence is thus strong across a range of academic writing styles. She is well-equipped to edit disciplinary and interdisciplinary work that is both applied and theoretical.

Meghan's master's thesis, currently underway, explores the relationship between aquaculture development and environmental outcomes such as benthic habitat and water quality in New Zealand. Implications will be drawn for policy structures that reinforce ecological sustainability. Her professional editing experience includes contract work for the Sustainable Future Institute think tank in Wellington, NZ.

Meghan is from the US and currently resides in Wellington, NZ. She began with Edanz Group in 2011.

Dr Davy的博士论文题目是“Characterisation of White Patch Syndrome, a putative disease affecting corals in the genus Porites on the Great Barrier Reef”。在珊瑚礁生态（包括珊瑚白化和珊瑚疾病）研究方面经验丰富。此外还涉足海洋病毒学、海洋生态保护、岩岸生态以及海洋应用科学（包括渔业资源评估和海防）等领域的研究。在分子领域，Dr Davy一直在从事引物设计和序列分析、DNA抽提、荧光原位杂交和各种类型的凝胶电脉，包括变性梯度凝胶电泳（DGGE）、脉冲场凝胶电泳（PFGE）和单链构象多态性（SSCP）、组织病理学、透射电镜和共聚焦显微术等方面的研究。曾在同行评审期刊上发表12篇论文，多次出席国家级和国际级会议。此外，Dr Davy还获得了创意写作硕士学位，她的一本非小说类书籍于2011年由兰登出版社新西兰分社出版。现为自由撰稿人和编辑，学术顾问。自2011年起开始为理文编辑工作。

Dr Davy’s PhD thesis was entitled “Characterisation of White Patch Syndrome, a putative disease affecting corals in the genus Porites on the Great Barrier Reef”. She has extensive experience of the ecology of coral reefs, including bleaching and coral disease. Her expertise also extends to the areas of marine virology, marine conservation, rocky shore ecology, and areas of applied marine science, including fish stock assessment and coastal defenses. In molecular fields, Dr Davy has undertaken primer design and sequence analysis, DNA extraction, fluorescent in situ hybridization and various types of gel electrophoresis, including DGGE, PFGE and SSCP, histopathology, transmission electron microscopy and confocal microscopy. Dr Davy has published 12 papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented at several national and international conferences. Dr Davy has also completed an MA in Creative Writing and had a non-fiction book published by Random House New Zealand in 2011. Dr Davy is presently a freelance writer and editor, and scientific consultant. She began working with the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

在成为医学书籍与期刊（主要是Springer Verlag）自由翻译和编辑之前，曾在德国图寅根Max Planck Institute for Immunogenetics研究所任研究助理。之后成为汉堡Springer的专职编辑，后转入Springer东京办事处。在过去20年里，主要以自由作者和编辑的身份为这些期刊杂志工作。于2010年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

Mr Forster worked as a research assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Immunogenetics in Tübingen, Germany, before leaving to work as a freelance translator and copy editor of medical books and journals, primarily for Springer Verlag. He became an in-house editor with Springer in Heidelberg before moving to Tokyo to work in Springer's Tokyo office. For the past 20 years, Stephen has worked mostly in journalism and as a freelance writer and editor for such journal publishers. Mr Forster joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2010.

Powell女士正在申请新西兰惠灵顿维多利亚大学海洋生物学博士学位，研究目标锁定在印度太平洋珊瑚礁海绵分布格局的主要促成原因上。赴新西兰之前，曾在瑞士世界自然保护联盟（IUCN）任物种课程初级副教授。Powell女士在生态学、生物学和环境管理等领域拥有相当丰富的研究经验。她在牛津大学的硕士研究课题是苏门答腊岛保护区的治理新形式。Powell女士在科学通讯以及期刊文章、专书论文和报告编辑方面经验丰富，2011年加入理文编辑。

Ms Powell is a marine biology PhD candidate at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Her research aims to determine the key drivers of sponge distribution patterns on Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Before moving to New Zealand she worked at the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in Switzerland as a Junior Professional Associate on the Species Programme. Ms Powell has considerable research experience in the fields of ecology, biology and environmental management. Her MSc research at Oxford University focused on emerging forms of protected area governance in Sumatra. Ms Powell has extensive experience in science communication and the editing of journal articles, book chapters and reports. She joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2011.

Emily Morris曾在加州大学戴维斯分校、百慕达海洋科学中心和洪堡州立大学进行研究工作。主要专注于珊瑚礁及其共生藻系群的分子多样性和生理学。拥有海洋学和生命科学领域的深厚背景，曾在美国《国家科学院院刊》上成功发表硕士研究论文。于2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑。

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.

科学传播者、生物学家，主要研究领域是进化和行为生态学。最初的研究主要集中在海蛇性二态的演化上，之后发表了大量研究文章，研究项目包括：斑马鱼的亲缘识别（伍兹霍尔海洋生物学实验室）、大堡礁热带鱼组群动态等。还在澳大利亚Powerhouse博物馆和悉尼大学从事科学传播工作。 Avolio女士在编写和审稿方面拥有丰富经验，移居到日本大阪后，于2012年加入理文集团，担任编辑。

Carla Avolio is a science communicator and biologist with a particular interest in the fields of evolution and behavioral ecology. Her original studies focused on the evolution of sexual dimorphism in sea snakes. She has since published research on projects such as kin recognition in zebra fish, at Woods Hole Marine Biology Laboratory, and group dynamics in a tropical fish from the Great Barrier Reef. She has also held science communication positions at the Powerhouse Museum and the University of Sydney, both in Australia. Ms Avolio has extensive experience in writing and copyediting, and after moving to Osaka, Japan, joined the Edanz Group as an editor in 2012.

Dr Weller是一位生态学家，主要研究领域包括：野生动物监测方法、农业生态系统与可持续发展、生物多样性。其研究内容包括：距离取样分析、鸟类种群动态监测与建模、野生动物调查规划、水流生态环境以及人类对水生生态系统的影响。已在同行评审期刊上发表多篇文章（其中有三篇为第一作者），内容涉及：捕食动物与猎物相互作用的建模，农田生物多样性的作用与管理，距离取样调查的理论与实践。2011年加盟理文编辑，担任编辑工作。

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.

O'Connor女士将于2012年初提交的博士论文题目是“Consequences of primary cilia ablation in the developing limb and epidermis”。O'Connor女士还是伍兹霍尔海洋生物学实验室胚胎学课程的2010届毕业生，现专注于“刺猬”信号通路、四肢和骨骼发育以及原发性纤毛的研究，拥有小鼠繁育、遗传学、组织学、基因改造和敲入模型产生和培育、以及胚胎学领域的经验。掌握的体外技术包括：原发性细胞培养、qRT PCR、蛋白质印迹法、共聚焦成像和原位杂交等。在胚胎学及培育领域经验丰富，掌握在胚胎型形成、细胞发育命运确定中的复杂信号通路及特化。曾发表过小鼠模型产生方法的论文，发表了3篇同行评审期刊论文。经常出席美国细胞生物学会年会并作发言。2011年加入理文编辑。

Ms O'Connor’s PhD thesis entitled “Consequences of primary cilia ablation in the developing limb and epidermis” will be submitted in early 2012. She is also a graduate of the 2010 Embryology course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. Ms O’Connor is presently researching in fields related to hedgehog signaling, limb and bone development, and primary cilia. She has experience in mouse breeding, genetics, histology, transgenic and knock-in model generation, development, and embryology. In vitro techniques Ms O'Connor is skilled in are primary cell culture, qRT PCR, western blotting, confocal imaging, and in situ hybridization. She has extensive training in embryology and development, as well as an understanding of the complex signaling pathways involved in pattern formation, cell fate determination, and specification. Ms O'Connor has published a methods chapter on the generation of mouse models, and has 3 peer-reviewed publications. She is a regular attendee and presenter at the American Society for Cell Biology annual meeting. Ms O'Connor began as an editor with the Edanz Group in 2011.

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曾在新西兰Otago大学和西澳大利亚大学任研究科学家，主要研究领域是：海洋底栖生物生态、海洋环境影响评价、海洋无脊椎动物分类、水下生境图等。曾在同行评审期刊上发表数篇海洋生物群落多元统计分析报告，拥有在水下研究中应用视频技术的经验，具有生理学和人类健康科学的专业背景。2008年起加入理文编辑。

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.