"My areas of expertise are molecular biology and biochemistry, with an emphasis on cellular signaling in various contexts, particularly aging, neuron function, neurodegeneration and nutrition. Before joining RSC, I studied neuronal aging using Caenorhabditis elegans as my model organism, and I have experience writing and contributing to grant applications submitted to NIH and various regional societies and funding agencies in the US. As an Academic Editor at RSC, I primarily work on our Scientific Editing product where I help improve various aspects of manuscripts, including the logic and implications of the information presented."

"My areas of expertise are social science and qualitative methodologies, including ethnographic and archival methods to examine education, migration, and identity in Peru. As a researcher, I focused on payment for ecosystem services, sustainable farming, and organizational sustainability in the US and Latin America, and I have worked independently and collaboratively to prepare several funding proposals, including an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship and NSF Interdisciplinary Behavioral and Social Science Research and Geography and Spatial Sciences grants, as well as supporting colleagues prepare grant proposals. As an Academic Editor at AJE, I draw on my background in research and writing to provide language editing and developmental editing for customers in a wide variety of social science and humanities fields."

"My areas of expertise are microbiology and biochemistry, and my research focused on a wide range of topics, including enzyme catalysis and inhibition, host-pathogen interactions, microbial physiology, and therapeutic development. Through these studies, I collaborated with both scientists and physicians from a broad range of fields. In over 10 years as a researcher, I collaborated on numerous NIH and private foundation grant applications at multiple R1 universities and assisted my peers in the preparation of their own grant applications. In my current position as an academic editor at AJE, I use my experience as a scientist to ensure that life science and clinical research manuscripts and proposals are optimally presented prior to submission/re-submission."

"My areas of expertise are physics, optics, materials engineering, and nanoscience, and my research focused on electrical and optical manipulation of soft matter systems, especially liquid crystals. I have also worked in chemical engineering, fluid dynamics, solid-state magnetics, and high-energy physics labs worldwide. I was a Graduate Research Fellow with the NSF and collaborated on numerous NSF and DOE grants for physics and renewable energy projects. In my current work as a Developmental Editor, I apply my years of technical research experience to our scientific editing products and conduct grant review assessments for a range of engineering and hard science applications. "

"My primary areas of expertise are botany and plant pathology, although my research also spanned the fields of entomology, horticulture and weed science. For approximately ten years, I worked for both state and federal regulatory agencies to prevent the introduction and spread of invasive species. In this capacity, I consistently obtained grant funding from multiple federal agencies. As an Academic Editor at Research Square Company, I work on grant reviews and providing Premium Editing and Journal Recommendation Services, which allows me to stay aware of the current trends and challenges in research."

"My areas of expertise are neurobiology and cell signaling, and my research focused on dopamine and GABA receptor regulation of calcium channels. In my 10 years as a researcher, I assisted in the writing and review of NSF, NIH, and AHA grants and grant renewal applications, and my colleagues actively sought out my assistance for the final review of their grant applications. While working as an academic editor at AJE, I have used my many years of experience as a copy editor to ensure that customers' grant applications are ready for submission to funding institutions."

"I received a PhD from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston under the guidance of Ambro van Hoof where I studied RNA turnover in yeast. After receiving my PhD, I expanded my knowledge on RNA expression regulation in human cell lines through my postdoctoral work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill under William Marzluff. During this time, I also became an adjunct professor at Elon University and at UNC-CH and began mentoring students in the lab. This is when I first discovered my love for explaining science in a way that non- or early scientists could understand. I first joined Research Square as a language editor in 2013 but found my real calling when I became an Animator on the Multimedia team. In 2018, I was promoted to Production Lead of the Multimedia team where I am responsible for overseeing the service."

"After graduating from Roger Williams University with a B.S. in Biology and and B.A. in Chemistry, I began working at Brown University studying nanotoxicology under Dr. Agnes Kane. It was at Brown University that I first became interested in epigenetics. After working as a research assistant for two years, I realized that I wanted to extend my education and applied to several doctoral programs focusing on epigentics and cell biology. I chose to continue my studies at Brown and, while there, I was lucky to collaborate with UCSF to research the correlation between genetic and epigenetic patterns in human glioma. Our goal was to identify methylation profiles in brain tumors and associate these patterns with histology, outcome, and immune response. I received my PhD from Brown in 2013."

"My areas of expertise are species distribution modeling and plant ecology, with a focus on spatial and temporal changes in native and invasive plant distributions in response to climate change using various GIS and remote sensing approaches to analyze large datasets and satellite image time series. I funded this work with a NASA Earth and Space Science fellowship and served on a committee providing peer review and editing services for grant applications. In my current position, I work on reviewing grant applications, and as a Scientific Editor, I use my experience in research and communication to help authors clearly present the novelty and importance of their research."