I am a scientific editor, specialising in the biological sciences. I am a native English speaker with a background in research (BSc in molecular biology, MSc in ecology and PhD in plant systematics). I have more than five years’ editing experience. Most of my work comes from academic authors and students in the biological sciences whose native languages are not English. I provide a professional service to edit the language, content and flow of draft manuscripts in order to increase the likelihood that these manuscripts are accepted for publication by English-language academic journals. My areas of expertise include plant taxonomy & systematics, plant ecology, molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, biogeography and mycology. However, I have also worked for authors in other fields, including virology, anthropology and the social sciences.