Scientific Editor · Technical Writer · AI Evaluation
Judgment grounded in domain knowledge.
I assess whether scientific writing stands up to scrutiny: whether the reasoning is sound, the claims are supported by evidence, and the terminology is technically accurate. I also write technical documentation for software and APIs. More than thirteen years and 2,400 edited manuscripts have taught me when precision is essential and when plain language serves the reader better.
Portfolio
End-user guide for a Salesforce CRM (customer relationship management) implementation, covering record creation for accounts, contacts, cases, and Chatter posts. Numbered task-based procedures with annotated screenshots and document conventions defined up front.
View documentAPI reference for a surf conditions data service: endpoint description, path and query parameters, an example request, and a full response schema with field-level definitions. Adapted and extended from Tom Johnson's Documenting APIs course exercise.
View documentField reference covering six corrosion types for engineers in marine and infrastructure construction. Each entry gives identification cues, at-risk conditions, and mitigation options, with a quick-reference comparison table.
View documentAnnotated before/after edits on open-access (CC-BY) research excerpts, each showing tracked changes and the editorial reasoning behind them, across the sciences.
One edit, in full
Before Decrease in wear resistance or increase in the coefficient of friction can lead to loosening of implant.
After A low wear resistance or high coefficient of friction can lead to loosening of the implant.
The original blames a change. What loosens an implant is the level, not the direction of travel: a material that has low wear resistance or high friction. That is a materials point rather than a language one, and it is the kind of thing an author rarely catches in their own draft. From the zirconia-toughened alumina sample below.
Substantive edit of an open-access preprint applying a neural network to cervical-cancer brachytherapy outcomes.
Substantive edit of an open-access preprint on use of physics-guided machine learning to predict cracking in recycled aggregate concrete.
Substantive edit of an open-access tribology preprint on a ceramic biomaterial for total hip implants.
Substantive edit of an open-access preprint on biofunctionalized carbon nanotube substrates for promoting neuronal outgrowth and neural regeneration.
About
I am a scientific editor and technical writer based in Toronto. My background is in bioengineering (M.S., University of Illinois Chicago), and I spent 13 years at Cactus Communications, editing more than 2,400 research manuscripts across materials science, engineering, and the physical and life sciences.
That editing background shapes how I approach technical writing: I am attentive to audience calibration, information hierarchy, and the difference between what subject-matter experts assume readers know and what readers actually need. I am also a published peer-reviewed author.
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