Dr Helena Hernandez | Science: copyediting, language editing and proofreading
- Membership Grade
- Professional Member
About Helena
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Offering proofreading and copyediting services to both publishers and individual authors, I specialise in the sciences, mainly chemistry and biology.
After more than 20 years of scientific research, with most of that time spent in a world-class research group at Oxford and Cambridge universities, I established Tamesa Proofreading and Editing in 2019 to provide editorial services to fellow scientists and science publishers. I have worked on a range of scientific books and journals over the last few years for several publishers, including Oxford University Press, Institute of Physics Publishing and the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Although my specialist area is science, my training through CIEP (formerly SfEP) and experience also allow me to proofread and copyedit across a wide range of subject areas and publication types, including dissertations and theses.
My approach is to first understand fully the requirements of my clients and then tailor my work to them, either adhering to detailed house styles from publishers or working with authors to create and execute a bespoke style for their individual projects.
Media
Journals, Books, Multi-author books, Theses and dissertations
In-house and freelance experience
Freelance since 2019
Training
Proofreading Progress (SfEP) - 2019
Brush up your grammar (SfEP) 2019
Proofreading Headway (SfEP) - 2019
Introduction to Proofreading (SfEP) - 2018
Clients for whom you have worked within the past three years
Oxford University Press
Institute of Physics Publishing
Royal Society of Chemistry
Oneworld Publications
The Open University (PhD thesis proofreading)
Subjects
chemistry (analytical, applied, medicinal, organic, physical, mass spectrometry, chromatography)
life sciences (molecular biology, biochemistry, proteins, proteomics)
biology
physics
popular science
Qualifications
BSc Chemistry
PhD Analytical chemistry
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Specialisms
Client types
Disclaimer note
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