I am a Certified Copy Editor and Proofreader with a strong background in science and engineering as well as significant experience in medical editing. Please see www.synchrocomm.ca/Qualifications.html  for details.

Any competent editor can fix with your punctuation, grammar, typos and spelling mistakes. For technical material, however, you should have a scientific or technical editor who is familiar with the field and with the experimental techniques involved.

Because I can comprehend the science and technology in your area, I can make your complex ideas clear, concise and comprehensible to the intended audience. My polishing will help you to transmit your intended meaning without distortion.

Scientific and technical expertise is especially important for research grant editing. Since the year 2000, I have edited successful grant applications totalling more than $160 million in research funding for Canadian scientists in a wide range of areas in science, engineering and medicine.

Although my background is in the physical sciences, medical editing has become an additional specialty. I have edited successful grants in fields such as anesthesia, biochemistry, biomedical imaging, biostatistical methods, brain surgery, cellular biology, neural prosthetics, obesity, oncology, orthodontics, prenatal care, prion diseases, and virology.

Please see www.synchrocomm.ca/clients.html  for the details. Your proposal could be the next one on this list!

I am also quite happy to edit many other types of technical documents, including patents, environmental assessments, engineering reports, annual reports, technical manuals, monographs, journal articles, books, poster presentations, advertisements, web pages and websites.

If you have complex technical material that must be understood and appreciated by people outside your field, I can help. For more information, please contact me at stan.backs@synchrocomm.ca  or 780-908-8863.