“Our research team has been having Laura work on a range of skilled academic writing for us, including audience analysis for academic journals, cranking through book revisions, and making our science sparkle through clearer writing. Everyone who has worked with her has been thrilled both with the professionalism of the collaboration and the finished product. Moving our work through the publication pipeline faster and increasing acceptance of our work are some of the real benefits we are seeing by investing in her services. Highly, highly recommended.”
Dr. Alexandra Brewis
Professor of Medical Anthropology, Arizona State University
“Laura has an unusual ability to acquit herself well under time pressure, grasping and explaining complex scientific issues in an accessible way. Further, her verbal communication skills allow rapid and effective connection with scientists and this leads to the creation of successful and accurate analysis.”
Dr. Stephen Goldson
Chief Scientist, AgResearch
“I can 100% recommend Laura for both her science and popular writing. In science, Laura has the ability to pinpoint the important points from a text and quickly produce a polished manuscript. In popular articles Laura’s sense of humor and attention to detail make for an informative and entertaining read.”
Dr. Hazel Chapman
Lecturer in Plant Ecology, University of Canterbury
“We were faced with trying to teach ecological principles to field-based conservation workers and managers using a text we wrote and workshops that supported it. The problem was that we were academics and wrote in a rather academic way. Laura did a brilliant job transforming our rather terse text into a far more accessible form that still delivered on our original objectives. Her appreciation of the science and utility with language was just the combination of skills we needed and suddenly our dense text was made much lighter – just what we were after.”
Dr. Alastair Robertson
Associate Professor in Ecology, Massey University
“Laura has provided me with very competent and valuable assistance in the writing and editing of scientific reports and papers. She has a very good understanding of ecology and is able to convey scientific methods and results in a way that is understandable by the public. Laura is also very good at drawing together existing information on a specific topic and putting it together to form a valuable document detailing the important points required to get the message across. I have no hesitation in recommending Laura for any writing or editing projects involving ecology or other related subjects.”
Malcolm Thomas, Managing Director, Pest Control Research