Our Team

Nancy R. Hofmann

Nancy holds a PhD in Plant Biology from the University of California at Davis and a BA in Biology from Swarthmore College. Nancy resides in Socorro, New Mexico. Her areas of expertise include biochemistry, molecular biology, protein targeting, and organelle biology.

ORCiD: 0000-0001-9504-1152

Jennifer M. Mach

Jen earned a PhD in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a BA from Williams College. Jen resides in Chicago, Illinois. Her areas of expertise include plant cell death and disease resistance, chromosome dynamics, and biofuels.

ORCiD: 000-0002-1141-6306

Kathleen L. Farquharson

Kathy holds a PhD in Plant Biology from UMass, Amherst; an MSc in Genetics from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; and a Certificate in Professional Technical Writing from the University of Washington, Seattle. Kathy resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.

ORCiD: 000-0002-8032-0041

Rebecca Barr

Rebecca earned an MSc from the University of Michigan studying plant and yeast molecular evolution. A Brooklyn-based freelance scientific/medical editor, copy editor, and editing trainer, Rebecca was previously copy editing manager for the US Nature Research Journals (Springer Nature) and Current Protocols manuals (John Wiley) and executive editor of the online resource Best Practice of Medicine (Praxis Press).

Felicia Dadak

Felicia earned a BA in English from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Felicia currently works as a copy editor and artist and resides in Reno, Nevada. Her vast experience in science editing spans the fields of psychology, photonics, materials research, and nutrition, with a specialty in plant biology.

Laura Green

Laura has a PhD in Biological Sciences from Stanford University and many years of research and editing experience (books and research manuscripts). Laura is currently a science editor and lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. Her specialties include general plant physiology, biochemistry and metabolism, plant-microbe interactions, and stress responses.

Victoria A. Hurr

Victoria holds a PhD in Crop Genetics from The John Innes Centre and a BSc (Hons.) in Biochemistry from The University of Manchester. Her areas of expertise include molecular biology, plant transformation, and abiotic stress. Victoria is a science editor currently based in New Jersey.

Jennifer A. Lockhart

Jen earned a PhD in Botany from the University of Maryland, College Park and a BA in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. Jen lives in Massachusetts. Her areas of expertise include plant development, molecular biology, plant transformation, and phytohormones.

ORCiD: 0000-0002-1394-8947

Cheryl A. Martin

Cheryl earned an MSc in Crop Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BSc in Horticulture Science from Colorado State University. In addition to editing for Plant Editors she is an Agronomic Writer. Cheryl lives in Chicago, Illinois. Her interests include plant pathology and breeding crops for improved disease and insect resistance.

Anushka O'Lochlainn

Anushka earned a PhD in Plant Science from the University of Nottingham. She is a freelance science editor and currently resides in Dublin, Ireland. Her areas of expertise include plant biotechnology, molecular biology, and legume improvement.

Patrice A. Salomé

Patrice holds a PhD from Dartmouth College. He enjoys running, biking and swimming around the Los Angeles area, where he currently lives, which allows him to burn enough calories to eat lots of sweets. His areas of expertise are molecular biology, natural variation, genomics and photobiology.

ORCiD: 0000-0003-4452-9064

Rebecca A. Slattery

Becky earned a PhD in Plant Biology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a BS from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Her areas of expertise include ecophysiology and photosynthesis, scaling from the leaf to the ecosystem. She currently resides in northwestern Wisconsin.

Michelle Woodvine

Michelle is a freelance writer and editor on a quest to never stop learning. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto with a B.Sc. in plant pathology and an M.Sc. in plant anatomy and development. Michelle is an advocate for plain language and accessibility in all forms of communication.