Scientific Writing Solutions 

An Independent Consultant Serving the Freelance Writing  Needs of the Scientific Community

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Scientific Writing Solutions Honored with Prestigious Award

 

Scientific Writing Solutions has just been awarded the prestigious 2009 "Best of Gaithersburg" Award for the "Promotion of Science Through Science Writing" by the US Commerce Association (USCA). Click here to view the press release.

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Profile of Founder and Principal Consultant

Robert Thomas is the founder and principal consultant of SCIENTIFIC WRITING SOLUTIONS - a company specializing in technical  and scientific writing. He has a background as an analytical chemist who is exceptionally strong in the application of atomic and mass spectrometric analytical techniques for carrying out trace element determinations. His expertise is founded on 14 year’s experience as a metallurgical chemist in the iron and steel industry, together with 20 years experience in the Inorganic Product Group of the Perkin-Elmer Corporation (now PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences) - a leader in analytical laboratory equipment. He has a detailed knowledge of how analytical instrumentation is used to solve complex trace element problems and specifically a wealth of experience in the application, training, product development and marketing of atomic spectroscopic (AS) instrumental techniques. He is particularly proficient at writing about the applicability of AS instrumentation to solve real world problems found in the environmental, biomedical, geological and industrial application areas. For the past 10 years he has worked as a freelance science writer, with  over 60 journal publications and two chemistry textbooks credited to his name. His major strengths include:

  • An expert in trace element analysis and how the scientific community utilizes trace element techniques to solve their analytical problems

  • Thirty five years experience in the application of atomic spectroscopic techniques, including X-ray fluorescence, (XRF), atomic absorption (AA), atomic emission (ICP-OES) and inorganic mass spectrometry (ICP-MS)

  • Vast knowledge about creating and writing scientific literature, including journal papers, magazine articles, application notes, product specifications, newsletters pieces, instrument brochures and  presentation material

  • Particularly skilled at writing about complex scientific material and making it easy to understand for a non-technical audience

  • A detailed understanding of the scientific publishing process, including articles, papers and textbooks

  • Experienced in the implementation and design of technical websites.

  • Intimate knowledge of introducing new analytical instrumentation into the marketplace and training a sales organization on how to sell these new products.

  • Excellent communication skills, based on 30 years dealing with customers/users of scientific equipment and making presentations to large audiences

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Robert Thomas is Secretary of the ACS Committee on Chemical Reagents. Click here to see details about the 10th edition of the ACS Analytical Reagent Chemicals' Handbook

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