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Freelance editor specialising in life, Earth, and environmental sciences.

Profile Summary

I am an Earth Scientist with 9 years of experience in academic research and more than 5 years' experience as a freelance academic editor. I have worked on a range of topics in Earth and planetary sciences, and with a wide range of techniques. I hold a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Surface Science
• ☆ Organic Chemistry
• ☆ Agronomy & Crop Science
• ☆ Soil Science
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Geochemistry
• ☆ Geology
• ☆ Petrology
• ☆ Geomorphology
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Paleontology

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Copywriting

Research User Research, Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Research Fellow

Natural History Museum

January 2021 - Present

Visiting Researcher

University of Bologna

December 2019 - Present

Freelance editor

Crimson Enago

December 2018 - Present

Research Fellow

CNRS

January 2020 - November 2020

Education

Ph.D. (Exobiology)

Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire

November 2016 - Present

Ph.D. in Earth Sciences

Università di Bologna

November 2016 - October 2019

Master of Earth Sciences (Department of Earth Sciences)

University of Oxford

October 2011 - July 2015

Certifications

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  January 2023 - January 2023

Publications

BOOK CHAPTER

Westall, F., Hickman-Lewis, K., Cavalazzi, B.(2019). Biosignatures in deep time . Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics. p. 145-164.

Wacey, D., Battison, L., Garwood, R.J., Hickman-Lewis, K., Brasier, M.D.(2017). Advanced analytical techniques for studying the morphology and chemistry of Proterozoic microfossils . Geological Society Special Publication. 448. (1). p. 81-104.

Hickman-Lewis, K., Garwood, R.J., Withers, P.J., Wacey, D.(2017). X-ray microtomography as a tool for investigating the petrological context of Precambrian cellular remains . Geological Society Special Publication. 448. (1). p. 33-56.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Greco, F., Cavalazzi, B., Hofmann, A., Hickman-Lewis, K.(2018). 3.4 Ga biostructures from the Barberton greenstone belt of South Africa: New insights into microbial life,Strutture biosedimentarie di 3.4 miliardi di anni fa del Barberton greenstone belt in Sudafrica: nuove prospettive sull’origine della biosfera primitiva . Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana. 57. (1). p. 59-74.

Kapui, Z., Kereszturi, A., Kiss, K., Szalai, Z., Újvári, G., Hickman-Lewis, K., Foucher, F., Westall, F.(2018). Fluvial or aeolian grains? Separation of transport agents on Mars using earth analogue observations . Planetary and Space Science. 163. p. 56-76.

Hickman-Lewis, K., Cavalazzi, B., Foucher, F., Westall, F.(2018). Most ancient evidence for life in the Barberton greenstone belt: Microbial mats and biofabrics of the ∼3.47 Ga Middle Marker horizon . Precambrian Research. 312. p. 45-67.

Westall, F., Hickman-Lewis, K., Hinman, N., Gautret, P., Campbell, K.A., Bréhéret, J.G., Foucher, F., Hubert, A., Sorieul, S., Dass, A.V., et al.(2018). A Hydrothermal-Sedimentary Context for the Origin of Life . Astrobiology. 18. (3). p. 259-293.

(2017). A Statistical Approach to Illustrate the Challenge of Astrobiology for Public Outreach . Life.

Foucher, F., Hickman-Lewis, K., Westall, F., Brack, A.(2017). A statistical approach to illustrate the challenge of astrobiology for public outreach . Life. 7. (4).

(2016). X-ray microtomography as a tool for investigating the petrological context of Precambrian cellular remains . Geological Society of London Special Publications.

(2016). Stochastic Prebiotic Chemistry within Realistic Geological Systems . ChemistrySelect.

(2016). Carbonaceous microstructures from sedimentary laminated chert within the 3.46 Ga Apex Basalt, Chinaman Creek locality, Pilbara, Western Australia . Precambrian Research.

Hickman-Lewis, K., Garwood, R.J., Brasier, M.D., Goral, T., Jiang, H., McLoughlin, N., Wacey, D.(2016). Carbonaceous microstructures from sedimentary laminated chert within the 3.46 Ga Apex Basalt, Chinaman Creek locality, Pilbara, Western Australia . Precambrian Research. 278. p. 161-178.

Dass, A.V., Hickman-Lewis, K., Brack, A., Kee, T.P., Westall, F.(2016). Stochastic Prebiotic Chemistry within Realistic Geological Systems . ChemistrySelect. 1. (15). p. 4906-4926.