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Scientific Editor & Research Support | PhD | LaTeX, Manuscripts, References & Figures

Profile Summary

I am a PhD-trained researcher with a PhD, MSc and BSc sitting at the intersection between physical experimentation and computational modelling. I offer practical scientific editing, research and document support to academics, researchers and technical organisations. I can help with the often time-consuming final stages of research communication: improving manuscripts, resolving references and formatting problems, working with LaTeX/Overleaf, organising literature, and producing clear scientific figures and illustrations. I am particularly comfortable with performing bug fixes for inherited or AI-generated code, highlighting methodological weaknesses, fixing high-performance computational models, and generally being available to talk through research problems and offer solutions. ### How I can help **Scientific editing and manuscript preparation** * Proofreading and substantive editing of scientific and technical writing * Improving clarity, structure, consistency and readability * Journal formatting and manuscript preparation * Checking citations, references, tables and figures * Supporting revisions and responses to reviewer comments * Structural design and developmental editing of research and technical papers **LaTeX, Overleaf and reference management** * LaTeX document cleanup and troubleshooting * BibTeX/BibLaTeX and bibliography repair * Formatting equations, figures and tables * Converting or adapting documents to journal or institutional templates * Resolving inconsistent citations and references * Unusual or experimental use cases, novel packages and custom commands **Research and literature support** * Planning and brainstorming of experimental design * Literature searches and evidence gathering * Literature organisation and research synthesis * Reference checking and source verification * Scientific and technical research support **Scientific figures and illustration** * Clear figures, diagrams and scientific illustrations * Improving existing figures for readability and presentation * Visual communication of scientific concepts and processes * Figures for manuscripts, reports and presentations My academic background spans doctoral-level research and postgraduate work in both applied and theoretical fields, giving me both extensive experience of the research process and specialist knowledge that spans multiple domains. I am comfortable either with well-defined projects that have become frustrating or time-consuming, and large diffuse projects that could go in any one of fifty directions. I am equally able to talk through big-picture problems and help untangle small methodological and research knots. I am happy to discuss both small, one-off tasks and longer support projects. I am able to offer fixed-price discounts for bounded jobs, as well as a reduced rate for students and ECRs.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Computer Science
• ☆ Computer Hardware
• ☆ Supercomputing
• ☆ Parallel Computing
• ☆ Distributed Computing
• ☆ Software Engineering
• ☆ Information Engineering
• ☆ Network Engineering
• ☆ Software Architecture
• ☆ Computer-Aided Engineering
• ☆ Remote Sensing
• ☆ Fluid Mechanics
• ☆ Computational Fluid Dynamics
• ☆ Environmental Engineering and Technology
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Image Processing
• ☆ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ☆ Algorithm Design
• ☆ Predictive Modeling & Analytics
• ☆ Data Processing
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Cluster Analysis
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Big Data Analytics
• ☆ Data Collection
• ☆ Data Management
• ☆ Data Manipulation
• ☆ Text Mining & Analytics
• ☆ Data Mining
• ☆ Data Cleaning
• ☆ Natural Language Processing
• ☆ Data Architecture
• ☆ Neural Networks
• ☆ Pattern Recognition
• ☆ Artificial Intelligence
• ☆ Deep Learning
• ☆ Computer Vision
• ☆ Data Security
• ☆ Business Analytics
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Statistical Theory
• ☆ Comparative Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Nonlinear Regression
• ☆ Bayesian Statistics
• ☆ Correlation Analysis
• ☆ Statistical Computing
• ☆ Mathematical Statistics
• ☆ Survey Design
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Spatial Statistics
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
• ☆ Biogeography
• ☆ Arctic & Antarctic Studies
• ☆ Oceanography & Marine Science
• ☆ Climate Science
• ☆ Astrophysics
• ☆ Hydrology
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Environmental Management & Protection
• ☆ Environmental Policy
• ☆ Environmental Remediation
• ☆ Deforestation
• ☆ Environmental Health
• ☆ Environmental Statistics
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Ecosystem Management
• ☆ Applied Ecology
• ☆ Ecological Restoration
• ☆ Conservation Biology
• ☆ Marine Conservation
• ☆ Marine Ecology
• ☆ Aquatic Ecology
• ☆ Conservation Genetics
• ☆ Grasslands
• ☆ Systems Ecology
• ☆ Biodiversity
• ☆ Microbial Ecology
• ☆ Wave Mechanics
• ☆ Applied Mechanics
• ☆ Theoretical Mechanics
• ☆ Fluid Dynamics
• ☆ Statistical Mechanics
• ☆ Thermodynamics
• ☆ Theoretical Physics
• ☆ Computational Physics
• ☆ Plasma Physics
• ☆ Relativity Theory
• ☆ High-Pressure Physics
• ☆ Cosmology
• ☆ Taxonomy/Classification
• ☆ Data Archaeology
• ☆ Human Ecology
• ☆ Landscape Ecology
• ☆ Information & Knowledge Management
• ☆ Data Storage
• ☆ Telecommunications
• ☆ Communication Theory
• ☆ LaTex

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Business & Legal Writing, Copywriting, Creative Writing, Audio Transcription, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Technology Scouting, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Digital Strategy Consulting, Operations Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Product Evaluation, Concept Development, Packaging Design, Prototyping

Work Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Cambridge

August 2023 - Present

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

University of Hertfordshire Centre for Astrophysics Research

January 2023 - August 2023

Research Fellow & High Performance Computing Research Manager

University of Hertfordshire

October 2021 - January 2023

Postgraduate Researcher

University of Hertfordshire

October 2017 - September 2021

Education

PhD - Physics

University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

October 2017 - September 2021

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

M. A. Horton, M. J. Hardcastle, G. K. Miley, C. Tasse, T. Shimwell (2025). Complex morphology and precession indicators of active galactic nuclei jets in LoTSS DR2 . Astronomy & Astrophysics.

R. I. J. Mostert, M. S. S. L. Oei, B. Barkus, L. Alegre, M. J. Hardcastle, K. J. Duncan, H. J. A. Röttgering, R. J. van Weeren, M. Horton (2024). Constraining the giant radio galaxy population with machine learning and Bayesian inference . Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Shobha Kumari, Sabyasachi Pal, Martin J. Hardcastle, Maya A. Horton (2024). J0011+3217: A peculiar radio galaxy with a one-sided secondary lobe and misaligned giant primary lobes . Astronomy & Astrophysics.

M. J. Hardcastle, M. A. Horton, W. L. Williams, K. J. Duncan, L. Alegre, B. Barkus, J. H. Croston, H. Dickinson, E. Osinga, H. J. A. Röttgering, et al. (2023). The LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey . Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Maya Horton, Nick Rutter, Richard Essery, Robert Baxter, Steven Hancock, Brian Huntley, Tim Reid, John Woodward(2023). Canopy Structure and Air Temperature Inversions Impact Simulation of Sub‐Canopy Longwave Radiation in Snow‐Covered Boreal Forests . Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 128. (14). American Geophysical Union ({AGU})

Maya A Horton, Martin G H Krause, Martin J Hardcastle (2023). New mechanisms for forming multiple hotspots in radio jets . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Maya Horton, M. J. Hardcastle, M. A. Horton, W. L. Williams, K. J. Duncan, L. Alegre, B. Barkus, J. H. Croston, H. Dickinson, E. Osinga, et al.(2023). The LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS): VI. Optical identifications for the second data release . arXiv

Maya A Horton, Martin G H Krause, Martin J Hardcastle(2020). 3D hydrodynamic simulations of large-scale precessing jets: radio morphology . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

Maya A Horton, Martin J Hardcastle, Shaun C Read, Martin G H Krause(2020). A Markov Chain Monte Carlo approach for measurement of jet precession in radio-loud active galactic nuclei . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press ({OUP})