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Astrophysicist and freelance science editor

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I currently work as a freelance science editor for several international publishing companies, and I am looking for additional clients and companies to increase my workload. Briefly, from 2008 to 2018 I obtained my PhD (2008−2011) and worked as a postdoctoral researcher (2012−2018) in the field of astrophysics. I held postdoctoral fellowships in Iceland, Spain and Japan, and was granted ones in Chile and the USA, which I declined. I obtained my PhD at the Astrophysics Research Institute, John Moores Liverpool University in Liverpool, UK, and I received an Undergraduate Masters in Physics (MPhys) degree from the University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. I have 15 first-author papers and have been co-author on more than 50 papers published in the very best peer-reviewed journals (Nature, Nature Astronomy, the Astrophysical Journal, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Astronomy & Astrophysics). My work has been cited more than 4100 times. I was a leading expert in my field, I have published review articles, won several academic grants and fellowships, and given invited review talks at international conferences. My fields of research were related to cosmology and explosive transients, including gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and the study of the electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational waves. Indeed, I collaborated and published academic papers with the LIGO research group that won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2017. In addition to my academic background, I also have experience as a full time science editor from my role at the Charlesworth Group in Huddersfield, UK. This role encompassed many roles, including project management related to book publication, which involved duties related to copyediting, developmental editing and proofreading books and academic manuscripts. Moreover, since 2014 I have freelanced as a science editor of academic manuscripts and text books for various companies. On average, I bring between 15−20 manuscripts (60,000−100,000 words) written by non-native English speakers to publishable standard each month. Additionally, I am a freelance popular science writer, and have published feature articles in magazines such as BBC’s The Sky at Night, Astronomy Now and the Mercury Magazine. From these roles, I have obtained intimate knowledge of the entire academic publishing industry, both as a prolific author and as an editor. I understand the peer-review process intimately and what is required to produce high-quality academic papers. I am a consummate professional and have an excellent work ethic, organizational skills, and respectful and patient interpersonal skills.

Subject Matter Expertise

• Expertise details not provided.

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing, Newswriting

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Work Experience

Freelance Science Editor

Compuscript, Stallard Scientific Editing, Editage

March 2019 - Present

Freelance Science Editor (PT)

Compuscript, Stallard Scientific Editing, Editage

January 2014 - March 2019

Postdoctoral Researcher (Juan de la Cierva Fellow)

Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia - CSIC, Granada, Spai

September 2016 - May 2018

Postdoctoral Researcher

Centre for Astrophysics & Cosmology, Univ. Iceland, Reykjavik

November 2012 - August 2016

JSPS Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Kyoto, Japan

September 2015 - October 2015

Science Editor

The Charlesworth Group, Huddersfield, UK

March 2012 - October 2012

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Astrophysics

ARI, John Moores Univ. Liverpool, UK

October 2008 - October 2011

Masters Degree in Physics with Honours (MPhys)

University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

October 2000 - July 2007

Certifications

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Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

L J Wang, X F Wang, Z Cano, S Q Wang, L D Liu, Z G Dai, J S Deng, H Yu, B Li, L M Song, et al.(2019). Broad-lined type Ic supernova {iPTF}16asu: A challenge to all popular models . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 489. (1). p. 1110--1119. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

Zach Cano, Shan-Qin Wang, Long Li, Liang-Duan Liu, Ling-Jun Wang, WeiKang Zheng, Zi-Gao Dai, En-Wei Liang, Alexei V. Filippenko (2019). Modeling the Light Curves of the Luminous Type Ic Supernova 2007D . The Astrophysical Journal.

Zach Cano, Aleksandar Cikota, Giorgos Leloudas, Mattia Bulla, Cosimo Inserra, Ting-Wan Chen, Jason Spyromilio, Ferdinando Patat, Stefan Cikota, Michael W Coughlin, et al.(2018). OUP} accepted manuscript . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

L. J. Wang, X. F. Wang, S. Q. Wang, Z. G. Dai, L. D. Liu, L. M. Song, L. M. Rui, Z. Cano, B. Li (2018). A Fallback Accretion Model for the Unusual Type II-P Supernova iPTF14hls . The Astrophysical Journal.

K E Heintz, D Watson, P Jakobsson, J P U Fynbo, J Bolmer, M Arabsalmani, Z Cano, S Covino, V D’Elia, A Gomboc, et al.(2018). Highly-ionized metals as probes of the circumburst gas in the natal regions of gamma-ray bursts . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

L Izzo, P Molaro, P Bonifacio, M Della Valle, Z Cano, A de Ugarte Postigo, J L Prieto, C Thöne, L Vanzi, A Zapata, et al.(2018). Beryllium detection in the very fast nova {ASASSN}-16kt (V407 Lupi) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 478. (2). p. 1601--1610. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

Zach Cano, Aleksandar Cikota, Giorgos Leloudas, Mattia Bulla, Cosimo Inserra, Ting-Wan Chen, Jason Spyromilio, Ferdinando Patat, Stefan Cikota, Michael W Coughlin, et al.(2018). Testing the magnetar scenario for superluminous supernovae with circular polarimetry . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

L. Izzo, C. C. Thöne, S. Schulze, A. Mehner, H. Flores, Z. Cano, A. de Ugarte Postigo, D. A. Kann, R. Amorín, J. P. Anderson, et al.(2017). The {MUSE} view of the host galaxy of {GRB} 100316D . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 472. (4). p. 4480--4496. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

L. J. Wang, Z. Cano, S. Q. Wang, W. K. Zheng, L. D. Liu, J. S. Deng, H. Yu, Z. G. Dai, Y. H. Han, D. Xu, et al. (2017). A Monte Carlo Approach to Magnetar-powered Transients. II. Broad-lined Type Ic Supernovae Not Associated with GRBs . The Astrophysical Journal.

Zach Cano, Shan-Qin Wang, Ling-Jun Wang, WeiKang Zheng, Zi-Gao Dai, Alexei V. Filippenko, Liang-Duan Liu (2017). Modeling The Most Luminous Supernova Associated with a Gamma-Ray Burst, SN 2011kl . The Astrophysical Journal.

A. J. Levan, J. D. Lyman, N. R. Tanvir, J. Hjorth, I. Mandel, E. R. Stanway, D. Steeghs, A. S. Fruchter, E. Troja, S. L. Schrøder, et al.(2017). The Environment of the Binary Neutron Star Merger {GW}170817 . The Astrophysical Journal. 848. (2). p. L28. American Astronomical Society

N. R. Tanvir, A. J. Levan, C. González-Fernández, O. Korobkin, I. Mandel, S. Rosswog, J. Hjorth, P. D’Avanzo, A. S. Fruchter, C. L. Fryer, et al.(2017). The Emergence of a Lanthanide-rich Kilonova Following the Merger of Two Neutron Stars . The Astrophysical Journal. 848. (2). p. L27. American Astronomical Society

K E Heintz, D Malesani, K Wiersema, P Jakobsson, J P U Fynbo, S Savaglio, Z Cano, S Covino, V D'Elia, A Gomboc, et al.(2017). The luminous, massive and solar metallicity galaxy hosting the Swift $\upgamma$-ray burst {GRB}{\hspace{0.167em}}160804A at z~=~0.737 . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 474. (2). p. 2738--2749. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

M. Arabsalmani, P. Møller, D. A. Perley, W. Freudling, J. P. U. Fynbo, E. Le Floc'h, M. A. Zwaan, S. Schulze, N. R. Tanvir, L. Christensen, et al.(2017). Mass and metallicity scaling relations of high-redshift star-forming galaxies selected by {GRBs} . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 473. (3). p. 3312--3324. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

Zach Cano, Jonatan Selsing, Jens Hjorth, Antonio de Ugarte Postigo, Lise Christensen, Christa Gall, D. A. Kann(2017). A spectroscopic look at the gravitationally lensed type Ia {SN} 2016geu at z = 0.409 . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Oxford University Press ({OUP})

Zach Cano, Shan-Qin Wang, Zi-Gao Dai, Xue-Feng Wu (2017). The Observer’s Guide to the Gamma-Ray Burst Supernova Connection . Advances in Astronomy.

Zach Cano, Zhi-Ping Jin, Xiang Li, Stefano Covino, Yi-Zhong Fan, Da-Ming Wei(2015). {THE} {LIGHT} {CURVE} {OF} {THE} {MACRONOVA} {ASSOCIATED} {WITH} {THE} {LONG}{\textendash}{SHORT} {BURST} {GRB} 060614 . The Astrophysical Journal. 811. (2). p. L22. {IOP} Publishing