Fact checking and editing
The Problem
The Co-Founder of a small, seed-stage personalized genomics startup was looking for some urgent help with reviewing their genomics research. She was looking for a qualified, motivated geneticist to review some of her team’s research. They wanted the expert to fact-check and edit about 45 short, reader-friendly paragraphs on different genes and SNPs. The requirement was urgent, yet they couldn’t afford to have ANY inaccurate details on their site.
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted her project on Kolabtree, and within a few hours, she received a bid from an expert geneticist who was not only excited to work on the project but also offered to continue working on more such projects for a fixed fee. She immediately accepted the bid and proceeded to share project details. The expert edited and sent across the edited gene descriptions within four days! The client spent the next few days reviewing the work and was extremely happy with the output. In fact, the expert even volunteered to work on a few other aspects to finalize the report to the client’s liking.
About the expert
Leanne Ahronian is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center. She has wide knowledge of mammalian cellular and molecular biology and is familiar with a variety of experimental approaches and statistical techniques. She also has a large amount of scientific writing and editing experience!
Client says:
Kolabtree has been great and I will definitely be using your services again.
Market Research for Publication Services
The Problem
The CCO of a publication support services company wanted to understand the publishing patterns in one of their major markets. He was keen on analyzing information available across various sources to be able to better formulate their marketing strategy.
How Kolabtree helped
The client received five proposals for his project from experts based in different countries. After looking through all proposals, he was able to shortlist an expert with sound credentials to work on his project within his budget and deadline. Jiby ensured that he analyzed all data available across various sources to be able to prepare a comprehensive report. He regularly interacted with the client and submitted his report much in advance. He also added details across various parameters as per the client’s feedback.
About the expert
Dr. Jiby Kurian is currently a Research Associate at McGill University. He has been doing research on the various aspects of biomass conversion to biofuels and biomaterials. He was quite keen on working on this project and his enthusiasm was evident all throughout.
Client says:
Our experience with Kolabtree was fantastic! The communication throughout the project was brilliant and engaging.
assistance with sourcing and analyzing data
The Problem
A senior professor was looking for some assistance with analyzing some data on real microgrids to create a list of Real Microgrids in Scandiniavian and Eastern Europe. He wanted the expert to source data from various portals and analyze the data provided to him separately.
How Kolabtree helped
The client received two proposals in no time and immediately began conversations with one of them to ensure that he set the right expectations. Jamie (the expert) was able to populate the required dataset within a few days and provided some more information to provide the required information to the client. In addition, Jamie analyzed the data provided by the professor to complete the project to his satisfaction.
About the expert
Dr. Jamie Joseph is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, San Diego. He has a broad neuroscience background, with focused training in behavior genetics relevant to the study of schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
Result
The client was happy with the output provided by the expert and was delighted by the additional information provided. The client was so satisfied that he returned with another small project within weeks of completing this project.
Literature search for treating anxiety disorders
The Problem
A highly experienced scientist and the CEO of a medical grade CBD dispensary was looking for a research expert to help him complete a literature search on placebo controlled, double blind research to propose changes to certain drug usage laws in his state. His team was trying to convince the state senate committee about the scientific merit of the treating anxiety disorders using certain drugs.
How Kolabtree helped
The scientist was having a hard time finding the right expert for his project, especially because he was ideally looking for someone knowledgeable with his area of research and familiar with the legislative scenario in his state. Much to the client’s delight, Kolabtree was able to find an expert who’d lived in the client’s state earlier and was willing to work on the client’s budget. The expert understood the requirements well and proceeded to share a list of studies relevant to the project. A few other discussions later, Dr. Kristi was able to deliver a report with relevant pointers as per the client’s requirements. Several conversations throughout the project ensured that the client was extremely satisfied with the final output.
About the expert
Dr. Kristi Jones has been an Adjunct Faculty at Auburn University and an Assistant Professor at Huntingdon College. Her interests lie in several biological/medical science research topics; primarily, molecular biology, microbiology, genetics, genomics, and proteomics. She has a unique array of research experiences and is currently working as a freelance editor and consultant for scientific projects.
Client says:
They have been extraordinarily helpful and considerate in finding a contractor for my project. I have nothing but praise for them. I have had an excellent experience with the service. They were attentive and appeared to understand my needs. They were able to find an expert who had actually worked in our state and understood the context for my project. This was incredibly reassuring.
Literature search on muscular dystrophy
The Problem
A senior researcher needed help with a literature search on muscular dystrophy. She needed an expert to analyze journal articles detailing preclinical and clinical studies done in the past 4 years.
How Kolabtree helped
The client received seven proposals in very quick succession and was simply delighted by the talent on offer. In fact, she was spoilt for choice to decide on one freelancer for her project. Finally, she selected a freelancer with the most relevant credentials she was looking for. After an initial round of expectation setting, Beth zeroed in onto Lisa Skipper for her project. Lisa and Beth interacted regularly throughout the project to ensure that the final output was very much in lines with the client’s expectations.
About the expert
Dr. Lisa Skipper works as a Research Scientist at The Genome Analysis Centre, Norwich, UK. She started her career in Information Technology as an analyst/programmer in the pharmaceutical industry. After broadening her interests and undertaking a BSc in Human Life Sciences, she went on to obtain a PhD in Molecular Genetics and Neuroscience.
Client says:
This is fun. I was leaning towards one proposal and after reading another’s profile, am leaning towards Lisa Skipper, her profile suggested tightly relevant experience, not well reflected in her bid. I’ve had a chance to review a few proposals, you have a compelling assortment of professionals! I get a greater comfort level with the greater amount of profile detail.
statistical model to predict sales volumes
The Problem
An Amazon reseller needed help with analyzing some data on Amazon Best Seller Rank metrics and help him predict the volumes of sales of certain products over a period of time. In addition, the client wanted the expert to be familiar with MySQL and Amazon’s AWS services.
How Kolabtree helped
Within days of posting his project, the client received six proposals from highly experienced data analysts from across the globe. After carefully looking through all bids, the client decided to go ahead with Pooja Rao for his project. This was quite a complicated project that involved several rounds of discussions before the expert came up with a statistical model matching the client’s requirements.
About the expert
Dr. Pooja Rao completed her PhD in Neuroscience at the International Max Planck Research School, Goettingen, Germany. She is currently working as a Bioinfomatics Scientist at Service XS BV. Her research interests include predictive analytics, machine learning and data visualization for biomedical applications.
Client says:
Just something to think about. If you can get the current project working well, you can keep working on more projects with me that use other Amazon data points that I have. I’d think that’d be great! I’d think that’d be great if you can keep working on more projects with me that use other Amazon data points that I have!
Editing
The Problem
An open access life sciences journal specializing in plant and animal genetics with volumes between 20 – 100 submitted manuscripts per week needed assistance with screening manuscripts and providing recommendations to authors on areas that require improvement.
How Kolabtree helped
Kolabtree reached out to several hundred PhD-qualified experts specializing in plant and animal genetics to submit bids for the manuscripts coming in each week. Experts who were selected to review manuscripts provided their comments and recommendations in a customized and standardized report created by the journal.
About the experts
All experts chosen to work on this project had peer review experience and were well qualified to review manuscripts in their select subject areas. Experts were carefully handpicked to ensure that the best experts for each niche subject area were assigned those manuscripts. A total of 43 experts reviewed 450+ manuscripts over a period of almost three months.
Result
The client was extremely satisfied with the output. It was because of the support provided through Kolabtree that the journal could process almost twice the number of manuscripts they would normally process each week. Hence, these recommendation reports helped the journal’s editorial board fast-track their peer review process and optimise their publishing cycle.
data analysis
The Problem
A social science research group was studying the use of consistency and frequency of gym visits as inputs to predict academic performance. They had a fairly large dataset with 797,870 records. They were unable to conduct any meaningful analyses on the data and needed help in structuring it.
How Kolabtree helped
Within days of posting his project, the client received seven proposals from experienced data analysts from across the globe. The client was pleasantly surprised to have received a bid from an astrophysicist. Michelle (the expert) submitted a detailed bid about how she would go about analyzing the data and also explained how she was used to dealing with large amounts of data in her profession.
About the expert
Dr. Michelle Lochner completed her PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Cape Town and is currently pursuing her postdoctoral research at University College London (UCL). She focuses on developing new statistical techniques and algorithms to deal with the data deluge that astronomy is currently experiencing.
Client says:
You have made our lives much, much easier in terms of getting to data analysis quickly!!!
data analysis
The Problem
The Head of Product Innovation at a major scientific publishing house was looking for an expert to conduct a comprehensive search to find approximate grant awards in the fields of digital humanities and computational social science.
How Kolabtree helped
The client received two bids from highly qualified experts within a span of 24 hours. The client was clearly wowed by the unique approach presented by one of the experts. Apart from using standard search, he proposed to write a code to find grants from all relevant foundations.
About the expert
Dr. Sukant Khurana completed his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Austin and is currently working as a Chief Scientific Officer at Data IS Not Just Data — an innovative data science company that develops new tools, solves high end data-analytics problems and spends half its time doing sustainable development work. He is passionate about neuroscience, drug-discovery, computation, AI, and data science.
Result
The client was very happy with the output, especially with the code that the freelancer provided to him for no extra cost. In fact, the client went ahead and built further on the code to create a much more powerful analysis tool for his research needs. This was a classic example of how an expert delighted one of our clients using a highly innovative approach.
Client says:
I posted a project that had a fairly clear goal, but with no guidance on how to get to that goal. The Kolabtree platform paired me with a data scientist who was able to think flexibly about the task, and who not only delivered on the report that I was interested in, but who also made the code they used to get to that result available. With that in hand I've been able to refine my original research question, and build on the code to create an even more powerful analysis tool for my research needs. The freelancer was timely and communicated well, and I was very happy with the outcome.
Literature Search
The Problem
A researcher was seeking assistance with a literature search on the effects of diphenhydramine in dogs. Diphenhydramine has been used in human medicine since the 1940s, and effects in animals have probably been studied. However, there are many references in veterinary practice to human effects (e.g., sedation) that may not apply to dogs. Hence, the researcher was looking for reputable sources (e.g., peer-reviewed papers, textbooks, monographs etc) that provide both pharmacologic and toxicologic effects in dogs.
How Kolabtree helped
The client received nine bids from highly qualified experts within 12 hours of posting his project. Despite some bids being beyond his budget, the client had the luxury of choosing a subject-matter expert willing to complete his project well within his budget.
About the expert
Dr. Sukant Khurana completed his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Austin and is currently working as a Chief Scientific Officer at Data IS Not Just Data — an innovative data science company that develops new tools, solves high end data-analytics problems and spends half its time doing sustainable development work. He is passionate about neuroscience, drug-discovery, computation, AI, and data science.
Result
The expert conducted an exhaustive search and shared research papers dating back to 1981 on research related to the effects of diphenhydramine in dogs. The client was clearly overjoyed on having received such a comprehensive literature search within a very short span of time.
Writing
The Problem
The Manager of a marketing consultancy in Japan was looking for a French-speaking freelance researcher to write news summaries. They wanted the expert to source news articles related to the French food industry from specific French news websites and summarize and translate those articles into English.
How Kolabtree helped
The client received three bids from French-speaking experts. The client was simply delighted to find that he could engage French-speaking PhD-qualified from our platform and that too on a budget! He went ahead and selected an expert with experience in the agricultural sector.
About the expert
Dr. Allan Macvicar completed his PhD from the University of California, Irvine, and is currently an Assistant Professor at Chapman University. He is a university-trained freelance French-to-English translator, specialized in academic articles, agriculture, and business communication. His research interests include 20th-century French poetry and film, especially concerning issues of memory during and after WWII.
Result
The client was extremely satisfied with the summaries provided by the expert. In fact, he went ahead to engage the expert for two more projects and is more than willing to engage Allan for his future projects.
Client says:
Kolabtree is offering some great services. There are many platforms that offer access to freelance experts, however it's difficult to use them for corporate-quality work. We got to select from many qualified experts on Kolabtree for our project
Scientific Consulting
The Problem
Ken Adler, an environmental scientist, was looking for someone who could help identify manufacturers of cheese dips/queso in the country. The manufacturer had to be willing to evaluate different ingredients in a test kitchen and produce the product on a large scale.
How Kolabtree helped
Ken posted his project on Kolabtree and received two bids - one from a food microbiologist and one from a food science consultant. After interacting with the consultant, Dr. Megan Fisklements, on the private message board, he chose her for the project. They went on to clarify the deliverables and agreed to work on a flexible budget.
About the expert
Dr. Megan Fisklements has a PhD in Food Science & Technology from the University of California. Davis and is currently a freelance food research scientist. Her industry experience includes, among others, research planning, methods development, product development and upscaling, patentapplications, and brand ambassadorship to both businesses and consumers.She has a proven record of cross-disciplinary leadership and teamwork, bridging between chefs, food technologists, protein chemists and biochemists, and executives.
Result
The client and freelancer agreed to work on an hourly fee, with the flexibility to increase the rate as the work progressed. The project went off smoothly and the client was so happy that he went on to collaborate on another project with the same expert.
Literature Search
The Problem
Ana Santos was looking for a researcher with experience in biochemistry/molecular biology to do a
literature review and write a monograph on the importance of protein modifications in aging. She
was looking for a detailed report of about 20,000 words and was willing to offer the specialist co-
authorship as well.
How Kolabtree helped
Ana posted her requirement on Kolabtree and received a bid on the same day itself from an expert.
She offered co-authorship to the chosen expert. However, after getting to know that the bidder,
Dr. Kiranam Chatti, was not interested in co-authorship, she increased her budget and they both
mutually agreed to work on the project.
About the expert
Dr. Kiranam Chatti
is Principal Research Scientist at Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences and has 13
years of post-PhD lab research experience. He is a BELS-certified editor and serves on the editorial
board of the Elsevier Journal Heliyon. His expertise is in molecular biology, biochemistry,
pharmacology and bioinformatics.
Result
The project was successfully completed within 2 months and the client was very impressed by the
quality of work.
Scientific Consulting
The Problem
Audrey Bailey-Hocker was looking for assistance with creating a environmental-friendly, lime based
solution that could be used as an additive to paints, and help maintain a high Ph level. She had all
the testing equipment to measure the Ph level under different temperatures and parameters.
How Kolabtree helped
Audrey posted her project on Kolabtree and received two bids - one from a materials scientist and
one from a chemical engineer. She chose to work with the chemical engineer as she felt his
experience was perfectly suited for her project.
About the expert
Dattaray Nimbone
is a chemical engineer with 15 years of experience in research and
development. He's an expert in total chemical synthesis ,chemical process design and resin
manufacturing. He is currently a research lead at a healthcare company and holds an M.Tech
(Chemicals) from IIT Kharagpur, India.
Result
The client and freelancer agreed to work on a fixed budget, and project was successfully
completed in ten days.
Client says:
It was, indeed, a pleasure and quite a rewarding experience. I have recommended your service to
a number of my colleagues; and I am sure you will be hearing from them in the near future. Thank
you, once again, for this very innovative company.
Scientific Consulting
The Problem
Jeremy Britton, a civil engineer, needed help from an expert physicist in using spacetime diagrams
to help the reader visualize spacetime. While he was able to achieve the correct graphs for flat
spacetime, he was looking for help in plotting the curves for curved spacetime.
How Kolabtree helped
Jeremy posted his project on Kolabtree and received a bid on the same day from Dr. Lester Ingber,
one of Kolabtree's most accomplished scientists.
About the expert
Dr. Lester Ingber
is an interdisciplinary physicist with a wide range of accomplishments to his
credit. He has published over 100 papers and books in theoretical nuclear physics, neuroscience,
finance, optimization, combat analysis, karate, and education. Through Lester Ingber Research
(LIR) in Ashland, Oregon, he develops and consults on various physics projects. He is currently
Principal Investigator (PI) of the National Science Foundation collaborative supercomputer
resource, The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment.
Result
The client and freelancer discussed the scope and deliverables of the project using the private
message board. The project was successfully completed within five weeks.
Client says:
I've used Kolabtree twice to find excellent physics experts and have worked with them on my
popular science articles.
Secondary Research
The Problem
A world-renowned speaker and youth empowerment expert sought help on Kolabree to prepare for
his TEDx talk related to understanding a specific aspect of children's behaviour. The client was
looking for a specialist who could validate a specific theory and provide evidence to support it. He
needed an expert with experience in working with young adults and/or education.
How Kolabtree helped
The client received three bids within four days - two from writers, and one from a social science
researcher whose expertise included youth development. He chose to work with the latter, Dr. Jo
Anne Schneider, who had the most relevant experience for his project.
About the expert
Dr. Jo Anne Schneider
is an applied researcher/evaluator, policy/program designer and technical
assistance provider, with close to 3 decades of experience as a social science researcher. Her work
focuses on opportunities for marginalized populations. She is known for translating research into
policy, program and systems change, using evidence-based strategies for research-to- practice and
capacity-building initiatives. She's worked with government agencies in the UK, US and Canada. Her
work has addressed issues from community development and social welfare to youth development
and childhood education. She is presently an associate research professor at George Washington
University and independent consultant.
Result
The expert approached the client with queries about the project, which was clarified over the
private message system. The client agreed to increase the budget, as requested by the freelancer,
and awarded the project to her. The freelancer provided the client with all the information he
needed for his talk, and the project was completed within the proposed deadline of a month. The
client could now support his TEDx speech with accurate, up-to- date scientific findings and
research.
Experiment Design
The Problem
A practising surgeon based in Los Angeles was looking for a statistician to help him design a clinical
trial. The single-arm, non-randomized study involved the evaluation of a surgical treatment on 200
patients, divided into two age groups. He was looking for a specialist to help him analyze the
effectiveness of the treatment in each group and optimize the design.
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted his requirement on Kolabtree and received two bids within a week from clinical
trials experts. He chose to work with Dr. Nimita Limaye, who had relevant experience and had
detailed her approach to the project.
About the expert
Dr. Nimita Limaye
has 20+ years of expertise in the clinical trial and drug development space. She
has a PhD in Biotechnology from the University of Pune, India, and runs her own consulting
company. Her areas of expertise include risk based monitoring, CDM, medical writing,
programming, clinical operations, pharmacogenomics, data integrity, wearables, and more. She has
over 30 publications to her credit and has served on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Applied
and Translational Genomics.
Result
The expert detailed her approach in her proposal, saying that she would take inputs from her
biostatistician, who had worked on more than 50 such studies. The client hired Dr. Limaye to work
on the project, which was successfully completed within his budget and time frame of 2 weeks.
Scientific Consulting
The Problem
A US-based client was looking for a food scientist to help him develop gluten-free bread and
hamburger buns which was of better quality than the existing ones in the market
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted his project on Kolabtree and received two bids within two days. He chose to work
with Dr. Helen Mitchell, a food scientist with over 3 decades of experience. Dr. Mitchell also
offered to send the client samples of the buns and revised her proposal to include the cost of
packaging and posting the samples to the US.
About the expert
Dr. Helen Mitchell
is a UK-based independent food science and technology consultant. She has a
broad and in-depth knowledge of novel and functional food ingredients and is an expert in the
development of 'healthier' food products. She has a PhD in Food Science and Technology from the
University of Reading and has been in the industry for over 30 years. She has provided scientific,
technological and regulatory support for various food and pharmaceutical businesses, including
small businesses and startups. She is a Visiting lecturer and examiner for food science for the MSc
and BSc courses in Food Science and Nutrition at Oxford Brookes University, UK.
Result
Dr. Mitchell developed 7 different gluten-free bread formulations which were then baked,
packaged and posted to the client in the US, keeping in mind his requirements. The project was
successfully completed within 3 weeks.
Scientific Consulting
The Problem
A US-based practicing dermatologist was looking for help with deformulating a lip balm that was discontinued a few years ago. He needed the expert to be able to give him a formula that he could use to reproduce the lip balm.
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted his project on Kolabtree and received two bids - the first one within 6 hours. He chose the expert who bid first as he had relevant experience for the project.
About the expert
Akram Hebaish
is an Australia-based chemist, with profound pharmaceutical chemistry experience. He has expert-level knowledge of analytical method development and validation, especially chromatographic methods. He has 15+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and helps with formulation and pre-formulation studies.
Result
The client and freelancer worked together successfully and the project was completed within 2 weeks
Editing
The Problem
The client, based in Moscow, was looking for help with preparing a manuscript for publication in professional journals. He needed a theoretical physics consultant who could edit his language and optimize his content for the peer review process and also help him make the right journal choice.
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted his project on Kolabtree and received two bids within a day -- one from a theoretical scientist and another from a systems engineer. He chose the former, who had the most relevant experience for the project. On request of the freelancer, the client sent over the abstracts of the papers so that the expert could make sure he had sufficient expertise to edit the paper.
About the expert
Dr. Lester Ingber
is an interdisciplinary physicist with a wide range of accomplishments to his credit. He has published over 100 papers and books in theoretical nuclear physics, neuroscience, finance, optimization, combat analysis, karate, and education. Through Lester Ingber Research (LIR) in Ashland, Oregon, he develops and consults on various physics projects. He is currently Principal Investigator (PI) of the National Science Foundation collaborative supercomputer resource, The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment.
Result
The client and freelancer worked together successfully and the project was completed within a week.
SCIENTIFIC CONSULTING
The Problem
A food entrepreneur and baker, who was launching a line of cookies and granola for new mothers, was looking for a food science expert to analyze and optimize her recipes for shelf stability.
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted her project on Kolabtree and received a bid from an experienced food scientist in about a week. The freelancer and client arranged to have a call, during which they discussed the project details and agreed on a fee.
About the expert
Dr. Megan Fisklements
has a PhD in Food Science & Technology from the University of California Davis and is currently a freelance food research scientist. Her industry experience includes, among others, research planning, methods development, product development and upscaling, patent applications, and brand ambassadorship to both businesses and consumers.She has a proven record of cross-disciplinary leadership and teamwork, bridging between chefs, food technologists, protein chemists and biochemists, and executives.
Result
The client and freelancer worked together successfully and the project was completed in about a month.
STATISTICAL REVIEW
The Problem
The CEO of a specialty insurance company (based in California) was looking for a statistician to analyze the methodology and results of an error rate study which was conducted on a sample of their policies. They were looking for someone to review the sample data and study and answer any additional questions. They also wanted to get on a phone call with the expert.
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted their project on Kolabtree and received two bids within 24 hours. After negotiating the fee, they chose the freelancer who had extensive experience in statistics.
About the expert
Dr. Colin Gillespie
has a PhD in Mathematics and Statistics and is a Senior Statistics lecturer at Newcastle University. His research interests include big data and parallel computing, and he has extensive programming experience in a number of languages, including C, python, SQL and R. He has worked with many international companies, such as Shell, KPMG, and Burberry.
Result
The client and freelancer worked together successfully and the project was completed in 2 months.
Scientific Consulting
The Problem
A California-based food entrepreneur and chef was looking for help getting his organic, aerated candy product ready for the shelves.
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted his requirement on Kolabtree and received a bid from a food scientist within 4 hours. He approved the freelancer, who had the relevant experience and knowledge for the project.
About the expert
Brian Chau
is an independent food science consultant and a food technologist. He works with chefs and startups, helping them with primary market research, finding an ideal target audience, evaluating supply chain and sourcing needs, and more. He works with entrepreneurs, from concept to commercialization. He has worked on nutritional bars and snacks, meal kits, vegan cheese, and more.
Result
The client and freelancer worked together and the project was completed within 2 months
Scientific Consulting
The Problem
The client, the founder of a ice cream company in Atlanta, was looking for a specialist to optimize the consistency of their fruit-based soft serve ice cream. They were looking for help determining the amount of natural stabilizer to be added.
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted her requirement on Kolabtree and received two bids from food scientists within 24 hours. She chose to work with Dr. Megan Fisklements, who had extensive experience working with natural stabilizers.
About the expert
Dr. Megan Fisklements
has a PhD in Food Science & Technology from the University of California Davis and is currently a freelance food research scientist. Her industry experience includes, among others, research planning, methods development, product development and upscaling, patent applications, and brand ambassadorship to both businesses and consumers.She has a proven record of cross-disciplinary leadership and teamwork, bridging between chefs, food technologists, protein chemists and biochemists, and executives.
Result
The client and the freelancer worked together on the approach to the project. The client sent Dr. Fisklements the recipes and batch sizes they were using. Dr. Fisklements sourced the new ingredients from various suppliers and sent the client industrially scalable samples as well as a spreadsheet with the suppliers' details. The project was successfully completed within two weeks.
Experiment Design
The Problem
The client, a chef and owner of a food company in New York, was looking for a specialist who could help formulate a recipe for a refrigerated sauce that would have a stable shelf life of 9-12 months. He wanted the freelancer to be able to run shelf life tests and evaluate sensory profiles. He was also looking for the expert to advice on factors responsible for spoilage
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted his requirement on Kolabtree and received two bids from food scientists within 24 hours. He chose to work with Dr. Megan Fisklements, who had previous experience in formulating and stabilizing sauces.
About the expert
Dr. Megan Fisklements
has a PhD in Food Science & Technology from the University of California Davis and is currently a freelance food research scientist. Her industry experience includes, among others, research planning, methods development, product development and upscaling, patent applications, and brand ambassadorship to both businesses and consumers.She has a proven record of cross-disciplinary leadership and teamwork, bridging between chefs, food technologists, protein chemists and biochemists, and executives
Result
The client and Dr. Fisklements worked closely together. The client was able to ship his specialized ingredients to the freelancer so that she could formulate the recipe using them. The project was completed successfully within a month.
DATA SCIENCE
The Problem
The client, the co-founder of a non-profit research organization that advocates for patient-centered healthcare, was looking for a health economist who could analyze the value of medical innovation in specific disease areas. He wanted to use a patient perspective and estimate the cost impact beyond the health system. He was also looking for help accessing public health and spending databases.
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted his project on Kolabtree and received two bids within a day. One was from a neuroscientist and data scientist, experienced in drug design, and the other was from a quantitative research and public health specialist. He shared further details with both the experts and had a call with both to help him decide which one to choose. He chose to work with the former, Dr. Sukant Khurana, after a detailed discussion on the Kolabtree platform, followed by a Skype call.
About the expert
Dr. Sukant Khurana
completed his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Texas at Austin and is currently working as a Chief Scientific Officer at Data IS Not Just Data — an innovative data science company that develops new tools, solves high end data-analytics problems and spends half its time doing sustainable development work. He is passionate about neuroscience, drug-discovery, computation, AI, and data science.
Result
The client and freelancer worked together successfully and the project was completed within six weeks.
Client says:
I was faced with completing a complex project in a short time period and despaired about doing so after my search for a consultant that I could trust and who was reliable left me empty handed.
A colleague then recommended posting my project on Kolabtree. It was the single best professional decision I have made in quite a while. I contracted with a brilliant Biostatistician and his team that not only completed my project before my deadline but also enhanced my analysis with their insights. While funding for another project did not materialize, the consultant that was going to take on that work was also professional, thoughtful and dependable.
Kolabtree is now an indispensable part of my business development and project implementation team.
My thanks to Sandeep and the entire Kolabtree team!
EXPERIMENT DESIGN
The Problem
The client is a nurse, who actively participates in international volunteering programs that work towards improving the health of under-served communities. She manages a medical team at an HIV awareness music festival in Uganda. As part of an application for an NIH grant, she and her team were conducting a study to assess the impact of the concerts on HIV-related stigma in different regions of Uganda. She wanted expert guidance on data collection procedures, ideas to randomize and stratify their Sampling, as well as feedback on what a proper sample size would be.
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted her project on Kolabtree and received two bids within a day. She chose to work with Dr. Dlorah Jenkins, who had relevant experience for the job.
About the expert
Dr. Dlorah Jenkins
is an interdisciplinary researcher with a keen interest in investigating the interrelated challenges of security, development, health, and environment. Her research experience includes conducting literature reviews, impact studies, needs assessments, and exploratory research; designing field studies; and both quantitative and qualitative data analysis. She also trains less experienced researchers in data collection/analysis, and has worked on a variety of projects such as assessing the economic impact of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa; developing an empirical model to estimate the potential for tolerance towards LGBTQ people in sub-Saharan Africa; and assessing the impact of the Syrian conflict on food security in the region.
Result
The client sent the freelancer a document with the project requirements in detail, after which they set up a Skype call to discuss details. The project was successfully completed within the discussed deadline.
Client says:
I recently had the pleasure of utilizing the Kolabtree platform when preparing a nursing research grant submission. I have submitted for these grants several times in the past, but never been selected. I knew that I would improve my chances if could get a little extra assistance with my study design. Most of my colleagues were either to busy to help or, likewise, didn't have the skill set to offer any additional help.
I was able to post specifics about my needs on Kolabtree and hire the perfect consultant to help me through that portion of the grant wihin a few short days -- making it possible for me to get the grant submitted by deadline.
The platform was easy to use and I had a great overall experience. I would definitely use it again in the future.
SECONDARY RESEARCH
The Problem
A California-based entrepreneur was looking for all the research available on the use of rubbing alcohol in cosmetics as a quick fix in broken make-up. They wanted a list of the negative effects and reasons why people should avoid using it.
How Kolabtree helped
The client posted her requirement on Kolabtree and received two bids within a week, one from a pharmacist and another from a neuroscientist experienced in data presentation. The client chose to work with the neuroscientist Dr. Gitanjali Das, a postdoc student from Columbia University.
About the expert
Dr. Gitanjali Das
has a PhD in Neurosciences followed by research experience in ophthalmology and neurodegeneration. She has been a reviewer for major journals like Plos One. Her experience includes manuscript preparation, editing, data analysis as well as data presentation across a wide range of research areas. She is currently a postdoc research scientist at Columbia University.
Result
The project ran smoothly and was completed within a month.
