Tamesa Proofreading and Editing

My name is Helena Hernández and, as Tamesa Proofreading and Editing, I offer proofreading and copyediting services to both publishers and individual authors. I specialise in the sciences, mainly chemistry and biology.

After more than 20 years of scientific research, with most of that time spent in a world-class research group at Oxford and Cambridge universities, I established Tamesa Proofreading and Editing in 2019 to provide editorial services to fellow scientists and science publishers. I have worked on a range of scientific books and journals over the last few years for several publishers, including Oxford University Press, Institute of Physics Publishing and the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Although my specialist area is science, my training through CIEP (formerly SfEP) and experience also allow me to proofread and copyedit across a wide range of subject areas and publication types, including dissertations and theses. I am a Professional Member of CIEP.

My approach is to first understand fully the requirements of my clients and then tailor my work to them, either adhering to detailed house styles from publishers or working with authors to create and execute a bespoke style for their individual projects.

I was awarded a BSc in chemistry and a PhD in mass spectrometry (MS) from the University of Wales (Swansea). My postdoctoral research in MS was wide-ranging and included biomarkers (Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester), reference materials (LGC, Teddington) and protein complexes (University of Oxford and University of Cambridge). I was also a laboratory manager (University of Oxford). 

Over my research career, I was a co-author of more than thirty peer-reviewed scientific research papers, many of which were published in highly regarded journals.

I live close to the river Thames in Oxford and I wanted my business name to be connected to this waterway on which I have spent many hours as a keen canoeist and kayaker. The Thames has several ancient names and Tamesa is one of them.