In her PhD research, Dr Kuipers investigated the microbial degradation of organic environmental contaminants (in particular PCBs and PAHs), and developed instrumental methods to analyze the resulting products (mainly by using GC/MS and HPLC). Dr Kuipers’ core scientific background is in analytical environmental chemistry, with an emphasis on the analysis and remediation of organic compounds. Dr Kuipers also edits in the fields of material sciences. Dr Kuipers has authored many refereed publications as well as abstracts and presentations. She has also acted as a referee for journal submissions, and edited numerous journal articles as well as Masters and PhD theses. Dr Kuipers lives in Vancouver, Canada, and has worked as an English editor for Edanz Editing since 2002.