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Commissioning editors
We have a team of commissioning editors, each with a dedicated portfolio of subject areas, that you can contact with your book idea.
Janet Freshwater
Analytical and food chemistry
- New developments in mass spectrometry
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- Specialist periodical reports
- Food chemistry, function and analysis
- Chemistry student guides
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Merlin Fox
Applied materials and engineering
- Biomaterials science
- Soft matter
- Inorganic materials
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Matt Caffrey
Materials science
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Katie Morrey
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