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Nosha A.

PhD Data Scientist | R, Python, Fortran, GIS | Academic Editor

London, United Kingdom
$30 per hour
372 jobs
$50K+ total earnings

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5.0 I am a research associate and data analyst with PhD in environmental science from Imperial College London, My main areas of expertise are air quality modelling, climate policy analysis, statistical modelling, and academic research. I support clients with high-quality technical analysis, data-driven research, scientific writing, and coding across a wide range of academic and professional projects. My technical skills include data science, machine learning, statistical analysis, Python, R, Fortran, geospatial analysis, air pollution modelling, climate and environmental data analysis, and scientific visualization. I can help with data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, model development, regression analysis, machine learning workflows, code debugging, automation, reproducible research pipelines, and interpretation of complex results. Alongside my technical work, I also provide academic writing, editing, proofreading, and research mentoring services. I help students, researchers, and professionals improve the clarity, structure, coherence, and academic quality of their work. This includes literature reviews, methodology sections, research proposals, dissertations, journal manuscripts, reports, presentations, and data analysis write-ups. I also specialize in improving and humanizing AI-generated texts. I can revise AI-assisted writing to make it sound more natural, original, academically appropriate, and aligned with the intended audience, while preserving the author’s ideas and voice. My approach is careful, reliable, and detail-oriented. I aim to deliver work that is technically accurate, clearly written, and suitable for academic, professional, or publication purposes. Whether you need support with data analysis, coding, research design, scientific interpretation, academic writing, or editing, I can help turn complex ideas and datasets into clear, polished, and meaningful outputs Some of my previous client's feedback: "He has great knowledge and provide the information which I need immediately" "He is really easy to contact and he did a great job" "The job Nosha completed was excellent. He was very easy to work with, understood perfectly what I needed and was always available to talk about the project. He completed the work ahead of time and with very high quality. I fully recommend him" "He understood the job very quickly and did exactly as per requirement. Submitted on time. Punctual. And knows his work well. Very happy with his work." "He is a real creative and resourceful software engineer. He is very professional. I really recommend him for any work" "Nosha did a good job and is a great self-starter. Did not have any questions and got the job as I asked. Would highly recommend him."

Rasara K.

ESG, Sustainability & Environmental Research | AI Data Annotation

Reading, United Kingdom
$25 per hour
15 jobs
$4K+ total earnings

I'm Rasara - an environmental and plant scientist working across ESG and sustainability research, agricultural research, and AI training data. Most of my Upwork work right now is ESG case study research and writing, an ongoing engagement I have put over 200 hours into, alongside climate change content work. By day I'm a Plant Breeding Technician at the University of Reading, running glasshouse and field trials: manual crossing, field phenotyping, trial data capture and quality checking. That's where the discipline behind my freelance work comes from - applying a written protocol consistently across hundreds of records, and knowing the difference between a real anomaly and a transcription error. I'm Top Rated with a 100% Job Success Score, including two Upwork Enterprise engagements: - Image annotation and rating for an agricultural crop-classification project in Western Europe (rated 5.0) - Audio transcription and review for a large language programme (rated 5.0) What I do best: - ESG and sustainability research - case studies, corporate social responsibility, climate education research, biodiversity and sustainability communication, IEMA Environmental Management. - Agricultural research - BSc (Hons) Botany, plant breeding and field phenotyping, crop identification, trial data QC, plant pathology and lab work including PCR and gene sequencing. - AI training data - annotation, rating, response evaluation, prompt creation, and edge-case flagging against written guidelines. - Content and bilingual work - science writing, plus native Sinhala and fluent English transcription and review. How I work: I follow the spec exactly, ask when something is genuinely ambiguous rather than guessing, and flag what doesn't fit instead of quietly forcing it into a category. On a long batch, consistency is the whole job. Based in Reading, UK.

Will A.

Environmental Data Science Consultant

Coventry, United Kingdom
$30 per hour
1 job
$600+ total earnings

Hi, I’m Will. I’m an independent Environmental Data Scientist operating through my consultancy, Gaiametric. I partner with environmental organizations, research institutions, land managers and more to turn complex ecological data into clear, high-impact technical solutions. In my 9 years in this space I’ve engineered data pipelines for multi-million pound infrastructure projects, developed new tools and techniques for biodiversity monitoring and scalable spatial analysis and conducted cutting edge research into everything from LiDAR and accelerometers to eDNA and ecological modelling. I hold an MSc in Environmental Data Science and Machine Learning (Imperial College London) and a BSc in Environmental Science (Northumbria University). More importantly, I am incredibly passionate about what I do and about making a positive impact on the natural world. My approach is friendly, honest and highly flexible so please reach out if you’d like to have a no-obligation chat about working together.

Matthew B.

Physical Sciences | Environmental Science, Marine Biology, Zoology

Hastings, United Kingdom
$20 per hour
5 jobs
$1K+ total earnings

Science & Nature Content Writer | Biology, Ecology & Animal Behaviour Background I write about nature, wildlife and science, coming at it from the research side rather than the writing side. Background: Biology BSc, First-Class MSc in Animal Behaviour and Welfare, and two years working as an ecologist producing technical reports for renewable energy clients in Scotland. I'm not learning this subject as I write about it — it's my day job, so I get the details right and work fast. A few things worth knowing: - My MSc thesis came out of three months of fieldwork at a Canadian wildlife sanctuary, researching wolf-human interactions — written up for sanctuary management to actually use, not just an academic exercise - My current work is the same skill applied weekly: turning field data into reports non-specialists can understand and act on - I host a podcast interviewing academics across different fields, which is a lot of practice explaining technical ideas to people outside the field - Most of my fieldwork is solo, so I'm used to managing my own deadlines without oversight Happy to send writing samples or do a short test piece.

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