The ASP bids a fond farewell to Liz Kruesi who led Mercury from its digital past, to its current online magazine iteration. Her tireless efforts evolved the magazine into a new format and focuses on the various ways astronomy intersects with science, education, culture, history, and art. The magazine is now available to the public as a subscription model and still available for academic institutions to offer to their student community. We wish Liz all the best as she expands her writing career as an independent science journalist.
On November 1, the ASP welcomed James "Jay" C. White II, who will be serving as the Interim Editor of Mercury magazine. His current day job is Director of Science & Innovation at Talcott Mountain Science Center & Academy (TMSCA) and is Visiting Scholar in Astronomy at Wesleyan University. Prior to his arrival in Connecticut, Jay was for 25+ years a college physics and astronomy professor and served as the chief academic officer for two national colleges.
Jay's connection with the ASP runs deep as he is a former Executive Director of the ASP and for nearly a decade served as Editor of Mercury magazine and Universe in the Classroom. An astrophysicist with research interests in binary stars’ eruptive behavior, Jay is a member of the AAS, IAU, and Sigma Xi and is a Fellow of the RAS. In addition to his astronomical research, he has been active in STEM education and in international scientific development since 1992, serving on the American Physical Society’s U.S.-Africa taskforce, the American Institute of Physics’ Public Information Advisory Committee, and as director of the IAU’s former program group for the improvement of scientific and educational infrastructure in developing countries.
You can reach Jay at editor@astrosociety.org.
