Holden Thorp, a chemist and former provost at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named the next editor-in-chief of the Science family of journals by the Board of Directors of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Thorp will succeed Jeremy Berg, who joined AAAS in July 2016.
Thorp, currently the Rita Levi-Montalcini Distinguished University Professor at Washington University, will become the 21st editor-in-chief of Science since the journal’s inception in 1880 when his term begins on October 28, 2019.
Thorp currently holds faculty appointments in both chemistry and medicine, and served as Washington University’s provost from 2013 until concluding his term in July. During his tenure as provost, he led the university’s academic enterprise through a period of growth in several key areas, including efforts to increase socioeconomic diversity and changes to the undergraduate admissions process, which led to an academically stronger and more diverse student body. He also was instrumental in furthering the university’s prominence as an institution that drives innovation and entrepreneurship, particularly in the St. Louis region.
Founded in 1880 by journalist John Michels and with seed money from Thomas A. Edison, Science has been the official journal of the non-profit AAAS since 1900. Encompassing all fields of science and engineering, through peer-reviewed research articles as well as award-winning news reports, breakthroughs debuting in Science have ranged from wireless telegraphy and new chemical elements, to the sequencing of the human genome.
Thorp will oversee both the journal’s staff of Ph.D.-level editors and Science’s award-winning team of science journalists. Science’s editors and news reporters work in Washington, D.C., Cambridge, U.K., and other locations worldwide, from China and Japan to Europe and Africa.
Science has had 20 editors-in-chief to date, including Jeremy Berg (2016-2019), Marcia McNutt (2013-2016), Bruce Alberts (2008-2013), Donald Kennedy (2000-2008), Floyd E. Bloom (1995-2000), Daniel E. Koshland Jr. (1985-1995), and Philip Hauge Abelson (1962-1984).
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