**Meet the editor**

Scott Handy is currently the Interim Associate Dean of the College of Graduate Studies at Middle Tennessee State University and Professor of Chemistry. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Indiana University under the direction of Professor Paul Grieco. After an NIH post-doctoral fellowship at Stanford University in the research group of Professor Paul Wender, he be-

gan his independent career at Binghamton University, before moving to Middle Tennessee State University. His research interests include the use of non-traditional solvents (ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents) in Organic Synthesis and the synthesis and study of bioactive natural product derivatives (most recently aurones).
