Dr. Kevin Beach is an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Mississippi.
Research Interests
Dr. Beach is a condensed matter theorist with a focus on computational many-body physics. His research is primarily in the areas of frustrated magnetism and heavy fermion systems. In recent years, he has also collaborated with experimental colleagues on projects related to nanomechanical systems, protein folding, and nanoscale device physics.
Biography
Dr. Beach earned his B.Sc.H. (1997) and M.Sc. (1999) from Queen's University at Kingston, Canada. He earned the Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004.
He was a Research Associate at Boston University (2004-2006); Fellow at the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2007 from the University of Wurzburg, Germany; and Assistant Professor from 2008-2014 at the University of Alberta. He joined the University of Mississippi as Assistant Professor in 2014.
Education
Ph.D. Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2004)
M.Sc , Queen's University (1999)
B.S.c Theoretical Physics, Queen's University (1997)