Kory Beach
About Kory Beach
Kory Beach is a Design Physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, specializing in computational and experimental shock hydrodynamics and material failure research. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and has a background in various research roles across multiple institutions.
Work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Kory Beach has been employed as a Design Physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory since 2020. In this role, he focuses on various aspects of design physics, contributing to research and development initiatives within the laboratory. His work is situated in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he collaborates with a team of scientists and engineers to address complex challenges in the field of physics.
Education and Expertise
Kory Beach earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he studied from 2015 to 2019. He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Physics with a Minor in German from Colgate University, completed from 2011 to 2015. His educational background is complemented by specialized training in computational and experimental shock hydrodynamics, spallation, and material failure research.
Background
Kory Beach completed his high school education at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South from 2007 to 2011. He has held various research positions, including serving as an Undergraduate Physics Research Assistant at Colgate University from 2013 to 2015 and as a Graduate Research Assistant at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 2016 to 2019. Additionally, he worked as a Graduate Physics Teaching Assistant at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 2015 to 2017.
Previous Research Experience
Before his current role, Kory Beach gained international experience as a Visiting Research Scholar at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea for one month in 2018. He also worked as a Lithium-ion Battery Research Intern at Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) in Germany for two months in 2014. These positions contributed to his understanding of various research methodologies and expanded his expertise in physics.
Research Interests
Kory Beach actively seeks new problems to tackle and subjects to learn within the field of physics. His strong interest in solving challenging problems is driven by an insatiable curiosity, which motivates his research endeavors and professional development.