MATTHEWJ.BECK
ProfessionalPreparation
UniversityofMichigan
B.S.E
MaterialsScience&Engineering
2000
NorthwesternUniversity
Ph.D.
MaterialsScience&Engineering
2005
MaterialsPhysics
2005‐2008
VanderbiltUniversity
Post‐Doc
Appointments
UniversityofKentucky,Lexington,KY
2009‐Present
AssistantProfessor,ChemicalandMaterialsEngineeringDepartment
VanderbiltUniversity,Nashville,TN
2008‐2009 ResearchAssistantProfessor,DepartmentofPhysicsandAstronomy
2005‐2008 ResearchAssociate,DepartmentofPhysicsandAstronomy
RelevantExpertise
ComputationalMaterialsScience:Applicationofquantummechanicalcalculationmethods,
particularlyplanewavedensityfunctionaltheorycalculations,toproblemsinenergygeneration
andstorage,nanoscaleormolecularelectronics,andself‐assemblingsystems.
Products
Mostrecentproducts:
E.Grulke,K.Reed,M.Beck,X.Huang,A.CormackandS.Seal,“Nanoceria:factorsaffectingitspro‐
andanti‐oxidantproperties”,EnvironmentalScience:Nano,v.1,pp.429‐444(2014).*Invited
CriticalReview,plusCoverImageofthemedissue(imagecreditwithR.YokelandM.
Hazard)
X.Huang,M.J.Beck,“Surfacestructureofcatalytically‐activeceriananoparticles”,Comp.Mater.Sci.,
v.91,pp.122‐133(2014).
X.Huang,B.Wang,E.A.Grulke,M.J.Beck,“Towardtuningthesurfacefunctionalizationofsmall
ceriananoparticles”,J.Chem.Phys.,v.140,art.no.074703(2014).
D.Scopece,M.J.Beck,“EpilayerthicknessandstraindependenceofGe(113)surfaceenergies”,
Phys.Rev.B,v.85,art.no.155310(2013).
D.Scopece,F.Montalenti,andM.J.Beck,“StabilityofGeonSi(1110)surfacesandtheroleofdimer
tilting”,Phys.Rev.B,v.85,art.no.085312(2012).
OtherSignificantProducts:
T.J.Pennycook,M.J.Beck,K.Varga,M.Varela,S.J.PennycookandS.T.Pantelides,“Originof
colossalionicconductivityinoxidemultilayers:Interfaceinducedsublatticedisorder”,Phys.
Rev.Lett.,v.104,art.no.115901(2010).
N.Jiang,Y.Y.Zhang,Q.Liu,Z.H.Cheng,Z.T.Deng,S.X.Du,H.‐J.Gao,M.J.BeckandS.T.Pantelides.
“Diffusivitycontrolinmolecule‐on‐metalsystemsusingelectricfields”,NanoLett.,v.10,pp.
1184‐1188(2010).
M.J.BeckandS.T.Pantelides,“Originofpreferentialsputteringina‐SiO2duringionbeamsynthesis
ofnanocrystals”,Phys.Rev.B,v.79,art.no.033203(2009).
M.J.Beck,R.D.Schrimpf,D.M.FleetwoodandS.T.Pantelides.“Disorder‐recrystallizationeffectsin
low‐energybeam‐solidinteractions”,Phys.Rev.Lett.,v.100,art.no.185502(2008).
M.J.Beck,A.vandeWalleandM.Asta.“SurfaceenergeticsandstructureoftheGewettinglayeron
Si(100)”,Phys.Rev.B,v.70,art.no.205337(2004).
SynergisticActivities
 Facultyrecruiter,UniversityofKentuckyCollegeofEngineering
IdevelopandleadrecruitingactivitiesforK‐12students,andhavepresentedto
hundredsofstudentsoverthepastyear.
 ThrustLeader,RetentionCommittee,UniversityofKentuckyCollegeofEngineering
 Member,UniversityofKentuckyAcademicComputingCommittee
Thiscommitteeestablishesprioritiesfordevelopment,andenhancementinenterprise‐
wideresearch,HPC,andinstructionalcomputingneeds,andservesasliaisonsacross
theUniversitytocollectinputonresearchandinstructionalcomputingsystems.
 FacultyAffiliate,UniversityofKentuckyCenterforComputationalSciences
 ProfessionalMemberships:MRS
Collaborators&OtherAffiliations
CollaboratorsandCo‐Editorsinthepast48months:
JohnBalk(UK),GuentherBauer(JohannesKeplerU.,Linz),BradleyBerron(UK),Dibakar
Bhattacharyya(UK),MoritzBrehm(JKU‐L),G.Chen(JKU‐L),Y.T.Cheng(UK),MarkCrocker(UK),
JasonDeRouchey(UK),AlanDozier(UK),RichardEitel(StephensInst.),DanielM.Fleetwood
(VanderbiltU.),ThomasFromherz(JKU‐L),UshciGraham(UK),EricGrulke(UK),MartynaGrydlik
(JKU‐L),BethGuiton(UK),ToddHastings(UK),BruceHinds(UK),N.Hrauda(JKU‐L),H.
Lichtenberger(JKU‐L),SteveLipka(UK),J.Lou(RiceU.),D.Mantei(JKU‐L),LeoMiglio(U.ofMilano‐
Bicocca),U.K.Mishra(UCSantaBarbara),FrancescoMontalenti(UM‐B),S.T.Pantelides(VU),Y.S.
Puzyrev(VU),T.Roy(VU),B.Sanduijav(JKU‐L),F.Schaeffler(JKU‐L),RonaldD.Schrimpf(VU),D.
Scopece(U.ofMilan‐Biccoca),AlpSehirlioglu(CaseWestern),ChiShen(KentuckyStateU.),L.Shen
(UCSantaBarbara),G.Springholz(JKU‐L),G.Swan(UK),B.R.Tuttle(PennStateErie),JasonUnrine
(UK),G.Vastola(UM‐B),FuqianYang(UK),RobertYokel(UK)
GraduateandPostdoctoralAdvisors:
MarkD.Asta
(ThesisAdvisor)Chemical&MaterialsEngineering,U.ofCalifornia,
Berkley,Berkley,CA.(PreviouslyatNorthwesternU.,Evanston,IL)
SokratesT.Pantelides (Post‐doctoralAdvisor)Physics&Astronomy,VanderbiltU.,Nashville,TN.
ThesisAdvisorAndPostgraduate‐ScholarSponsor:
(Totalstudentsadvised:6graduatestudents)
Current: Dr.XingHuang(Post‐DoctoralScholar),Ms.QunfeiZhou(Ph.D.inMSE,expected2017),
Ms.TiantianZeng(Ph.D.inMSE,expected2018)
Former: Dr.XingHuang(Ph.D.inMSE,Jan.2014),Ms.MeganLaRue(co‐advisor,BSinCSfrom
KentuckyState,2014),Mr.JiePan(Ph.D.,expected2015),Dr.DanieleScopece(visiting
student,summer2010,Ph.D.inMSE,2012fromUniversityofMilano‐Biccoca),Ms.
YuanLu(MastersinCS)
UndergraduateResearchAdvisor:
Current: Ms.DJRichardson(NortheasternUniversity,BSinComp.Sci.,Spring2018)
Former: Mr.RobertWoods(BSinChem.Eng.,Spring2014)