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Professional Preparation

University of Michigan, B.S.E Materials Science & Engineering, 2000
Northwestern University, Ph.D. Materials Science & Engineering, 2005
Vanderbilt University, Post‐Doc Materials Physics, 2005‐2008

Appointments

University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
2009‐Present Assistant Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering Department

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
2008‐2009 Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
2005‐2008 Research Associate, Department of Physics and Astronomy

5 Most Recent Publications

• N. Jiang, Y. Y. Zhang, Q. Liu, Z. H. Cheng, Z. T. Deng, S. X. Du, H.‐J. Gao, M. J. Beck and S. T. Pantelides.
  “Diffusivity control in molecule‐on‐metal systems using electric fields”, Nano Lett. 10, 1184‐
  1188 (2010).
• T. J. Pennycook, M. J. Beck, K. Varga, M. Varela, S. J. Pennycook, and S. T. Pantelides, “Origin of
  colossal ionic conductivity in oxide multilayers: Interface induced sublattice disorder”, Phys.
  Rev. Lett. 104, 115901 (2010).
• M. J. Beck, Y. S. Puzyrev, N. Sergueev, K. Varga, R. D. Schrimpf, D. M. Fleetwood and S. T. Pantelides,
  “The Role of Atomic Displacements in Ion‐Induced Dielectric Breakdown”, IEEE Trans. Nuc.
  Sci. 56, 3210‐3217 (2009).
• M. Brehm, F. Montalenti, M. Grydlik, G. Vastola, H. Lichtenberger, N. Hrauda, M. J. Beck, et al. “Key
  role of the wetting layer in revealing the hidden path of Ge/Si(001) Stranski‐Krastanow
  growth onset”, Phys. Rev. B 80, 205321 (2009).
• M. J. Beck and S. T. Pantelides. “Origin of preferential sputtering in a‐SiO2 during ion beam
  synthesis of nanocrystals”, Phys. Rev. B 79, 033203 (2009).

5 Other Publications

• M. J. Beck, B. R. Tuttle, R. D. Schrimpf, D. M. Fleetwood and S. T. Pantelides. “Atomic Displacement
  effects in Single‐event Gate Rupture”, IEEE Trans. Nuc. Sci. 55, 3025‐3031 (2008).
• M. J. Beck, R. D. Schrimpf, D. M. Fleetwood and S. T. Pantelides. “Disorder‐recrystallization effects in
  low‐energy beam‐solid interactions”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 185502 (2008).
• R. Hatcher, M. J. Beck, A. Tackett and S. T. Pantelides. “Dynamical effects in the interaction of ion
  beams with solids”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, art. no. 103201 (2008).
• M. J. Beck, L. Tsetseris and S. T. Pantelides. “Stability and dynamics of Frenkel pairs in Silicon”, Phys.
  Rev. Lett. 99, 215503 (2007).
• M. J. Beck, A. van de Walle, and M. Asta. “Surface energetics and structure of the Ge wetting layer on
  Si (100)”, Phys. Rev. B 70, 205337 (2004).