Dr. James Beacham at CERN

 Go to my Appearances page for public appearances, bookings, and engagements.

Dr. James Beacham is a physicist who has spent most of his career at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, researching phenomena such as dark matter and quantum black holes. He completed his doctorate at New York University before moving to work at CERN in Switzerland, where he has been for more than ten years. He has also been affiliated with institutions such as the Max Planck Institute for Physics, Duke University, and Ohio State University. In addition to his research, he regularly speaks around the world at the intersections of science, technology, politics, society, and art; contributes to podcasts, radio shows, TV series, and documentaries; and appears in the popular press. Beacham also maintains an artistic practice in film and multimedia, exhibiting at art venues internationally and collaborating with other artists.

Inspire HEP // Academic CV // One-page non-academic résumé [alt]
List of main academic / research publications

Social media:

Here’s the truth: I detest social media. I don’t like the way it makes me feel and the way it burgles time that could be used for other, objectively more noble things. That being said, I have placeholder accounts at a few outlets (Twitter: I haven’t used Twitter for a very long time; Bluesky; Instagram, YouTube). I previously used TikTok, then stopped, then posted a few more videos, and now I mostly use it for spontaneous live streams. It’s mostly a mall now, and, hence, not as fun as it used to be.

j.beacham@cern.ch

or

james@jbbeacham.com