Josh Beckham
- Associate Professor of Practice
- Freshman Research Initiative
Contact Information
5124715022
PAI
Room Number:2.08A
Biography
Dr. Beckham is head of the Virtual Cures (a.k.a. Virtual Drug Screening - VDS) stream of the Freshman Research Initiative. The stream runs both a freshman cohort and an upper-division cohort, which is part of the Advanced Research Initiative (ARI). Outreach efforts include the High School Research Initiative (HRI).
BioMolViz
Since 2019, Dr. Beckham has served as the PI for the NSF funded RCN-UBE grant (#1920270) that supports the BioMolViz community of educators seeking to improve molecular visualization in the classroom.
Research
Research Areas
- Infectious Disease, Immunology and Microbiology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology or Genetics
- STEM Education
- Vaccines and/or Therapeutics
Fields of Interest
- Structural Biology and Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Disease
- Molecular Biology and Genetics
Education
- Washington & Lee University, B.S. Physics/Engineering
- Vanderbilt University, M.S. & Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering