Kyle Leach is an experimental nuclear physicist and professor, currently based in Colorado, USA.

Current Academic Appointments:

  • Science Director, Colorado Underground Research Institute [CURIE] (USA)

  • Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Colorado School of Mines (USA)

  • Affiliate Associate Professor, Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, Michigan State University (USA)

  • Faculty of Nuclear Engineering and Quantum Engineering, Colorado School of Mines (USA)

Education and Training

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship, Radioactive Ion Trapping, TRIUMF (Canada)

  • Ph.D., Nuclear Physics, University of Guelph (Canada)

  • M.Sc., Nuclear Physics, University of Guelph (Canada)

  • B.Sc. (Honours), Physics, University of Guelph (Canada)

Recent Awards and Honours

  • American Physical Society Francis M. Pipkin Award

  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigator

  • U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Award

  • Facility for Rare Isotope Beams Visiting Scholar Award

Born and raised in Canada, Kyle grew up in a small rural community in Central Ontario surrounded by forests and lakes. A strong combination of music, athletics, and academics has been an important part of his life since he was young.

Following his interests in the natural sciences, Kyle attended the University of Guelph in Canada and completed his PhD in 2013 performing nuclear physics experiments at the Technical University of Munich in Germany. After his doctorate, Kyle accepted a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the TRIUMF facility in Vancouver, Canada, performing novel ion trap decay spectroscopy studies on highly charged radioactive ions.

In 2015, Kyle joined the faculty in the Department of Physics at the Colorado School of Mines as an Assistant Professor performing precision beta decay experiments. Now a tenured Associate Professor, Kyle leads several major international research projects focused on the search for exotic new physics using radioactive atoms.

Kyle is married to a scientific educator and marine/freshwater biologist, and they have two young children together. They are currently living in Colorado.

kleach@mines.edu
leach@frib.msu.edu
kleach@triumf.ca