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)

  • Professor, Departments of Physics | Nuclear Engineering | Quantum Engineering
    Colorado School of Mines (USA)

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

  • Affiliate Visiting Researcher, Quantum Sensing Division
    National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST] (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 Professor in the Department of Physics as well as the Nuclear Engineering and Quantum Engineering Programs, 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