James J. Beatty

James J. Beatty is a physicist specializing in experimental particle astrophysics. He is a professor of Physics and Astronomy at The Ohio State University, where he also served as Chair of the Department of Physics from 2008 to 2016. His research focuses on the detection and analysis of cosmic rays, including nuclei, electrons, positrons, ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs), and ultra-high energy neutrinos (UHE neutrinos).

In December 2016, NASA appointed Beatty to its Physics of the Cosmos Program Analysis Group (PhysPAG) Executive Committee, where he served until December 2019.