John Beacom has been at Ohio State since 2004 and was named professor in 2010. The fundamental goal of his work is to help turn “neutrino astronomy” from an oxymoron into a observational science and to develop its theoretical consequences. His research spans neutrinos, supernovae, high-energy astrophysics and dark matter, and frequently connects theory to experiment and observation and physics to astronomy. His research, teaching and service has been recognized by a National Science Foundation CAREER award and Fellowship in the American Physical Society, two major teaching awards from OSU and an Outstanding Referee Award from the APS. He is currently Chair of the APS Division of Astrophysics.