Dr Jonathan Bean

Visiting Professor, London South Bank University
CEO, MatNex
Joined
January 2026

Names

Dr Jonathan Bean (Preferred)
Jonathan J Bean

Emails

****@materialsnexus.com (Confirmed)
****@york.ac.uk
****@cam.ac.uk
****@lsbu.ac.uk

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Visiting Professor
London South Bank University (lsbu.ac.uk)
2021Present
CEO
MatNex (matnex.ai)
2020Present
Supervisor
Trinity College, University of Cambridge (cam.ac.uk)
20192023
Researcher
Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge (cam.ac.uk)
20182021
Researcher
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge (cam.ac.uk)
20172021
PhD student
Physics, University of York (york.ac.uk)
20132017
MS student
Physics, University of Sussex (sussex.ac.uk)
20082012

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Coauthor
Present
PhD Advisor
Dr Keith McKenna
20132017

Expertise

Grain boundaries and interfaces in crystalline materials
Present
Atomistic simulation and molecular dynamics
Present
Defects in materials near interfaces
Present
Magnetic tunnel junction materials/spintronics materials interfaces
Present
Structure-property relationship in polycrystalline materials
Present