Professor Christian Beck

Profile

Christian Beck is a Professor of Applied Mathematics and Head of the Dynamical Systems and Statistical Physics Group. He is also Chair of the Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division of the European Physical Society (EPS). Currently is Co-Editor of EPL (Europhysics Letters), Advisory Editor of Physica A, and Editor of Chaos, Solitons and Fractals. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA).

Christian Beck has a broad range of research interests in stochastic modelling, statistical physics, complex systems, chaotic dynamics, and interdisciplinary applications. In addition, he is interested in axionic dark matter physics and other fundamental problems in high energy physics. His work on load balancing problems for electric power grids is funded by EPSRC. Previous research funding includes grants on superstatistical complex systems and a Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship.

Research

Research Interests:

See Christian Beck’s research profile pages including details of research interests, publications, and live grants.

Publications

• Lonardi A, Schäfer B, Beck C (2026). High-fidelity inference of power grid frequency distributions journal nameOfConference.

  10.48550/arxiv.2607.28232

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• Amarakoon N, He H, Beck C (2026). Superstatistical Analysis of PDFs and autocorrelation functions for air pollution concentrations in the UK journal nameOfConference.

  10.48550/arxiv.2607.12876

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• Beck C, Tsallis C (2026). Turbulence: An Entropic Approach journal nameOfConference.

  10.48550/arxiv.2606.03139

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• Hao W, Lonardi A, Beck C (2026). Stochastic Modeling of Power-Grid Frequency Fluctuations in Low-Inertia Systems via a Gaussian-Core Potential and Superstatistics journal nameOfConference.

  10.48550/arxiv.2605.13289

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• Lonardi A, Maritz JM, Gorjão LR et al. (2026). Understanding the complexity of frequency and phase angle fluctuations in power grids journal nameOfConference.

  10.48550/arxiv.2604.03133

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• Beck C (2025). Energy security: Understanding the intrinsic complexity of the modern power grid Europhysics news nameOfConference.

  10.1051/epn/2025508

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• Beck C, Tsallis C (2025). Anomalous velocity distributions in slow quantum-tunneling chemical reactions Physical Review Research nameOfConference.

  10.1103/physrevresearch.7.l012081

  https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/handle/123456789/105701
• Drewnick T, Wen X, Oberhofer U et al. (2025). Analyzing deterministic and stochastic influences on the power grid frequency dynamics with explainable artificial intelligence Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science nameOfConference.

  10.1063/5.0239371

  https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/handle/123456789/105682
• He H, Boehringer T, Schäfer B et al. (2025). Analyzing Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Dissolved Oxygen for the River Thames using Superstatistical Methods and Machine Learning journal nameOfConference.

  10.48550/arxiv.2501.07599

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• He H, Schäfer B, Beck C (2024). Spatial analysis of tails of air pollution PDFs in Europe Environmental Data Science nameOfConference.

  10.1017/eds.2024.43

  https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/handle/123456789/98993