Back to All Media Professor Fred Beach | S3E3 | Science, Y’all! Professor Fred Beach is the Director of the Earth and Energy Resources graduate program within the Jackson School of Geosciences. Hear how taking things apart and putting them back together as a child matured into a lifelong curiosity and passion for science. Dr. Beach discusses his childhood growing up on a farm, his first career serving in the Navy, and his second career in academia. Tune in to hear all this and more! Share Article Professor Fred Beach is the Director of the Earth and Energy Resources graduate program within the Jackson School of Geosciences. Hear how taking things apart and putting them back together as a child matured into a lifelong curiosity and passion for science. Dr. Beach discusses his childhood growing up on a farm, his first career serving in the Navy, and his second career in academia. Tune in to hear all this and more!