Dr Beck is an Honorary Associate Professor at the ANU’s School of Engineering. She is an energy expert with 10 years’ experience leading and managing multidisciplinary research teams with a focus on transitioning the global energy system from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Her work combines expertise in engineering, policy, and techno-economics to provide high quality analyses of the energy transition for decision makers in industry and government.

Most recently, she served as Research Lead for the Facilitating Transformation Program at the Heavy Industry Low‑carbon Transition (HILT) Cooperative Research Centre, where she provided strategic leadership for research projects on the barriers and policy enablers for low‑carbon commodities, including the provision of low-cost renewable energy at scale to support heavy industry decarbonisation. She worked closely with more than 60 partners across heavy industry, government, not‑for‑profit, and consultancy to identify research priorities, shape projects and ensure alignment with the needs of project proponents. 

From 2015 to 2025 Dr Beck led a research group on renewable energy, most recently focused on assessing effective policy settings for certification of green hydrogen using energy system modelling, techno‑economic analysis of decarbonisation solutions, and understanding decarbonisation pathways using system dynamics models. Her earlier research focused on developing technologies for renewable energy including solar cells and the production of renewable fuels and commodities like hydrogen and ethylene. 

She also previously led the ANU's Hydrogen Fuels project as part of the Zero Carbon Energy for the Asia-Pacific Initiative (ZCEAP) leading research direction and coordinating a multidisciplinary team from across the ANU. This project helped shape the national conversation on the role of hydrogen in future energy systems, though academic papers, public-facing media engagements, policy briefs, and submissions to government. She is passionate about providing high quality, evidence-based information to help industry, government, and the wider public make better decisions regarding decarbonisation and has been featured in over 45 public-facing media segments on TV and radio and in print, providing expert commentary on energy related topics. She has delivered invited briefings and talks for the Parliamentary Library, DFAT’s Diplomatic Academy, Smart Energy Council and other industry-focused forums, and participated in panel discussions on clean energy and green commodities at COP28 and COP29. She has been engaged as an expert witness on decarbonisation for cases heard by the Federal Court. 

Dr Beck has a background in applied physics (MSci 2006, University of Glasgow) and engineering (PhD 2011, ANU) and has previously held prestigious international fellowships including a Marie Curie Fellowship from the European Commission (IIF, 2012), and a Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA, 2018) from the Australian Research Council.