• B. S. (2004) Physics, University of Utah
• Ph. D. (2010) Physics, University of Maryland

Research Interests:

• open quantum systems
• fluctuation induced interactions
• radiation reaction
• nonequilibrium quantum field theory

Selected Recent Publications:

1. F. Intravaia and RB, The Casimir effect as a sum-over-modes in dissipative systems, Phys. Rev. A. 86, 062517 (2012).
2. RB, Y. Zeng, D. A. R. Dalvit and S. Reynaud, Electrostatic patch effects in Casimir force experiments performed in the sphere-plane geometry, Phys. Rev. A. 86, 052509 (2012).
3. RB, F. Intravaia, D. A. R. Dalvit, P. A. Maia Neto and S. Reynaud, Modeling electrostatic patch effects in Casimir force measurements, Phys. Rev. A. 85, 012504 (2012).
4. F. Intravaia, RB, P. W. Milonni, G. W. Ford and R. F. O'Connell, Consistency of a Causal Theory of Radiation Reaction with the Optical Theorem , Phys. Rev. A. 84, 035801 (2011).
5. RB and Bei-Lok Hu, Nonequilbrium Atom-Dielectric Forces Mediated by a Quantum Field, Phys. Rev. A. 84, 012902 (2011).
6. RB and Bei-Lok Hu, Nonequilbrium Forces Between Neutral Atoms Mediated by a Quantum Field, Phys. Rev. A. 82, 022057 (2010).
7. RB and Bei-Lok Hu, Nonequilbrium Casimir-Polder Force in Non-Stationary Systems, J. Phys. A. 43, 012001 (2010).