Richard Brower

Richard Brower is a distinguished professor at Boston University with a diverse academic background and research interests. Here are key details about his profile:

Academic Positions

Richard Brower holds dual appointments at Boston University:

• Professor of Physics
• Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering

Education

He obtained his PhD in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969.1

Research Interests

Professor Brower's research focuses on:

• Non-perturbative problems in quantum field theory, particularly applied to Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD)2
• Strong gauge dynamics Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) for electroweak symmetry breaking at the TeV scale2
• Computational Lattice Field Theory
• AdS/CFT duality and string theory
• Development of algorithmic multigrid methods for multiscale physics
• Heterogeneous hardware with GPU accelerators2

Areas of Expertise

His expertise spans several fields of theoretical and computational physics, including:

• String theory
• Hadron phenomenology
• Quantum Chromodynamics
• Lattice formulations of quantum field theory
• Statistical mechanics
• Molecular dynamics1

Professional Activities

• Serves as the National Software Co-ordinator for the SciDAC software infrastructure project
• Member of the USQCD Executive Committee1

Honors

Professor Brower has been recognized as a Sloan Research Fellow.2

Contact Information

• Office: Physics Research Building, Room 581, 3 Cummington Mall, Boston, MA 02215
• Email: brower@bu.edu
• Phone: (617) 353-60523