Education & Professional Experience
PhD: New York University (2009)
B.S.: Brown University (2003)
Associate Professor: Carnegie Mellon University 2022-present
Associate Professor: Columbia University 2019-2022
Assistant Professor: Columbia University 2013-2019
Postdoctoral Researcher: Columbia University 2011-2013
Postdoctoral Researcher: Stockholm University 2009-2011
Research Interests
My research focuses on the intersection of quantum field theory and gravity. I am particularly interested in improving our understanding of gravity using the methodology of particle physics and, more generally, in theoretical consistency conditions for quantum field theories in flat spacetime and in de Sitter. My previous work has included the application of effective field theory techniques to various states of matter, from ordinary fluids to new quantum liquids that could exist in the cores of very dense stars.
Selected Publications
N. Bittermann, D. McLoughlin and R. A. Rosen, On Causality conditions in de Sitter Spacetime, (2022) [arXiv:2212.02559 [hep-th]].
R. Berens, L. Krauth and R. A. Rosen, Gravitational Collapse in Massive Gravity on de Sitter Spacetime, Phys. Rev. D 105, no.6, 064057 (2022) [arXiv:2109.10411 [hep-th]].
N. Bittermann, S. Garcia-Saenz, K. Hinterbichler and R. A. Rosen, N = 2 Supersymmetric Partially Massless Fields and Non-Unitary Superconformal Representations, JHEP 08, 115 (2021) [arXiv:2011.05994 [hep-th]].
R. A. Rosen and L. Santoni, Black hole perturbations of massive and partially massless spin-2 fields in (anti) de Sitter spacetime, JHEP 03, 139 (2021) [arXiv:2010.00595 [hep-th]].
J. Bonifacio, K. Hinterbichler, L. A. Johnson, A. Joyce and R. A. Rosen, Matter Couplings and Equivalence Principles for Soft Scalars, JHEP 07, 056 (2020) [arXiv:1911.04490 [hep-th]].
J. Bonifacio, K. Hinterbichler and R. A. Rosen, Constraints on a Gravitational Higgs Mechanism, Phys. Rev. D 100, no. 8, 084017 (2019) [arXiv:1903.09643 [hep-th]].
J. Bonifacio, K. Hinterbichler, A. Joyce and R. A. Rosen, Shift Symmetries in (Anti) de Sitter Space, JHEP 1902, 178 (2019) [arXiv:1812.08167 [hep-th]].
S. Garcia-Saenz, K. Hinterbichler and R. A. Rosen, Supersymmetric Partially Massless Fields and Non-Unitary Superconformal Representations, JHEP 1811, 166 (2018) [arXiv:1810.01881 [hep-th]].
R. A. Rosen, Black Hole Mechanics for Massive Gravitons, Phys. Rev. D 98, no. 10, 104008 (2018) [arXiv:1805.12135 [hep-th]].
K. Hinterbichler, A. Joyce and R. A. Rosen, Eikonal Scattering and Asymptotic Superluminality of Massless Higher Spins, Phys. Rev. D 97, no. 12, 125019 (2018) [arXiv:1712.10021 [hep-th]].
J. Bonifacio, K. Hinterbichler, A. Joyce and R. A. Rosen, Massive and Massless Spin-2 Scattering and Asymptotic Superluminality, JHEP 1806, 075 (2018) [arXiv:1712.10020 [hep-th]].
K. Hinterbichler, A. Joyce and R. A. Rosen, Massive Spin-2 Scattering and Asymptotic Superluminality, JHEP 1803, 051 (2018) [arXiv:1708.05716 [hep-th]].