Natasha Greenstein
Quantum physicist and computational neuroscientist exploring interdisciplinary convergence across scales.
About
What happens when the great mysteries of life converge? When the quiet way of the Dao meets the restless geometry of quantum fields, when the spirals of psychedelic experience echo the branching of lungs, veins, trees, and stars? Patterns appear. Trends emerge. In the pursuit of quantifying them, I keep finding myself at the geometric junction where disciplines meet — which is where I try to work.
In practice that means quantum-like models of human cortical activity, the radical-pair mechanism in avian magnetoreception and human cryptochrome, and experiments linking quantum information to conscious states. I trained in physics at Princeton with William Bialek and Gregory Scholes, and I’m completing a master’s in Brain and Cognition at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Gustavo Deco’s group. I cofounded the Quantum MemBrain Programme and collaborate with the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Entangled Labs.
Papers
- Quantum-Like Dynamics in the Human Brain
- Senior thesis — radical-pair mechanism and avian navigation
- Junior paper — quantum-like models of cortical activity
- A novel method for rapid estimation of active bone marrow dose for radiotherapy patients in epidemiological studies
- Investigation of the influence of thyroid location on iodine-131 s-values
Talks
- From spin states to neural correlates: the quantum mechanical basis of avian navigation
- How Birds Use Quantum Mechanics to Migrate Across the Globe
- Quantum-Like Mind: Consciousness as an Analogous System to Quantum Theory
Art
Coming soon — drop work here when you’re ready.