Lauren Greenspan
Part-time Faculty
lbg251@nyu.edu
(212) 998-7314
1 Wash Pl, Room 429
B.A., Individualized Study, New York University, 2009
M.Sc., Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2011
Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, University of Porto, 2017
Lauren Greenspan recently received her PhD in theoretical physics and is interested in interdisciplinary intersections of science and society. She has published several papers on the topic of numerical holography. Her current professional interests include the communication of science and math for a popular audience and the role of dualities in physics. After graduating from Gallatin in 2009, Lauren participated in the Perimeter Scholars International MSc program at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics before completing her doctorate at the University of Porto.
Teaching and Research Interests
physics; science and math education; science writing; creative nonfiction; history of science; science and society
Courses
2021 Spring
First-Year Research Seminar: Time Travel: Science, Fiction, and the Western Imagination
2020 Spring
Imagining and Drawing Space-Time
First-Year Research Seminar: Time Travel: Science, Fiction, and the Western Imagination
2020 Fall
Imagining and Drawing Space-Time
2019 Spring
First-Year Research Seminar: Translation in Science: Dual Ways of Thinking
2018 Spring
First-Year Research Seminar: Translation in Science: Dual Ways of Thinking
2018 Fall
