Dr. Leenoy Meshulam is a theoretical physicist who investigates biological systems, with a focus on nervous systems and the brain. She develops statistical-physics approaches to study how large networks of cells generate collective function. Her research spans systems as different as memory in a mouse navigating its environment and the dynamic camouflage of an octopus, with the goal of identifying principles that generalize across species and scales.
She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2018, advised by William Bialek, David Tank, and Carlos Brody. She earned her M.Sc. through the Lautman Interdisciplinary Program for Outstanding Students at Tel Aviv University in 2012. Before joining Brown University in 2025 as an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Physics and Neuroscience, she was a Swartz Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington in Seattle.
