Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Ph.D.

Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist, writer, and founder of Ness Labs, an educational platform at the intersection of science and self-development. She holds an MSc in Applied Neuroscience and a Ph.D. in Psychology & Neuroscience from King’s College London, where she researches the evolutionary neuroscience of curiosity at the ADHD Research Lab.

Le Cunff created Ness Labs to translate scientific insights into practical tools for knowledge workers, and she writes a newsletter on experimental thinking, systematic curiosity, and mindful productivity, reaching more than 120,000 readers every week.

Her first book, Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World, is a guide to living a more experimental life, guided by curiosity. Her work has been featured in WIRED, Science News, Forbes, Rolling Stone, Big Think, the Financial Times, and more.

Le Cunff also serves in advisory roles with the Applied Neuroscience Association, the Entrepreneur Network, and the reMarkable Scientific Advisory Board. Before founding Ness Labs, she worked at Google in digital health. She was born in Paris of French-Algerian heritage and currently lives in London.