Elizabeth Ricker

Elizabeth R. Ricker is the internationally award-winning author of “Smarter Tomorrow: How 15 Minutes of Neurohacking A Day Can Help You Work Better, Think Faster, and Get More Done” (Little, Brown Spark/Hachette). Her background is in neuroscience and technology, with degrees from MIT and Harvard. She has lectured across the world and consults with Silicon Valley venture capital firms, technology startups, schools, and the Fortune 500. ​ Ricker’s book, "Smarter Tomorrow," was chosen by The Wall Street Journal as one of "12 Books to Start a Smart New Year". It was chosen as one of the "Top Book Bites of 2021" by New York Times bestselling authors Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Dan Pink's Next Big Idea Club. "Smarter Tomorrow" was the winner of a 2022 international Nautilus Book Award, and it was also nominated for the Audie, Porchlight, and William James Book Award. It has ranked among the top 700 books on all of Amazon and as the #1 bestselling book across multiple categories. The book has been translated into Japanese, Korean, and Romanian, and is being translated into Chinese and Russian.

Harvard Magazine called the book "cognitive enhancement...in approachable bite-sized bits". Bestselling authors Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Dan Pink highlighted "Smarter Tomorrow" in their Next Big Idea Club, describing it as: “Brilliant...While many of us are out of school now, there are still people out there who make intelligence cool—and show us how we can become smarter ourselves." Stanford neuroscientist, NYT bestselling author, and host of the PBS show “The Brain with Dr. David Eagleman” said: "If you're a brain owner...this is the guidebook you're going to want." ​ Ricker is a sought-after expert and speaker through her consultancy, Ricker Labs, and she runs the citizen neuroscience, DIY, and neurohacking organization, NeuroEducate. Her work has been featured globally, including in Fast Company, Psychology Today, on SiriusXM radio, in the March for Science's book "Science Not Silence" (MIT Press), and on public broadcast TV in Europe.

Ricker received her undergraduate degree in Brain and Cognitive Sciences from MIT and her graduate degree in Mind, Brain, and Education from Harvard. In college, she worked in the neuroscience lab of Nobel Prize winner Dr. Susumu Tonegawa. Ricker was also a nationally ranked athlete and president of her class at MIT — the latter of which occasionally involved such serious duties as dressing up in a giant rodent costume to play Tim the Beaver, the school mascot.