Logan Ury

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Logan Ury is an American behavior expert, author, and dating coach who may be best known for her book How to Not Die Alone (Simon & Schuster, 2021).

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Biography

Early life

Logan Ury was raised in Boca Raton, Florida. [1] She has as a Bachelor’s degree in psychology from Harvard University. [2] [1]

Career

Ury worked at Google as the co-head of the behavioral economics lab. [3] [4] She was a 2018 TED resident. [5]

She published her first book, How to Not Die Alone (Simon & Schuster), in 2021. [6]

Ury is the director of relationship science at Hinge, a dating app. [2] [7] [8]

She has written for The Gottman Institute [9] and Men's Health. [10] She provides dating coaching on the podcast This Is Dating. [11] [12] Ury has appeared on All Things Considered [13] and Millennial Love Podcast. [14]

Personal life

Ury married a former Harvard classmate, Scott, in June 2020. [1] [3] She lives in the San Francisco Bay area. [15] Ury is Jewish. [16]

Works

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  4. ↑ "4 Bay Area Innovators Selected for Prestigious Global Summit". San Francisco, CA Patch. 2018-06-06. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  5. ↑ "Meet the Spring 2018 class of TED Residents!". TED. 20 March 2018. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  6. ↑ "How to Fall in Love, According to a Hinge Behavioral Scientist". National Public Radio .
  7. ↑ Naftulin, Julia. "8 questions to ask yourself after a date to decide if they're a good match, according to a behavior scientist". Insider. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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  10. ↑ Ury, Logan (2021-02-01). "The 'Spark' Is a Myth and It's Ruining Your Love Life". Men's Health. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
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