Dr. Jane Huggins

Jane Huggins, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Research Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Director, University of Michigan Direct Brain Interface Laboratory
Research Non-Clinical Faculty

Biography

Dr. Huggins received her B.S. in Computer Engineering with a Biomedical Engineering option and an Art Minor from Carnegie Mellon. She received a M.S. in Bioengineering, a M.S.E. in Computer Engineering, and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She completed a clinical Rehabilitation Engineering Internship. While working on her dissertation, she founded the University of Michigan Direct Brain Interface Laboratory with Dr. Simon Levine. She was a founding member of the board of directors of the Brain-Computer Interface Society.   

Dr. Huggins has been the director of the University of Michigan Direct Brain Interface Laboratory since 2007. Her current focus is making EEG-based brain-computer interfaces practical for people who need them.  Outside the lab, Dr. Huggins enjoys knitting, birdwatching, genealogy, cooking for her husband, and being Mom to her college-age children.