Jason Leigh is a Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Electronic Visualization Laboratory and the Software Technologies Research Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Currently he is also a Fellow of the Institute for Health Research and Policy.

Prior projects and research for which he is best known include, the OptIPuter, GeoWall, CoreWall, LambdaVision, Tele-Immersion, and Reliable Blast UDP. His research for the past ten years focused on Cyber-Commons- ultra-resolution display-rich collaboration environments amplified by high performance computing and networking. His newest area of research is called Human Augmentics - technologies for expanding the capabilities and characteristics of humans. His work in lifelike avatars has been featured on the Popular Science's Future Of, and he has been profiled on Nova ScienceNow.

Leigh also teaches classes in Software Design and Video Game Design.