Jennifer Bugos is a Professor of Music Education at the University of South Florida in Tampa. She teaches undergraduate coursework in music education and graduate coursework in music cognition while directing an interdisciplinary lab (Coordination and Cognition Across the Lifespan in Music; CALM lab). In addition to completing her professional studies in music education (BM, MM, Ph.D. with a minor in Gerontology, certifications in Orff level 1-3), Bugos completed post-doctoral work at the UF Clinical-Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory under the direction of William Perlstein. Dr. Bugos research interests include the neurological basis for music perception and cognition with regard to human development, lifelong learning, and cognitive transfer. Her interests have led to the development of new music education programs for healthy and clinical populations of children (Multimodal Music Training), and for adults (Keys to Staying Sharp; Piano for Parkinsons). The CALM lab uses standardized cognitive measures, physiological measures (electroencephalography, salivary cortisol, respiration), and motor measures (bimanual coordination) to examine the effects of music programs on health outcomes. Her research has been funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, National Institutes of Health, and The GRAMMY Foundation. In 2020, Bugos served as a Visiting Scientist at the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto and had the opportunity to work with Claude Alain. In 2023, she received a Fulbright Research Chair in Psychology award to work with Shayna Rosenbaum at York University.