diff --git a/packages/collaboration-extension/src/collaboration.ts b/packages/collaboration-extension/src/collaboration.ts
index c11d353e..79b5e4af 100644
--- a/packages/collaboration-extension/src/collaboration.ts
+++ b/packages/collaboration-extension/src/collaboration.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ export const rtcPanelPlugin: JupyterFrontEndPlugin<void> = {
     userPanel.addClass('jp-RTCPanel');
     app.shell.add(userPanel, 'left', { rank: 300 });
 
-    const currentUserPanel = new UserInfoPanel(user);
+    const currentUserPanel = new UserInfoPanel({
+      userManager: user,
+      trans
+    });
     currentUserPanel.title.label = trans.__('User info');
     currentUserPanel.title.caption = trans.__('User information');
     userPanel.addWidget(currentUserPanel);
diff --git a/packages/collaboration/package.json b/packages/collaboration/package.json
index cc6db0d5..50cd66af 100644
--- a/packages/collaboration/package.json
+++ b/packages/collaboration/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
     "@jupyterlab/apputils": "^4.4.0",
     "@jupyterlab/coreutils": "^6.4.0",
     "@jupyterlab/docregistry": "^4.4.0",
+    "@jupyterlab/rendermime-interfaces": "^3.12.0",
     "@jupyterlab/services": "^7.4.0",
     "@jupyterlab/ui-components": "^4.4.0",
     "@lumino/coreutils": "^2.2.1",
diff --git a/packages/collaboration/src/components.tsx b/packages/collaboration/src/components.tsx
index 97908667..c311b7bd 100644
--- a/packages/collaboration/src/components.tsx
+++ b/packages/collaboration/src/components.tsx
@@ -2,11 +2,20 @@
 // Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
 import { User } from '@jupyterlab/services';
+import { ReactWidget } from '@jupyterlab/ui-components';
 
-import * as React from 'react';
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
-type Props = {
-  user: User.IIdentity;
+type UserIconProps = {
+  /**
+   * The user manager instance.
+   */
+  userManager: User.IManager;
+  /**
+   * An optional onclick handler for the icon.
+   *
+   */
+  onClick?: () => void;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -14,19 +23,118 @@ type Props = {
  *
  * @returns The React component
  */
-export const UserIconComponent: React.FC<Props> = props => {
-  const { user } = props;
+export function UserIconComponent(props: UserIconProps): JSX.Element {
+  const { userManager, onClick } = props;
+  const [user, setUser] = useState(userManager.identity!);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const updateUser = () => {
+      setUser(userManager.identity!);
+    };
+
+    userManager.userChanged.connect(updateUser);
+
+    return () => {
+      userManager.userChanged.disconnect(updateUser);
+    };
+  }, [userManager]);
 
   return (
-    <div className="jp-UserInfo-Container">
-      <div
-        title={user.display_name}
-        className="jp-UserInfo-Icon"
-        style={{ backgroundColor: user.color }}
-      >
-        <span>{user.initials}</span>
-      </div>
-      <h3>{user.display_name}</h3>
+    <div
+      title={user.display_name}
+      className="jp-UserInfo-Icon"
+      style={{ backgroundColor: user.color }}
+      onClick={onClick}
+    >
+      <span>{user.initials}</span>
     </div>
   );
+}
+
+type UserDetailsBodyProps = {
+  /**
+   * The user manager instance.
+   **/
+  userManager: User.IManager;
+};
+
+/**
+ * React widget for the user details.
+ **/
+export class UserDetailsBody extends ReactWidget {
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new user details widget.
+   */
+  constructor(props: UserDetailsBodyProps) {
+    super();
+    this._userManager = props.userManager;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the user modified fields.
+   */
+  getValue(): UserUpdate {
+    return this._userUpdate;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Handle change on a field, by updating the user object.
+   */
+  private _onChange = (
+    event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>,
+    field: string
+  ) => {
+    const updatableFields = (this._userManager.permissions?.[
+      'updatable_fields'
+    ] || []) as string[];
+    if (!updatableFields?.includes(field)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this._userUpdate[field as keyof Omit<User.IIdentity, 'username'>] =
+      event.target.value;
+  };
+
+  render() {
+    const identity = this._userManager.identity;
+    if (!identity) {
+      return <div className="jp-UserInfo-Details">Error loading user info</div>;
+    }
+    const updatableFields = (this._userManager.permissions?.[
+      'updatable_fields'
+    ] || []) as string[];
+
+    return (
+      <div className="jp-UserInfo-Details">
+        {Object.keys(identity).map((field: string) => {
+          const id = `jp-UserInfo-Value-${field}`;
+          return (
+            <div key={field} className="jp-UserInfo-Field">
+              <label htmlFor={id}>{field}</label>
+              <input
+                type={'text'}
+                name={field}
+                id={id}
+                onInput={(event: React.ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) =>
+                  this._onChange(event, field)
+                }
+                defaultValue={identity[field] as string}
+                disabled={!updatableFields?.includes(field)}
+              />
+            </div>
+          );
+        })}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  private _userManager: User.IManager;
+  private _userUpdate: UserUpdate = {};
+}
+
+/**
+ * Type for the user update object.
+ */
+export type UserUpdate = {
+  [field in keyof Omit<User.IIdentity, 'username'>]: string;
 };
diff --git a/packages/collaboration/src/userinfopanel.tsx b/packages/collaboration/src/userinfopanel.tsx
index 6a5c32b5..88b6e8e0 100644
--- a/packages/collaboration/src/userinfopanel.tsx
+++ b/packages/collaboration/src/userinfopanel.tsx
@@ -1,35 +1,52 @@
 // Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
 // Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
-import { ReactWidget } from '@jupyterlab/apputils';
+import { Dialog, ReactWidget, showDialog } from '@jupyterlab/apputils';
 
-import { User } from '@jupyterlab/services';
+import { ServerConnection, User } from '@jupyterlab/services';
+
+import { URLExt } from '@jupyterlab/coreutils';
+
+import { IRenderMime } from '@jupyterlab/rendermime-interfaces';
 
 import { Panel } from '@lumino/widgets';
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-import { UserIconComponent } from './components';
+import { UserDetailsBody, UserIconComponent } from './components';
+
+/**
+ * The properties for the UserInfoBody.
+ */
+type UserInfoProps = {
+  userManager: User.IManager;
+  trans: IRenderMime.TranslationBundle;
+};
 
 export class UserInfoPanel extends Panel {
   private _profile: User.IManager;
   private _body: UserInfoBody | null;
 
-  constructor(user: User.IManager) {
+  constructor(options: UserInfoProps) {
     super({});
     this.addClass('jp-UserInfoPanel');
-
-    this._profile = user;
+    this._profile = options.userManager;
     this._body = null;
 
     if (this._profile.isReady) {
-      this._body = new UserInfoBody(this._profile.identity!);
+      this._body = new UserInfoBody({
+        userManager: this._profile,
+        trans: options.trans
+      });
       this.addWidget(this._body);
       this.update();
     } else {
       this._profile.ready
         .then(() => {
-          this._body = new UserInfoBody(this._profile.identity!);
+          this._body = new UserInfoBody({
+            userManager: this._profile,
+            trans: options.trans
+          });
           this.addWidget(this._body);
           this.update();
         })
@@ -41,27 +58,79 @@ export class UserInfoPanel extends Panel {
 /**
  * A SettingsWidget for the user.
  */
-export class UserInfoBody extends ReactWidget {
-  private _user: User.IIdentity;
-
+export class UserInfoBody
+  extends ReactWidget
+  implements Dialog.IBodyWidget<User.IManager>
+{
+  private _userManager: User.IManager;
+  private _trans: IRenderMime.TranslationBundle;
   /**
    * Constructs a new settings widget.
    */
-  constructor(user: User.IIdentity) {
+  constructor(props: UserInfoProps) {
     super();
-    this._user = user;
+    this._userManager = props.userManager;
+    this._trans = props.trans;
   }
 
-  get user(): User.IIdentity {
-    return this._user;
+  get user(): User.IManager {
+    return this._userManager;
   }
 
-  set user(user: User.IIdentity) {
-    this._user = user;
+  set user(user: User.IManager) {
+    this._userManager = user;
     this.update();
   }
 
+  private onClick = () => {
+    if (!this._userManager.identity) {
+      return;
+    }
+    showDialog({
+      body: new UserDetailsBody({
+        userManager: this._userManager
+      }),
+      title: this._trans.__('User Details')
+    }).then(async result => {
+      if (result.button.accept) {
+        // Call the Jupyter Server API to update the user field
+        try {
+          const settings = ServerConnection.makeSettings();
+          const url = URLExt.join(settings.baseUrl, '/api/me');
+          const body = {
+            method: 'PATCH',
+            body: JSON.stringify(result.value)
+          };
+
+          let response: Response;
+          try {
+            response = await ServerConnection.makeRequest(url, body, settings);
+          } catch (error) {
+            throw new ServerConnection.NetworkError(error as Error);
+          }
+
+          if (!response.ok) {
+            const errorMsg = this._trans.__('Failed to update user data');
+            throw new Error(errorMsg);
+          }
+
+          // Refresh user information
+          this._userManager.refreshUser();
+        } catch (error) {
+          console.error(error);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+  };
+
   render(): JSX.Element {
-    return <UserIconComponent user={this._user} />;
+    return (
+      <div className="jp-UserInfo-Container">
+        <UserIconComponent
+          userManager={this._userManager}
+          onClick={this.onClick}
+        />
+      </div>
+    );
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/collaboration/style/sidepanel.css b/packages/collaboration/style/sidepanel.css
index bbc14561..9522aab0 100644
--- a/packages/collaboration/style/sidepanel.css
+++ b/packages/collaboration/style/sidepanel.css
@@ -142,3 +142,38 @@
   box-shadow: 0 2px 2px -2px rgb(0 0 0 / 24%);
 
 }
+
+/************************************************************
+                User Info Details
+*************************************************************/
+.jp-UserInfo-Field {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+}
+
+.jp-UserInfo-Field > label,
+.jp-UserInfo-Field > input {
+  padding: 0.5em 1em;
+  margin: 0.25em 0;
+}
+
+.jp-UserInfo-Field > label {
+  font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+.jp-UserInfo-Field > input {
+  border: none;
+}
+
+.jp-UserInfo-Field > input:not(:disabled) {
+  cursor: pointer;
+  background-color: var(--jp-input-background);
+}
+
+.jp-UserInfo-Field > input:focus {
+  border: solid 1px var(--jp-cell-editor-active-border-color);
+}
+
+.jp-UserInfo-Field > input:focus-visible {
+  outline: none;
+}
diff --git a/ui-tests/tests/collaborationpanel.spec.ts b/ui-tests/tests/collaborationpanel.spec.ts
index f6d79f26..50183242 100644
--- a/ui-tests/tests/collaborationpanel.spec.ts
+++ b/ui-tests/tests/collaborationpanel.spec.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,35 @@ test('collaboration panel should contains two items', async ({ page }) => {
   expect(panel.locator('.jp-CollaboratorsList .jp-Collaborator')).toHaveCount(0);
 });
 
+test.describe('User info panel', () => {
+  test('should contain the user info icon', async ({ page }) => {
+    const panel = await openPanel(page);
+    const userInfoIcon = panel.locator('.jp-UserInfo-Icon');
+    expect(userInfoIcon).toHaveCount(1);
+  });
+
+  test('should open the user info dialog', async ({ page }) => {
+    const panel = await openPanel(page);
+    const userInfoIcon = panel.locator('.jp-UserInfo-Icon');
+    await userInfoIcon.click();
+
+    const dialog = page.locator('.jp-Dialog-body');
+    expect(dialog).toHaveCount(1);
+
+    const userInfoPanel = page.locator('.jp-UserInfoPanel');
+    expect(userInfoPanel).toHaveCount(1);
+
+    const userName = page.locator('input[name="display_name"]');
+    expect(userName).toHaveCount(1);
+    expect(await userName.inputValue()).toBe('jovyan');
+
+    const cancelButton = page.locator(
+      '.jp-Dialog-button .jp-Dialog-buttonLabel:has-text("Cancel")'
+    );
+    await cancelButton.click();
+    expect(dialog).toHaveCount(0);
+  });
+});
 
 test.describe('One client', () => {
   let guestPage: IJupyterLabPageFixture;
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 2104ee11..99250609 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2112,6 +2112,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@jupyterlab/apputils": ^4.4.0
     "@jupyterlab/coreutils": ^6.4.0
     "@jupyterlab/docregistry": ^4.4.0
+    "@jupyterlab/rendermime-interfaces": ^3.12.0
     "@jupyterlab/services": ^7.4.0
     "@jupyterlab/ui-components": ^4.4.0
     "@lumino/coreutils": ^2.2.1